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Data Center Infrastructure – Introduction:

Cisco Data Center Building Blocks

Design Basics

Transport Infrastructure

Storage Infrastructure

Data Center Virtualization

DCI – Data Center Interconnection

Nexus Family Overview

Nexus 5600

Nexus 7700 Chassis Overview

Supervisor

Fabric Module

Mx && Fx Module

Virtual Device Context

Virtual Port Channel

FEX Topology.

NX-OS Basic – Software Components:

System Verification

NX-OS Version Summary

Modules, Fabric, and Fan Status

EPLD and BIOS Versions

Power Budget and Environmental Temperature Monitoring

Supervisor Redundancy & Switchover

CLI Overview

CLI Overview

Enabling NX-OS Features

NX-OS Upgrade Options (ISSU or Cold Start)

Configuration Rollback

Configuration Session Manager.

NX-OS Basic – L2, L3 && Routing Protocols:

Virtual Device Context Configuration

Interface Configuration

Interface Configuration (Routed, Switchport, Trunk, SVI, Sub-interface)

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Port-Channel Overview with LaCP Configuration

Virtual Port-Channels (vPC)

Layer-2 Switching & STP Configuration

VLAN and VTP Configuration

Spanning-Tree Port Types

Spanning-Tree Protocol (Rapid-PVST+)

Bridge Assurance

Additional Spanning-Tree Protocol Features

L3 Routing Protocols Configuration

IGP (OSPFv2)

EGP (MP-BGP)

Static Routing

Route Redistribution

Multi-VRF Routing (Layer-3 Virtualization).

NX-OS Basic – Troubleshooting && Management:

IP Forwarding Verification & Configuration

IP Unicast Routing & ARP Table

IP Unicast Forwarding Table and Adjacency Table

RIB / FIB Consistency Checking

Clearing Routes and FIB Entries

Estimating Memory Requirements for Routes

Configuring the ECMP Load-Sharing Hash

FHRP Protocol Configuration

Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP)

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

Object Tracking

Security Configuration

TELNET & SSH Server

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

AAA TACACS+ (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting)

IPv4 ACL (Extended)

System Management Configuration

Out-of-Band Ethernet Management Interface

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Logging (Syslog Server)

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Troubleshooting Tools

Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD)

Switchport Analyzer (SPAN)

Ethanalyzer

Locator-LED

Generating a TAC-PAC for TAC Cases

Password Recovery Procedure.

NX-OS Basic – Storage && Virtualization:

Configuring the Cisco Nexus Data Center for Virtual Machines

VMware Virtualization Platform Overview

Configuringa VirtualSwitch with NetworkRedundancy inVMware

Connecting a Virtualized Server to the AccessNetwork

Enabling the Storage Infrastructure

Building a Storage Area Network Using FibreChannel

Configuring and Verifying a FibreChannel Storage Area Network on the MDS9000

Building a Data Center Unified Fabric Using FibreChannel and FCoE

Configuring and Verifying Fibre Channel and FCoE on the CiscoNexus

Verifying the End-to-End Virtual Computing Environment

Verifying Virtual Machine Connectivity to the Ethernet and FCoE Network

Verifying VMware Network Redundancy

Verifying Storage Resources Using FCoE and FibreChannel

Verifying Virtual Machine Migration Using VMotion and Storage VMotion

Configuring the Cisco Nexus 1000V

Installing the Cisco Nexus 1000V

Troubleshooting the Installation

Creating Physical PortProfiles for Uplinks

Creating PortProfiles for VirtualMachines.