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Cisco® Designing Cisco® Data Center Infrastructure v7.0 (DCID)

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Description

The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v7.0 course helps you master design and deployment options focused on Cisco® data center solutions and technologies across network, compute, virtualization, storage area networks, automation, and security. You will learn design practices for the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) solution based on Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, Cisco UCS Manager, and Cisco Unified Fabric. You will also gain design experience with network management technologies including Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), and Cisco UCS Director. This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (300-610 DCID)

Course Overview

Course Objective

After taking this course, you should be able to: Describe the Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding options and protocols used in a data center Describe the rack design options, traffic patterns, and data center switching layer access, aggregation, and core Describe the Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) technology that is used to interconnect data centers Describe Locator/ID separation protocol Design a solution that uses Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) for traffic forwarding Describe hardware redundancy options; how to virtualize the network, compute, and storage functions; and virtual networking in the data center Describe solutions that use fabric extenders and compare Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) with single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV) Describe security threats and solutions in the data center Describe advanced data center security technologies and best practices Describe device management and orchestration in the data center Describe the storage options for compute function and different Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) levels from a high-availability and performance perspective Describe Fibre Channel concepts, topologies, architecture, and industry terms Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Describe security options in the storage network Describe management and automation options for storage networking infrastructure Describe Cisco UCS servers and use cases for various Cisco UCS platforms Explain the connectivity options for fabric interconnects for southbound and northbound connections Describe the hyperconverged solution and integrated systems Describe the systemwide parameters for setting up a Cisco UCS domain Describe role-based access control (RBAC) and integration with directory servers to control access rights on Cisco UCS Manager Describe the pools that may be used in service profiles or service profile templates on Cisco UCS Manager Describe the different policies in the service profile Describe the Ethernet and Fibre Channel interface policies and additional network technologies Describe the advantages of templates and the difference between initial and updated templates Describe data center automation tools

Who Should Attend

IT professionals with five to eight years of experience in these roles: Data center engineers Network designers Network administrators Network engineers Systems engineers System administrator Consulting systems engineers Technical solutions architects Server administrators Network managers Cisco integrators or partners

