Upon completion of this training, you will know:
Implementation of Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)
Implementation of Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII)
Implementation of Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI)
Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT)

1. Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies v1.0 (350-601)
   
   • 1.0 Network Design
     • 1.1 Evaluate options for Layer 2 connectivity
       • 1.1.a Endpoint mobility
       • 1.1.b Redundancy/high availability
       • 1.1.c Convergence
       • 1.1.d Services insertion
     • 1.2 Evaluate options for Layer 3 connectivity
       • 1.2.a IP mobility
       • 1.2.b Redundancy / high availability (graceful restart, NSF)
       • 1.2.c Convergence
       • 1.2.d Services insertion (load balancing, security)
     • 1.3 Evaluate data center technologies for port channel services (vPC and LACP)
     • 1.4 Evaluate options for interconnecting data centers with VXLAN EVPN
     • 1.5 Evaluate options for routing virtualization with VRF lite
     • 1.6 Evaluate in-band and out-of-band options for management
     • 1.7 Evaluate redundancy options such as active/active and disaster recovery site
   • 2.0 Compute Design
     • 2.1 Evaluate options for Ethernet connectivity
       • 2.1.a Redundancy / high availability
       • 2.1.b Bandwidth (oversubscription)
       • 2.1.c Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode)
     • 2.2 Evaluate options for storage connectivity
       • 2.2.a Bandwidth (port-channels, oversubscription)
       • 2.2.b Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode)
       • 2.2.c Direct-attached storage (appliance, FC storage, and FCoE ports)
     • 2.3 Evaluate options for network device virtualization in a data center (Cisco VIC adapters)
       • 2.3.a Service profiles
       • 2.3.b vCon placement policies
       • 2.3.c Ethernet adaptor policies
       • 2.3.d Fibre Channel adapter policies
     • 2.4 Evaluate options for hyperconverged infrastructure
       • 2.4.a Cluster mode
       • 2.4.b HX for virtual server
       • 2.4.c Desktop virtualization
   • 3.0 Storage Network Design
     • 3.1 Plan for iSCSI deployment in a data center (Multipathing and addressing schemes)
     • 3.2 Evaluate QoS requirements in a data center
       • 3.2.a Fibre Channel
       • 3.2.b FCoE
       • 3.2.c FCIP
       • 3.2.d iSCSI
     • 3.3 Determine FCoE/ Fibre Channel interface
       • 3.3.a Port types
       • 3.3.b ISL
       • 3.3.c Oversubscription
     • 3.4 Evaluate SAN topology options
   • 4.0 Automation Design
     • 4.1 Evaluate options for network orchestration and automation
       • 4.1.a Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
       • 4.1.b Cisco Intersight
       • 4.1.c REST API (NX-API, JSON encoding, and XML encodings)
       • 4.1.d Model-driven programmability
       • 4.1.e Ansible
       • 4.1.f Python
     • 4.2 Evaluate options for compute orchestration and automation
       • 4.2.a Service profile templates
       • 4.2.b vNIC templates
       • 4.2.c vHBA templates
       • 4.2.d Global policies vs. local policies
     • 4.3 Describe Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator workflows
2. Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v1.0 (300-610)
   
