Cisco Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v7.0 (DCID)

Description

Duration

5 Days

30 CPD hours

This course is intended for

IT professionals with five to eight years of experience in these roles:
Data center engineers
Network designers
Network administrators
Network engineers
Systems engineers
System administrator
Consulting systems engineers
Technical solutions architects
Server administrators
Network managers
Cisco integrators or partners

Overview

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe the Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding options and protocols used in a data center
Describe the rack design options, traffic patterns, and data center switching layer access, aggregation, and core
Describe the Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) technology that is used to interconnect data centers
Describe Locator/ID separation protocol
Design a solution that uses Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) for traffic forwarding
Describe hardware redundancy options; how to virtualize the network, compute, and storage functions; and virtual networking in the data center
Describe solutions that use fabric extenders and compare Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) with single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
Describe security threats and solutions in the data center
Describe advanced data center security technologies and best practices
Describe device management and orchestration in the data center
Describe the storage options for compute function and different Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) levels from a high-availability and performance perspective
Describe Fibre Channel concepts, topologies, architecture, and industry terms
Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Describe security options in the storage network
Describe management and automation options for storage networking infrastructure
Describe Cisco UCS servers and use cases for various Cisco UCS platforms
Explain the connectivity options for fabric interconnects for southbound and northbound connections
Describe the hyperconverged solution and integrated systems
Describe the systemwide parameters for setting up a Cisco UCS domain
Describe role-based access control (RBAC) and integration with directory servers to control access rights on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe the pools that may be used in service profiles or service profile templates on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe the different policies in the service profile
Describe the Ethernet and Fibre Channel interface policies and additional network technologies
Describe the advantages of templates and the difference between initial and updated templates
Describe data center automation tools

The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v7.0 course helps you master design and deployment options focused on Cisco© data center solutions and technologies across network, compute, virtualization, storage area networks, automation, and security. You will learn design practices for the Cisco Unified Computing System? (Cisco UCS©) solution based on Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, Cisco UCS Manager, and Cisco Unified Fabric. You will also gain design experience with network management technologies including Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), and Cisco UCS Director.
This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (300-610 DCID)

Describing High Availability on Layer 2

Designing Layer 3 Connectivity

Designing Data Center Topologies

Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV

Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol

Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks

Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization

Describing Cisco FEX Options

Describing Basic Data Center Security

Describing Advanced Data Center Security

Describing Management and Orchestration

Describing Storage and RAID Options

Describing Fibre Channel Concepts

Describing Fibre Channel Topologies

Describing FCoE

Describing Storage Security

Describing SAN Management and Orchestration

Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases

Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity

Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems

Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters

Describing Cisco UCS RBAC

Describing Pools for Service Profiles

Describing Policies for Service Profiles

Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies

Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

Designing Data Center Automation

Additional course details:

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