Describing High Availability on Layer 2 Lesson Id 1

Describing High Availability on Layer 2

Designing Layer 3 Connectivity Lesson Id 2

Designing Layer 3 Connectivity

Designing Data Center Topologies Lesson Id 3

Designing Data Center Topologies

Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV Lesson Id 4

Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV

Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol Lesson Id 5

Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol

Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks Lesson Id 6

Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks

Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization Lesson Id 7

Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization

Describing Cisco FEX Options Lesson Id 8

Describing Cisco FEX Options

Describing Basic Data Center Security Lesson Id 9

Describing Basic Data Center Security

Describing Advanced Data Center Security Lesson Id 10

Describing Advanced Data Center Security

Describing Management and Orchestration Lesson Id 11

Describing Management and Orchestration

Describing Storage and RAID Options Lesson Id 12

Describing Storage and RAID Options

Describing Fibre Channel Concepts Lesson Id 13

Describing Fibre Channel Concepts

Describing Fibre Channel Topologies Lesson Id 14

Describing Fibre Channel Topologies

Describing FCoE Lesson Id 15

Describing FCoE

Describing Storage Security Lesson Id 16

Describing Storage Security

Describing SAN Management and Orchestration Lesson Id 17

Describing SAN Management and Orchestration

Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases Lesson Id 18

Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases

Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity Lesson Id 19

Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity

Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Lesson Id 20

Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems

Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters Lesson Id 21

Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters

Describing Cisco UCS RBAC Lesson Id 22

Describing Cisco UCS RBAC

Describing Pools for Service Profiles Lesson Id 23

Describing Pools for Service Profiles

Describing Policies for Service Profiles Lesson Id 24

Describing Policies for Service Profiles

Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies Lesson Id 25

Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies

Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager Lesson Id 26

Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

Designing Data Center Automation Lesson Id 27

Designing Data Center Automation

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Describing High Availability on Layer 2	Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms<br />Virtual Port Channels<br />Cisco Fabric Path<br />Virtual Port Channel+
2	Designing Layer 3 Connectivity	First Hop Redundancy Protocols<br />Improve Routing Protocol Performance and Security<br />Enhance Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness
3	Designing Data Center Topologies	Data Center Traffic Flows<br />Cabling Challenges<br />Access Layer<br />Aggregation Layer<br />Core Layer<br />Spine-and-Leaf Topology<br />Redundancy Options
4	Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV	Cisco OTV Overview<br />Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes<br />Failure Isolation<br />Cisco OTV Features<br />Optimize Cisco OTV<br />Evaluate Cisco OTV
5	Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol	Locator/ID Separation Protocol<br />Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) Virtual Machine (VM) Mobility<br />LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) Multihop Mobility<br />LISP VPN Virtualization
6	Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks	Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN<br />Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay<br />Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane Overview<br />VXLAN Data Plane
7	Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization	Hardware-Based High Availability<br />Device Virtualization<br />Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization<br />Server Virtualization<br />SAN Virtualization<br />N-Port ID Virtualization
8	Describing Cisco FEX Options	Cisco Adapter FEX<br />Access Layer with Cisco FEX<br />Cisco FEX Topologies<br />Virtualization-Aware Networking<br />Single Root I/O Virtualization<br />Cisco FEX Evaluation
9	Describing Basic Data Center Security	Threat Mitigation<br />Attack and Countermeasure Examples<br />Secure the Management Plane<br />Protect the Control Plane<br />RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
10	Describing Advanced Data Center Security	Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture<br />Cisco TrustSec Operation<br />Firewalling<br />Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks<br />Cisco Firepower® Portfolio<br />Firewall Virtualization<br />Design for Threat Mitigation
11	Describing Management and Orchestration	Network and License Management<br />Cisco UCS Manager<br />Cisco UCS Director<br />Cisco Intersight<br />Cisco DCNM Overview
12	Describing Storage and RAID Options	Position DAS in Storage Technologies<br />Network-Attached Storage<br />Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)<br />Evaluate Storage Technologies
13	Describing Fibre Channel Concepts	Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses<br />Fibre Channel Communication<br />Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN
14	Describing Fibre Channel Topologies	SAN Parameterization<br />SAN Design Options<br />Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution
15	Describing FCoE	FCoE Protocol Characteristics<br />FCoE Communication<br />Data Center Bridging<br />FCoE Initialization Protocol<br />FCoE Design Options
16	Describing Storage Security	Common SAN Security Features<br />Zones<br />SAN Security Enhancements<br />Cryptography in SAN
17	Describing SAN Management and Orchestration	Cisco DCNM for SAN<br />Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry<br />Cisco UCS Director in the SAN<br />Cisco UCS Director Workflows
18	Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases	Cisco UCS C-Series Servers<br />Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis<br />Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards<br />Stateless Computing<br />Cisco UCS Mini
19	Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity	Use of Fabric Interconnect Interfaces<br />VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain<br />Southbound Connections<br />Northbound Connections<br />Disjoint Layer 2 Networks<br />Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy
20	Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems	Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview<br />Cisco HyperFlex™ Solution<br />Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness<br />Cisco HyperFlex Clusters<br />Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain<br />External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex<br />Cisco HyperFlex Positioning
21	Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters	Cisco UCS Setup and Management<br />Cisco UCS Traffic Management
22	Describing Cisco UCS RBAC	Roles and Privileges<br />Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager<br />Locales and Effective Rights<br />Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting<br />Two-Factor Authentication
23	Describing Pools for Service Profiles	Global and Local Pools<br />Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) Address Pools<br />World Wide Name (WWN) Pools<br />Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools
24	Describing Policies for Service Profiles	Global vs. Local Policies<br />Storage and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Policies<br />Boot and Scrub Policies<br />Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Maintenance Policies
25	Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies	LAN Connectivity Controls<br />SAN Connectivity Controls<br />Virtual Access Layer<br />Connectivity Enhancements
26	Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager	Cisco UCS Templates<br />Service Profile Templates<br />Network Templates
27	Designing Data Center Automation	Model-Driven Programmability<br />Cisco NX-API Overview<br />Programmability Using Python<br />Cisco Ansible Module<br />Use the Puppet Agent