   • 1.0 Network Design
     • 1.1 Evaluate options for Layer 2 connectivity
       • 1.1.a Endpoint mobility
       • 1.1.b Redundancy/high availability
       • 1.1.c Convergence
       • 1.1.d Services insertion
     • 1.2 Evaluate options for Layer 3 connectivity
       • 1.2.a IP mobility
       • 1.2.b Redundancy / high availability (graceful restart, NSF)
       • 1.2.c Convergence
       • 1.2.d Services insertion (load balancing, security)
     • 1.3 Evaluate data center technologies for port channel services (vPC and LACP)
     • 1.4 Evaluate options for interconnecting data centers with VXLAN EVPN
     • 1.5 Evaluate options for routing virtualization with VRF lite
     • 1.6 Evaluate in-band and out-of-band options for management
     • 1.7 Evaluate redundancy options such as active/active and disaster recovery site
   • 2.0 Compute Design
     • 2.1 Evaluate options for Ethernet connectivity
       • 2.1.a Redundancy / high availability
       • 2.1.b Bandwidth (oversubscription)
       • 2.1.c Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode)
     • 2.2 Evaluate options for storage connectivity
       • 2.2.a Bandwidth (port-channels, oversubscription)
       • 2.2.b Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode)
       • 2.2.c Direct-attached storage (appliance, FC storage, and FCoE ports)
     • 2.3 Evaluate options for network device virtualization in a data center (Cisco VIC adapters)
       • 2.3.a Service profiles
       • 2.3.b vCon placement policies
       • 2.3.c Ethernet adaptor policies
       • 2.3.d Fibre Channel adapter policies
     • 2.4 Evaluate options for hyperconverged infrastructure
       • 2.4.a Cluster mode
       • 2.4.b HX for virtual server
       • 2.4.c Desktop virtualization
   • 3.0 Storage Network Design
     • 3.1 Plan for iSCSI deployment in a data center (Multipathing and addressing schemes)
     • 3.2 Evaluate QoS requirements in a data center
       • 3.2.a Fibre Channel
       • 3.2.b FCoE
       • 3.2.c FCIP
       • 3.2.d iSCSI
     • 3.3 Determine FCoE/ Fibre Channel interface
       • 3.3.a Port types
       • 3.3.b ISL
       • 3.3.c Oversubscription
     • 3.4 Evaluate SAN topology options
   • 4.0 Automation Design
     • 4.1 Evaluate options for network orchestration and automation
       • 4.1.a Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller
       • 4.1.b Cisco Intersight
       • 4.1.c REST API (NX-API, JSON encoding, and XML encodings)
       • 4.1.d Model-driven programmability
       • 4.1.e Ansible
       • 4.1.f Python
     • 4.2 Evaluate options for compute orchestration and automation
       • 4.2.a Service profile templates
       • 4.2.b vNIC templates
       • 4.2.c vHBA templates
       • 4.2.d Global policies vs. local policies
     • 4.3 Describe Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator workflows
3. Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v1.0 (300-615)
   
   • 1.0 Network
     • 1.1 Troubleshoot routing protocols
       • 1.1.a OSPFv2, OSPFv3
       • 1.1.b MP-BGP
       • 1.1.c PIM
       • 1.1.d FHRP (HSRP, VRRP)
     • 1.2 Troubleshoot switching protocols, such as RSTP+, LACP, and vPC
     • 1.3 Troubleshoot overlay protocols, such as VXLAN EVPN and OTV
     • 1.4 Troubleshoot Application Centric Infrastructure
       • 1.4.a Fabric discovery
       • 1.4.b Access policies
       • 1.4.c VMM domain integration
       • 1.4.d Tenant policies
       • 1.4.e Packet flow (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
       • 1.4.f External connectivity
   • 2.0 Compute Platforms
     • 2.1 Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System rack servers
     • 2.2 Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System blade chassis
       • 2.2.a Infrastructure such as chassis, power, IOM
       • 2.2.b Network (VLANs, pools and policies, templates, QoS)
       • 2.2.c Storage (SAN connectivity, FC zoning, VSANs, pools, policies, templates)
       • 2.2.d Server pools and boot policies
     • 2.3 Troubleshoot packet flow from server to the fabric
     • 2.4 Troubleshoot hardware interoperability
       • 2.4.a Converged Network Adapters / port expanders
       • 2.4.b Firmware
       • 2.4.c I/O modules / FEX
       • 2.4.d Fabric interconnects
     • 2.5 Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability
   • 3.0 Storage Network
     • 3.1 Troubleshoot Fibre Channel
       • 3.1.a Switched fabric initialization
       • 3.1.b Fibre Channel buffer credit starvation
       • 3.1.c FCID
       • 3.1.d Cisco Fabric Services
       • 3.1.e Zoning
       • 3.1.f Device alias
       • 3.1.g NPV and NPIV
       • 3.1.h VSAN
     • 3.2 Troubleshoot FCoE Cisco Unified Fabric (FIP, DCB)
   • 4.0 Automation
     • 4.1 Troubleshoot automation and scripting tools
       • 4.1.a EEM
       • 4.1.b Scheduler
     • 1.1 Troubleshoot programmability
       • 1.1.a Bash shell and guest shell for NX-OS
       • 1.1.b REST API
       • 1.1.c JSON and XML encodings
   • 5.0 Management and Operations
     • 5.1 Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability
     • 5.2 Troubleshoot integration of centralized management
     • 5.3 Troubleshooting network security
       • 5.3.a Fabric binding and port security
       • 5.3.b AAA and RBAC
       • 5.3 .c First-hop security such as dynamic ARP, DHCP snooping, and port security
       • 5.3.d Troubleshoot CoPP
     • 5.4 Troubleshoot ACI security domains and role mapping
     • 5.5 Troubleshoot data center compute security
       • 5.5.a Troubleshoot AAA and RBAC
       • 5.5.b Troubleshoot key management
     • 5.6 Troubleshoot storage security
       • 5.6.a AAA and RBAC
       • 5.6.b Port security
       • 5.6.c Fabric binding
4. Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure v1.0 (300-620)
   
