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Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v6.0 is a five-day instructor-led course that focuses on data center design based on Cisco solutions. The course includes theoretical content, as well as design-oriented case studies that are in the form of
testlets. The course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP® Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles.
The course includes information on designing data centers with Cisco components and technologies. It covers network designs with virtualization, Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies and routing protocols, and data center interconnect design options. Also
covered are device virtualization technologies such as virtual data centers and network function virtualization with virtual appliances, including virtual switches, virtual routers, and virtual firewalls. Storage and SAN design is covered, with explanation
of Fibre Channel networks and Cisco Unified Fabric.
Design practices for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) solution based on Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers and Cisco UCS Manager are covered. Network management technologies include UCS Manager, Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager, and
Cisco UCS Director.
Note: Students registering for this course will be receiving their course kit in a digital format.
Please also be aware that this digital version is designed for online use, not for printing. You can print up to 10 pages only in each guide within a course. Please note that every time you click the Print button in the book, this counts as one page
printed, whether or not you click OK in the Print dialog.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Describe Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 forwarding in a data center, including cabling and rack design for the access, aggregation, and core layers
Design vPC, Cisco FabricPath, OTV, and LISP in customer scenarios and describe management options in the LAN
Describe hardware virtualization and FEX technologies, compare the Cisco Nexus 1000v with VM-FEX designs, discuss data center security threats and Cisco Virtual Application Container Services for IaaS, and describe management and automation options for the
data center infrastructure
Describe storage and RAID options, describe the Fibre Channel concept and architecture, and design Fibre Channel and FCoE networks, along with management options
Describe the UCS C-Series, M-Series, and B-Series servers, with connectivity and adapter options. For the UCS B-Series deployment, you will be able to describe the blade chassis, I/O modules, and fabric interconnects, with a focus on southbound and
northbound connectivity and oversubscription. Compare the EHV and NPV network operations modes. Explain and distinguish among the different system integrated stack solutions and the management options for the UCS domains
Design the resource parameters for a UCS domain, starting with the setup and IP concepts, RBAC, and integration with authentication servers. Design the resource pools and policies used in UCS service profiles and templates
Students considered for this training should have attended the following classes or obtained equivalent level of knowledge:
Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.0
Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) v6.0
Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) v6.0
Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) v6.0
Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI) v6.0
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course:
Implement data center networking (LAN and SAN)
Describe data center storage
Implement data center virtualization
Implement Cisco Unified Computing System
Implement data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco ACI and UCS Director
Describe products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and MDS families
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Network Designer
Network Administrator
Network Engineer
Systems Engineer
Consulting Systems Engineer
Technical Solutions Architect
Cisco Integrators/Partners
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
Server Administrator
Network Manager
The tertiary audience for this course is as follows:
Storage Administrator
Program Manager
Project Manager
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