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    Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX)

    Cisco - Data Center
    The Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center training gives you a detailed understanding of the Cisco® Nexus switch platform and teaches you how to install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus® switch platforms in a scalable, highly available environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, you will learn how to describe various aspects of the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including implementation, management, security, programmability and storage. Additionally, you will learn how to configure device aliases and zoning, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV), and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode. . How You'll Benefit

    This training will help you:

    Describe, implement, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including redundancy protocols and security features, in a scalable environment
    Gain valuable hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus products in a lab setting
    Develop expertise with the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms
    Earn 40 CE credits towards recertification

    Labs

    Test Cisco Nexus Platforms
    Configure User Management
    Configure vPC
    Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) Protocols
    Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
    Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
    Configure VXLAN
    Configure QoS
    Configure System Management
    Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability
    Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS
    Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible
    Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features
    Configure FCoE
    Configure Fiber Channel Device Aliases and Zoning
    Configure NPV

    Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) Objectives

    • After taking this course you should be able to:
    • Describe the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 9000 7000 3000 and 2000 product families
    • Describe Cisco Nexus platform implementations
    • Explain Cisco Nexus platform management
    • Describe Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
    • Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols
    • Configure security features of Cisco Nexus devices
    • Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding
    • Describe Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
    • Describe Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco Nexus Devices
    • Explain system management and monitoring processes
    • Describe Cisco NX-OS programmability
    • Describe Cisco Nexus storage services
    • Configure device aliases and zoning
    • Configure FCoE
    • Configure NPIV and NPV modes

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    Key Point of Training Programs

    • Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) Prerequisites

      Who should attend
      Data center systems engineers
      Field engineers
      Architects
      Cisco partners using Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms
      Prerequisites
      Students should:

      Be familiar with Cisco data center technologies
      Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching
      The following recommended Cisco offerings may help you meet these prerequisites:

      Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
      Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
      Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

    • Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) Course Format

      Live Virtual Course

    • Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) Outline

      Introducing Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and Basic Concepts

      What Is Cisco ACI?
      Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
      Describing Cisco ACI Policy Model Logical Constructs

      Cisco ACI Logical Constructs
      Tenant
      Describing Cisco ACI Basic Packet Forwarding

      Endpoint Learning
      Basic Bridge Domain Configuration Knob
      Introducing External Network Connectivity

      Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
      External Layer 2 Network Connectivity
      Introducing VMM Integration

      VMware vCenter VDS Integration
      Resolution Immediacy in VMM
      Describing Layer 4 to Layer 7 Integrations

      Service Appliance Insertion Without ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
      Service Appliance Insertion via ACI L4-L7 Service Graph
      Explaining Cisco ACI Management

      Out-of-Band Management
      In-Band Management