   • 1.0 Configuration
     • 1.1 Implement fabric discovery
     • 1.2 Implement access policies
     • 1.3 Implement logical constructs
       • 1.1.a Tenant
       • 1.1.b Network
       • 1.1.c Bridge Domain
       • 1.1.d Endpoint Groups (EPG)
       • 1.1.e Filters
       • 1.1.f Contracts
   • 2.0 Integration
     • 2.1 Implement VMM domain integrations
       • 2.1.a VMware vCenter to APIC
       • 2.1.b AAEP
       • 2.1.c vCenter with EPGs
       • 2.1.d Virtual machine to an EPG
     • 2.2 Integrate third-party features
   • 3.0 Management and Monitoring
     • 3.1 Implement management
     • 3.2 Implement role-based access control (RBAC)
       • 3.2.a Security domains and role mapping
       • 3.2.b External authentication with RADIUS
     • 3.3 Implement monitoring
   • 4.0 Network Resources
     • 4.1 Implement external network integration
       • 4.1.a Layer 2 extension
       • 4.1.b Layer 3 extension
     • 4.2 Implement packet flow (unicast, multicast, broadcast)
     • 4.3 Describe service insertion and redirection
       • 4.3.a Device package
       • 4.3.b Service graph
     • 4.4 Describe methods to migrate existing networks to ACI
   • 5.0 Interconnections
     • 5.1 Implement multipod (policy, fabric, IPN, external routed networks)
     • 5.2 Implement multisite (controllers, policy, ISN)
     • 5.3 Implement GOLF
   • 6.0 Programmability and Orchestration
     • 6.1 Implement ACI programmability solutions (Python, REST API)
     • 6.2 Describe orchestration solutions
     • 6.3 Utilize ACI App Center
5. Implementing Cisco Storage Area Networking v1.0 (300-625)
   
