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Introduction:
The Introducing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCINX) v1.0 course gives you a technical overview the Cisco Nexus Switches key capabilities including platforms, architecture, software, management, and features that contribute to performance, high availability, flexibility, operational simplicity, and investment protection. The course is for technical decision makers and IT professionals who architect, implement, and manage Cisco Nexus switches in data center environments. You will have hands-on practice exploring key features including Virtual Device Contexts (VDC), First Hop Redundancy protocols (FHRPs), and user management.
This course will help you:
- Understand the common platform architecture and key features of the Cisco Nexus Series Switches
- Implement data center virtualization and redundancy features using Cisco NX-OS
- Gain introductory-level hands-on experience using Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Audience profile:
- Solutions architects
- Data center architects
- Network architects
- System engineers
- Data center engineers
- Network engineers
- Network engineers
- Technical decision makers
- Cisco integrators and partners
Pre-requisites:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge:
- Familiarity with Cisco data center technologies
- Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching
- Understand business and application requirements
These are the recommended Cisco courses that may help you meet these prerequisites:
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
Course objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Identify the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, 3000, and 2000 product families
- Implement Cisco Nexus
- Explore Cisco Nexus basic features
- Describe virtual device contexts
- Describe port channels and virtual port channels
- Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols
Course content
Identifying Cisco Nexus Platforms | |
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Managing Cisco Nexus Platforms | |
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Describing Virtual Device Contexts (VDC) | |
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Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels | |
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Associated certifications and exam:
This course does not lead directly to a certification exam, but it does cover foundational knowledge that can help you prepare for several CCNP and other professional-level data center courses and exams:
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR), 350-601
- Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID), 350-610
- Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT), 350-615
- Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI), 350-620
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.