Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric is a 5 day instructor-led training class that is presented by Cisco training partners to their end customers. Channel Partners nationwide hire proven AMS Subject Matter Expert Cisco Certified Systems Instructors (CCSI’s) to teach on-site or on-line classes.
The knowledge and skills you must have before attending this course are as
follows:
- Good understanding of networking protocols
- Recommended CCNA Certification
- Good understanding of the Fibre Channel protocol and the SAN environment
- Recommended attendance of a Fibre Channel protocol class or equivalent
experience - Recommended attendance of the Implementing Cisco Storage Network Solutions
(ICSNS) class or equivalent experience
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the Cisco Nexus product family, specifically the Cisco Nexus 7000
Switch chassis and components, the Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch, and the Cisco Nexus
2000 Fabric Extender - Install the Cisco Nexus products in a Cisco Data Center Business Advantage
environment - Given a requirement, identify how to plan and implement virtual device
contexts into the solution - Evaluate the security features available on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch to
identify which features should be implemented into a solution - Evaluate and configure the Connectivity Management Processor on the Cisco
Nexus 7000 Switch and identify the management options available - Evaluate the service-level and network-level high availability of the Cisco
Nexus switches and how to use the Cisco IOS In-Service Software Upgrade feature - Discuss the Fibre Channel protocol including Fibre Channel addressing, flow
control, and zoning - Translate a given design into an implementation plan for configuring Fibre
Channel over Ethernet on the Cisco Nexus switch - Understand the processes, tools, and resources for troubleshooting the data
center infrastructure, interconnectivity, and operations
Course Outline
1. Cisco Nexus Product
- Cisco Data Center Business Advantage Architecture.
- Cisco Unified Fabric Solution.
- Integrating Services.
2. Cisco Nexus Switch Feature Configuration
- Virtual Device Contexts.
- Layer 2 Switching Features.
- Port Channels.
- Layer 3 Switching Features.
- IP Multicast.
Labs
Lab 1: Configuring Layer 2 Switching
Lab 2: Configuring Layer 3 Switching
3. Cisco Nexus Switch Advanced Feature Configuration
- Security Features.
- Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV).
- Implementing Quality of Service (QoS).
Labs
Lab 3: Configuring Security Features
Lab 4: Enhanced – Configuring OTV
Lab 5: Configuring QoS for the Nexus 7000
4. Cisco Nexus Series Switch Management
- Connectivity Management Processor
- Configuring User Management
- System Management
Lab 6: Configuring System Management
5. Redundancy on Cisco Nexus Switches
- High Availability and Redundancy
- Implementing Cisco FabricPath
Labs
Lab 7: Implementing Cisco DCNM
Lab 8: Configuring Cisco FabricPath
6. FCoE
- Fibre Channel Protocol
- FCoE Protocol.
- Data Center Bridging Ethernet Enhancements.
Labs
Lab 9: Enhanced – Configuring vPCs
Lab 10: Exclusive – Configuring QoS for the Nexus 5000
7. FCoE Configuration
- Implementing
- Configuring SAN Switching Features
- Configuring NPV Mode
- SAN Management Tools
Lab 11: Configuring FCoE
8. Troubleshooting on Cisco Nexus Switches
- Data Center Infrastructure
- Tools and Resources
Lab
Lab 12: Configuring NPV