   • 1.0 Deployment
     • 1.1 Describe installation and initial setup
       • 1.1.a NX-OS
       • 1.1.b DCNM
       • 1.1.c POAP
     • 1.2 Describe secure boot
   • 2.0 Implementation
     • 2.1 Implement Fibre Channel port channels
     • 2.2 Implement Fibre Channel protocol services
       • 2.2.a Name Service
       • 2.2.b Cisco Fabric Services (CFS)
     • 2.3 Implement FCoE
       • 2.3.a FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)
       • 2.3.b Priority flow control (PFC)
       • 2.3.c Enhanced transmission selection (ETS)
       • 2.3.d Data Center Bridging Exchange/Link Level Discover Protocol (LLDP)
     • 2.4 Implement VSANs
     • 2.5 Implement NPV and NPIV
     • 2.6 Implement device aliases and zoning
     • 2.7 Configure inter-VSAN routing
     • 2.8 Implement VSAN extensions
   • 3.0 Management and Monitoring
     • 3.1 Configure DCNM
       • 3.1a DCNM-SAN client
       • 3.1b Licensing options
       • 3.1c DCNM Device Manager
     • 3.2 Configure RBAC
     • 3.3 Configure Fibre Channel fabric security
     • 3.4 Describe slow-drain analysis
     • 3.5 Implement SAN telemetry streaming
   • 4.0 MDS Troubleshooting
     • 4.1 Troubleshoot Fibre Channel domains and duplicate domain ID
     • 4.2 Troubleshoot zoning and zone merge failure
     • 4.3 Troubleshoot boot and upgrade issues
6. Automating and Programming Cisco Data Center Solutions v1.0 (300-635)
   
   • 1.0 Network Programmability Foundation
     • 1.1 Utilize common version control operations with git: add, clone, push, commit, diff, branching, merging conflict
     • 1.2 Describe characteristics of API styles (REST and RPC)
     • 1.3 Describe the challenges encountered and patterns used when consuming APIs synchronously and asynchronously
     • 1.4 Interpret Python scripts containing data types, functions, classes, conditions, and looping
     • 1.5 Describe the benefits of Python virtual environments
     • 1.6 Explain the benefits of using network configuration tools such as Ansible and Puppet for automating data center platforms
   • 2.0 Controller Based Data Center Networking
     • 2.1 Describe the following:
       • 2.1.a ACI target policy
       • 2.1.b ACI application hosting capabilities
       • 2.1.c Implementation of an ACI application from the Cisco ACI Apps Center
     • 2.2 Leverage the API inspector to explore the REST API calls made by the ACI GUI
     • 2.3 Construct a Python script to create an application policy using the ACI REST API
     • 2.4 Construct a Python script to create an application policy using the ACI Cobra SDK
     • 2.5 Construct an Ansible playbook to create an application policy
     • 2.6 Describe the benefits of integrating Kubernetes infrastructure using the ACI CNI plugin
   • 3.0 Data Center Device-centric Networking
     • 3.1 Describe Day 0 provisioning with NX-OS
       • 3.1.a Cisco POAP
       • 3.1.b NX-OS iPXE
     • 3.2 Implement On-Box Programmability and Automation with NX-OS
       • 3.2.a Bash
       • 3.2.b Linux containers (LXC and Docker using provided container)
       • 3.2.c NX-OS guest shell
       • 3.2.d Embedded Event Manager (EEM)
       • 3.2.e On-box Python Scripting
     • 3.3 Compare model-driven telemetry such as YANG Push and gRPC to traditional network monitoring strategies such as SMNP, Netflow, and SYSLOG
     • 3.4 Construct Python script that consumes model-driven telemetry data with NX-OS
     • 3.5 Implement Off-Box Programmability and Automation with NX-OS
       • 3.5.a Nexus NX-API (NX-API REST and NX-API CLI)
       • 3.5.b Nexus NETCONF using native and OpenConfig
       • 3.5.c Network configuration tools with NX-OS (Ansible)
   • 4.0 Data Center Compute
     • 4.1 Configure Cisco UCS with developer tools
       • 4.1.a UCS PowerTool
       • 4.1.b UCS Python SDK
       • 4.1.c Ansible
     • 4.2 Describe the capabilities of the DCNM API
     • 4.3 Identify the steps in the Intersight API authentication method
     • 4.4 Construct an Intersight API call given documentation to accomplish tasks such as manage server policies, service profiles, and firmware updates
     • 4.5 Describe the process to implement workflows for physical and virtual infrastructure using UCS Director
       • 4.5.a Pre-defined tasks
       • 4.5.b Custom tasks
       • 4.5.c Script libraries
     • 4.6 Utilize UCS Director REST API browser