Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX)
- Duration: 5 days (40 hours)
- Date: on request
Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX)
This course will help:
- Describe, implement, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including redundancy protocols and security features, in a scalable environment
- Gain valuable hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus products in a lab setting
- Develop expertise with the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms
Course syllabus:
- Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches
- Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation
- Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management
- Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
- Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols
- Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features
- Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
- Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
- Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
- Configuring System Management and Monitoring
- Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability
- Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
- Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
- Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
- Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes
Lab outline
- Test Cisco Nexus Platforms
- Configure User Management
- Configure vPC
- Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) Protocols
- Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
- Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
- Configure VXLAN
- Configure QoS
- Configure System Management
- Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability
- Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS
- Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible
- Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features
- Configure FCoE
- Configure Fiber Channel Device Aliases and Zoning
- Configure NPV
You will learn:
- Describe the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 3000, and 2000 product families
- Describe Cisco Nexus platform implementations
- Explain Cisco Nexus platform management
- Describe Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
- Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols
- Configure security features of Cisco Nexus devices
- Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding
- Describe Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Describe Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco Nexus Devices
- Explain system management and monitoring processes
- Describe Cisco NX-OS programmability
- Describe Cisco Nexus storage services
- Configure device aliases and zoning
- Configure FCoE
- Configure NPIV and NPV modes
Pre-requisites:
Students in the Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) v1.0course should:
- Be familiar with Cisco data center technologies
- Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching
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