Data Center Network Infrastructure - 2 (DCNI-2)

Course Outline

Module 1: Using the Cisco Nexus 7000 in Data Center Networks

>> Describe the features and capabilities of the Cisco Nexus 7000
>> Describe the main features of the virtual device contexts in the Cisco Nexus 7000
>> Techniques used to manage the Cisco Nexus 7000
>> Layer 2 & 3 protocols and features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> Quality of service features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> Security features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> Troubleshooting Methods

Lesson 1: Understanding the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

>> Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7010 Chassis
>> Supervisor engine and line card features
>> Fabric module capacity and redundancy capability
>> Buffering capability of each line card module and accessing the switch fabric
>> Virtual Output Queueing (VOQ) operation and packet flow and arbitration across the fabric
>> Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7010 power supplies and fan cooling system
>> Connectivity management processor
>> Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7018 Chassis
>> Site preparation considerations for the Cisco Nexus 7000 platform

Lesson 2: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 7000

>> Features of the Cisco NX-OS
>> Cisco NX-OS process recovery
>> Cisco NX-OS supervisor redundancy

Lesson 3: Introducing the Virtual Device Contexts in the Cisco Nexus 7000

>> Architecture of VDCs
>> Configuration of VDCs
>> High-availability capabilities of a VDC

Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco Nexus 7000

>> SNMP and XML components
>> Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics
>> Cisco EEM components
>> Smart Call Home feature
>> Cisco Data Center Network Manager
>> System message logging
>> Using AAA
>> Role-based access control
>> Using configuration checkpoints

Lesson 5: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 2 Protocols and Features

>> Layer 2 features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> Features of VLANs and PVLANs
>> Spanning Tree Protocol features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> PortChannel capability of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
>> IGMP snooping
>> UniDirectional Link Detection

Lesson 6: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Protocols and Features

>> Layer 3 Unicast Routing
>> First-hop routing protocols
>> Layer 3 routing protocols
>> Virtual routing and forwarding
>> Policy routing features of Cisco NX-OS
>> Layer 3 port channel configuration
>> Tunnel features of Cisco NX-OS
>> Layer 3 multicast

Lesson 7: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Quality of Service

>> QoS features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
>> Cisco Nexus 7000 series port-based QoS features
>> Cisco Nexus 7000 QoS forwarding engine
>> Implementation of QoS using MQC
>> Define class maps
>> Define policy maps
>> Implement service policies

Lesson 8: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Security

>> Basic concepts of Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS 4.0 security
>> Guarantee the validity of network traffic
>> Control plane protection
>> Access control
>> Admission control
>> Data confidentiality

Lesson 9: Troubleshooting

>> Ethanalyzer
>> SPAN and RSPAN
>> Troubleshooting Process

Module 2: Using the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 in Data Center Networks

>> Benefits provided by Cisco Nexus 5000 switches in typical user situations
>> Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender configuration parameters and relationship to the Cisco Nexus 5000 platform
>> Fiber Channel networks, frames, and flow control
>> Various protocols used with Fiber Channel
>> Standard fabric services and their well-known addresses
>> Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) within SAN and LAN environments
>> N-Port Virtualization performance enhancements of large data center architectures.

Lesson 1: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 5000 and Cisco Nexus 2000

>> Requirements in the data center that make the FCoE protocol necessary
>> Cisco Nexus 5000 switch products and how they are used for I/O consolidation
>> Features and benefits provided by the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch
>> FCoE adapters and software stack and their features and benefits
>> Management tools available for managing Cisco Nexus 5000 switches
>> Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender and its relationship to the Nexus 5000 switch

Lesson 2: Understanding Fibre Channel

>> Fibre Channel networks
>> Fibre Channel frames
>> Fibre Channel flow control
>> Phases of the fabric login protocol
>> Phases of the process login protocol
>> Fabric Shortest Path First protocol
>> Benefits of Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs) and their relationship to Zone Sets, Zoning and Zoning Members
>> N-Port identifier virtualization
>> Benefits of the Cisco N-Port Virtualizer
>> Standard fabric services and their well-known addresses

Lesson 3: Implementing an FCoE Network Using Cisco Nexus 5000 Switches

>> Network topology enabled by Cisco Nexus 5000 switches
>> Cisco N-Port Virtualizer and Virtual Fiber Channel (vfc) within an FCoE network
>> Zoning within FCoE and Fiber Channel networks
>> Configure the Nexus 5000 and Fibre Channel Fabric Switch to create an N-Port Virtualization connection.

The Implementing Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure 2 (DCNI-2) is a five-day instructor-led course with lab exercises that are intended to prepare students for the DCNI-2 certification exam (no. 642-974). The course schedule consists of approximately 50 percent lecture and 50 percent lab exercises. The DCNI-2 Delivery Lab is accessed using a remote access procedure coupled with a GUI application that provides connectivity to all lab devices.

Deploy, configure and troubleshoot data center networks using the Cisco Nexus Platform Family including the Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 and 2000.

*+ Understand the enhancements associated with the Nexus Operating System (NX-OS)
*+ Understand Product Placement for the Cisco Nexus Platform Family.
*+ Describe the benefits of Unified I/O and Unified Fabric Architectures