Description
Course Content
- Intro to DCN
- NetEdit
- Virtual Switching Extension (VSX)
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
- VXLAN
- EVPN
- DCI
- NAE
- Data Center Networks Design
Who should attend
This course is ideal for Aruba partners, customers and employees who have minimum of 3 years of experience implementing and designing enterprise level networks.
Candidates should demonstrate an ability to understand, configure and implement modern data centers based on Aruba Switching solutions that provide a simplified, scalable and automated Ethernet fabric that connects virtualized compute, storage, and cloud services.
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
Prerequisites
It is strongly recommended that the candidate first complete the ArubaOS–CX Switching Fundamentals (CXF) course.
Course Objectives
After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
- Understand the components of the ArubaOS–CX Switching architecture.
- Describe common datacenter networking requirements.
- Describe the benefits of VSX implementation in a Data Center
- Understand, describe and configure VRF which enables a switch to run multiple routing instances in a network.
- Understand, describe and configure VXLAN functionality. VXLAN provides an alternative to the traditional VLAN concept.
- Understand, describe and configure EVPN to transport VXLAN thru the datacenter.
- Understand, describe and configure Datacenter Bridging (DCB) that is a technology that enables the consolidation of IP-based LAN traffic and block-based storage traffic onto a single converged Ethernet network. This can help to eliminate the need to build separate infrastructures for LAN systems that carry typical end-user data traffic, and SAN systems that carry storage-specific communications.
- Understand, describe and configure Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) which enable enables ethernet ring topologies with a fast convergence.
- Describe requirements for a datacenter network design.
- Describe different datacenter deployment models.
- Understand various data center technologies and their impact on a design.
Outline: Configuring Data Center Networks with Aruba OS CX (CDCNCX)
Intro to DCN
- Data Center Networking Evolution
- Data Center Networking Design
- AOS CX Switches Overview
- Data Center Networking Technology
NetEdit
- Features
- Device Discovery
- Plans
Virtual Switching Extension (VSX)
- VSX Components and Features
- VSX Software Upgrade
- VSX at Data Center
Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- DCB Configuration
- DCB Components
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
- VRF Lite
- VRF Use Cases
- VRF Configuration
- Data Center Networking
VXLAN
- VXLAN Concepts
- Operations
- Traffic Flow
EVPN
- Dynamic tunneling
- Forwarding
- Centralized Routing
DCI
- DCI Solutions at AOS–CX
- ERPS
NAE
- Agents
- Scripts
- Upgrade
- Troubleshooting
- Use Cases
Data Center Networks Design
- DCN Requirements
- DCN Design
- AOS–CX technologies for DCN
