CCNA Data Center (2 in 1) Certification Course

This course is a combination of the DCICN and DCICT courses and helps prepare you for the CCNA Data Center certification exam.

You will be given the foundational knowledge and a broad overview of Cisco Data Center products and their operation, covering the architecture, components, connectivity, and features of a Cisco Data Center network. You will gain practical experience configuring the initial setup of Cisco Nexus 7000, Cisco Nexus 5000, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), and Cisco MDS Multilayer Fabric Switch. You will also learn to verify the proper operation of a variety of features such as Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), Cisco FabricPath, Port Channels, virtual Port Channels (vPCs), and Cisco Nexus 1000V Distributed Virtual Switch for VMware ESXi.

Course Overview

CCNA Data Center certification provides the confidence and nimbleness you need to install, configure, and maintain data center technology. Gain grounding in data center infrastructure, data center networking concepts and technologies, storage networking, unified computing, network virtualization, data center automation and orchestration, and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).

Course Key Learning

Building a Simple Network

Functions of Networking
Host-to-Host Communications Model
Ethernet Connections
Ethernet Communications Standards
OSI Network Layer Addressing
TCP/IP Transport Layer
Packet Delivery Process

Switched Network Implementation

Switching
Packet Delivery Process
Cisco NX-OS Software
Operating Cisco NX-OS Software
Implementing VLANs and Trunks
Building a Redundant Switched Topology

IP Addressing

IP Addressing Scheme
Transitioning to IPv6

Cisco Data Center Network Services

Functional Layers of the Data Center
Cisco Nexus Product Family
Cisco MDS Product Family
Monitoring the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 Series Switches
Virtual Port Channels (vPCs) and Cisco FabricPath in the Data Center
Using OTV on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Cisco Data Center Virtualization

Virtualizing Network Devices
Virtualizing Storage
Virtualizing Server Solutions
Using the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch
Verifying Setup and Operation of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch

Cisco Data Center Storage Networking

Comparing Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center
Fibre Channel Storage Networking
Verifying Fibre Channel Communications on Cisco MDS 9000 Series
Multilayer Switches

Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric

Data Center Bridging (DCB)
Connectivity Options for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
Enhanced FCoE Scalability with Cisco Nexus 2232 10GE Fabric Extenders

Cisco UCS