DCNX - Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center

Course Overview

The Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center training gives you a detailed understanding of the Cisco® Nexus switch platform and teaches you how to install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus® switch platforms in a scalable, highly available environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, you will learn how to describe various aspects of the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including implementation, management, security, programmability and storage. Additionally, you will learn how to configure device aliases and zoning, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV), and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode.
This training also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

How you’ll benefit

This course will help you:
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

Who should attend

Data center systems engineers
Field engineers
Architects
Cisco partners using Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms

Course Objectives

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

Course Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:
Be familiar with Cisco data center technologies
Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching

The following recommended Cisco offerings 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 Outline

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 Topology

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