DCII – Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6.2

Short Course Description

5 Day

Course Overview

Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) v6.2 is a five-day instructor-led course that is designed to help you prepare for the Cisco CCNP® Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is the implementation of LAN, SAN, and Data Center Unified Fabric using Cisco MDS switches, Cisco Nexus switches, and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEXs). The course provides rich, hands-on experience of implementing Cisco data center infrastructure.
From the basics of data center networking concepts to storage concepts and virtualization, the information presented in this valuable Cisco training course will help you increase your Cisco Data Center proficiency

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Describe data center networking concepts
• Describe data center storage concepts
• Describe data center virtualization
• Describe Cisco Unified Computing System
• Describe data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco ACI and UCS Director
• Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and MDS families
• Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs, including switching and routing

Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Configure RSTP, MST, and port channels and implement Cisco FabricPath, OTV, VXLAN, and LISP
• Configure first-hop redundancy, routing, and multicast in the data center
• Configure user management and implement system security features on Nexus switches
• Perform basic Fibre Channel configuration, manage Fibre Channel domains, and implement Fibre Channel port security and binding
• Configure FCoE
• Configure distributed device aliases, zoning, NPV, and FCIP
• Configure system management and infrastructure monitoring