Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols

1. Spanning Tree Protocol

2. Port Channels Overview

Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols

1. Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview

2. Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview

Implementing Routing in Data Center

1. Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3

2. Border Gateway Protocol

Implementing Multicast in Data Center

1. IP Multicast in Data Center Networks

2. Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)

Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols

1. Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization

2. Virtual Extensible LAN

Implementing Network Infrastructure Security

1. User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

2. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS

Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure

1. Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery

2. Cisco ACI Management

Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration

1. Tenant-Based Components

2. Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)

Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network

1. Data Center Traffic Flows

2. Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches

Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models

1. Cloud Architectures

2. Cloud Deployment Models

Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations

1. Time Synchronization

2. Network Configuration Management

Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts

1. Need for Network Assurance

2. Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview

Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric

1. Fibre Channel Basics

2. Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview

Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services

1. Distributed Device Aliases

2. Zoning

Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric

1. Fibre Channel over Ethernet

2. Describing FCoE

Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security

1. User Accounts and RBAC

2. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting

Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations

1. Time Synchronization

2. Software Installation and Upgrade

Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors

1. Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

2. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers

Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity

1. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

2. Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity

Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction

1. Identity Abstraction

2. Service Profile Templates

Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity

1. iSCSI Overview

2. Fibre Channel Overview

Implementing Unified Computing Security

1. User Accounts and RBAC

2. Options for Authentication

Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems

1. Hyper converged and Integrated Systems Overview

2. Cisco HyperFlex Solution

Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations

1. Compute Configuration Management

2. Software Updates

Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools

1. Cisco NX-OS Programmability

2. Scheduler Overview

Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms

1. Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview

2. Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview

Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies

1. Power On Auto Provisioning

2. Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview