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Introduction:
The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR) v1.0 course helps you prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center certifications and for advanced-level data center roles. In this course, you will master the skills and technologies you need to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure. You will also learn the essentials of automation and security in data centers. You will get hands-on experience with deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure including: Cisco MDS Switches and Cisco Nexus Switches; Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.
This course will help you:
- Gain experience implementing, securing and automating network, compute, and storage infrastructure
- Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
- Prepare for the Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR) exam, that will be available beginning February 24, 2020
- Qualify for professional and expert-level job roles in the high-demand area of enterprise-class data center environments
Audience profile:
- Network designers
- Network administrators
- Network engineers
- Systems engineers
- Data center engineers
- Consulting systems engineers
- Technical solutions architects
- Field engineers
- Cisco integrators and partners
- Server administrator
- Network manager
Pre-requisites:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
- Familiarity with SANs
- Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol
- Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
- Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture
- Understanding of server system design and architecture
- Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)
These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.2
- Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) or Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)
Course objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
- Implement overlay networks in data center
- Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
- Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
- Implement Fibre Channel fabric
- Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
- Implement security features in data center
- Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
- Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
- Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
- Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
- Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
- Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
- Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
- Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies
Course content
Session 1: Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols* | |
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Session 2: Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols* | |
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Session 3: Implementing Routing in Data Center* | |
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Session 4: Implementing Multicast in Data Center* | |
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Session 5: Implementing Data Overlay Protocols | |
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Session 6: Implementing Network Infrastructure Security | |
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Session 7: Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure | |
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Session 8: Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration | |
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Session 9: Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network* | |
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Session 10: Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations* | |
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Session 11: Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts* | |
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Session 12: Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric | |
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Session 13: Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services | |
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Session 14: Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric | |
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Session 15: Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security* | |
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Session 16: Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations* | |
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Session 17: Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors* | |
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Session 18: Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity | |
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Session 19: Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction | |
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Session 20: Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity | |
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Session 21: Implementing Unified Computing Security | |
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Session 22: Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems* | |
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Session 23: Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations* | |
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Session 24: Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools* | |
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Session 25: Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms | |
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Session 26: Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies* | |
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* This section is self-study material that can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course.
Lab outline:
- Configure Overlay Transport Visualization (OTV)
- Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
- Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
- Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
- Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
- Configure Fibre Channel
- Configure Device Aliases
- Configure Zoning
- Configure NPV
- Configure FCoE
- Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
- Configure Server and Uplink Ports
- Configure VLANs
- Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
- Configure Basic Identity Pools
- Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
- Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
- Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
- Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
Associated certifications and exam:
This course, including the self-paced material, helps prepare you to take the exam, Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR), which leads to the new CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center, and the Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Core certifications. The exam will be available beginning February 24, 2020.
On successful completion of this course, students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.
Cisco Overview
Torque IT is one South Africa’s larger and more experienced providers of Authorized Cisco training. We run more courses more often, than any other training provider in South Africa and we guarantee that you will receive the most up to date and relevant technical course information available when you attend Cisco training courses at Torque IT.
Our standard and customized Cisco training courses are hands-on. When you attend training at Torque IT, you will implement the concepts that you learn using current Cisco equipment or Cisco Learning Labs (CLL), in real-world scenarios, to prepare you for real networking environments and the associated Cisco Certification examinations. Our authorized Cisco training and associated certification solutions empower you to design, sell, implement, troubleshoot and maintain Cisco implementations of any size.
The above serves to illustrate our commitment to providing you with high quality skills development, enablement, training and certification solutions that demonstrate exceptional depth, breadth, and expertise across Routing & Switching, Network Security, Cyber Security, Wireless LAN, Industrial (IoT), Unified Communications, Cloud, Data Center Unified Fabric, Unified Computing Systems, Service Provider, Network Programmability, Software Defined Networking and IP NGN technologies.