Description
This course 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
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
Course 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
Outline: Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX)
- Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches
- Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation
- Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management
- Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
- Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols
- Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features
- Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
- Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
- Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
- Configuring System Management and Monitoring
- Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability
- Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
- Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
- Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
- Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes