Cisco Data Center CCIE Unified Fabric Workshop (DCXUF) is a Cisco Nexus training program designed to cover configuration the Nexus portfolio Unified Fabric features available in NX-OS. The labs will provide detailed insight into the areas defined under the topics of Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric as outlined under the topics of Cisco Data Center Infrastructure - NXOS and Cisco Storage Networking Cisco CCIE DC Lab Blueprint. Although approximately 80% of the Cisco Data Center course consists of labs, instructors will provide you with an understanding in how to interpret Cisco exam questions, a detailed solution for each challenge, common mistakes, troubleshooting techniques, and validation. As you discover areas in which your understanding might be weak, instructors help you better understand protocols and work through deficiencies as they relate to Cisco Nexus training and the Cisco Data Center. Find additional course information below.
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Excellent understanding of networking protocols:
- Recommended attendance of the DCUFI - Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric v5.0 course or attendance of the Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 product courses
- Recommended CCNP data center certification
- Passed CCIE data center written exam
- Excellent 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 DCMDS v1.2 - Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switchescourse or equivalent experience
- Read or be familiar with Robert Kembel's books on Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel switched fabrics
- DCUFI - Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric v5.0
- DCMDS - Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches v2.0
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 connectivity
- Multicast
- Data center interconnect
- High availability
- Switch and port security and switch management services
- Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI services
Module 1: Course Introduction
- Explain where the CCIEDC-UF course fits in the overall data center curriculum
- Clarify prerequisite knowledge and skills
- Review the CCIE data center lab exam blueprint
Module 2: Cisco Data Center Infrastructure
- Basic switch configuration
- Implement virtual device contexts
- Configure VLANs, ports, and UDLD
- Optimize STP
- Implement fabric extender connectivity
- Configure and optimize fabric path
- Implement virtual port channels (vPCs), EvPC, and vPC+
- Optimize vPC
- Implement basic EIGRP and basic OSPF in data center environment
- Implement BFD for dynamic routing protocols, ECMP, and multicast
- Configure FHRP
- Optimize graceful restart/NSF
- Configure OTV multicast and unicast
- Optimize OTV
- FHRP filtering across OTV
- Create user accounts with RBAC, manage system files, and verify DCNM
- Implement AAA services, port security, NTP, PTP, and NetFlow
- Configure SNMPv2 and SNMPv3, ACLs, Cisco TrustSec®, SPAN, ERSPAN, and Smart Call Home
- Establish DHCP snooping, DAI, and source guard
Module 3: Cisco Data Center Storage
- Configure Fibre Channel
- Implement port channel, ISL, trunking, and zoning
- Configure security features
- Manage FC oversubscription
- Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), NPV and NPIV features, unified fabric switch different modes of operation, QoS features, multihop FCoE, FCIP, and security features
- Implement SAN extension tuner
- Implement iSCSI (including advanced features) and iSCSI security features
Module 4: Cisco Data Center Troubleshooting
- Given an OTV problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a VDC problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a vPC problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a Layer 2 problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a Layer 3 problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a multicast problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a fabric path problem, identify the problem and potential fix
- Given a unified fabric problem, identify the problem and potential fix
Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:
- Lab 1: Discover Network and Establish Base L2 Connectivity
- Lab 2: Enhanced L2 Connectivity
- Lab 3: L3 Connectivity
- Lab 4: NXOS High Availability
- Lab 5: NXOS Security
- Lab 6: NXOS Management
- Lab 7: Fibre Channel
- Lab 8: Unified Fabric: FCoE
- Lab 9: iSCSI
- Lab 10: Troubleshooting
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Network administrators
- Network, engineers, systems engineers, and consulting systems engineers
- Technical solutions architects
- Cisco integrators/partners