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

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Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) course is a five-day product training course designed as a comprehensive hands-on experience for data center systems engineers, field engineers, architects, and Cisco partners who implement data center solutions with the Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms.

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Professionals interested in implementing, configuring, operating and management Cisco Data Center Nexus solutions.

Objetivo

Upon completing this course, students will be able to meet these objectives:
• Describe the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 3000, and 2000 product families;
• Describe Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation;
• Describe Cisco Nexus platform management;
• Describe Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels;
• Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols;
• Configure the security features of Cisco Nexus devices;
• Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding;
• Describe VXLAN;
• Describe QoS on Cisco Nexus devices;
• Describe 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.

Pré Requisitos

The knowledge and skills that students are expected to have before attending this course are:
• Students should be familiar with Cisco data center technologies;
• Students should understand networking protocols, routing, and switching.

Conteúdo Programatico

Course Introduction
Overview
Course Goal and Objectives
Course Flow

Section 1: Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Describe the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 3000, and 2000 product families
Describe Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Describe Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Describe Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Describe Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

Section 2: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation
Describe Cisco Nexus in Data Center Architecture
Describe Cisco NX-OS Software
Describe the Licensing Model

Section 3: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management
Describe Cisco Nexus CLI and GUI Management Interfaces
Describe Cisco NX-OS Setup Utility
Describe Virtual Device Context on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Describe PowerOn Auto Provisioning
Describe Cisco NX-OS User Management
Describe Cisco NX-OS AAA Services

Section 4: Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
Describe Port Channel Operation
Describe vPC Concepts and Benefits
Describe vPC Architecture
Describe vPC Control and Data Plane

Section 5: Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols
Describe HSRP
Describe VRRP
Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols

Section 6: Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features
Configure the security features of Cisco Nexus devices
Configure Access Control Lists
Configure Port Security
Configure DHCP Snooping
Configure Dynamic ARP Inspection
Configure IP Source Guard
Configure Unicast RPF
Configure Keychain Management
Configure Control Plane Policing
Configure MACsec

Section 7: Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
Describe Routing in Cisco NX-OS
Describe Multicast Routing in Cisco NX-OS
Describe Unicast and Multicast RIB and FIB in NX-OS
Describe Layer 3 Best Practices for vPC

Section 8: Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
Describe VXLAN Overlay
Describe VXLAN MP-BGP EVPN Control Plane
Describe VXLAN Data Plane

Section 9: Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
Describe QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
Configure QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
Describe Monitoring of QoS Statistics

Section 10: Configuring System Management and Monitoring
Describe system management and monitoring processes
Configure System Management
Configure System Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tools

Section 11: Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability
Describe On-Box Programmability on Cisco NX-OS
Describe functionality provided by Bash, Guest-shell, LXC Containers, Python API, and EEM
Describe Ansible for Cisco NX-OS

Section 12: Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
Describe IP Storage on Cisco Nexus Switches
Describe Fibre Channel
Describe Fibre Channel Flow Control
Describe Fibre Channel Domain Initialization
Describe Fibre Channel Addressing

Section 13: Configuring Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Describe FCoE Requirements
Describe Data Center Bridging
Describe FCoE Addressing Scheme
Describe FCoE Initialization Protocol
Describe FCoE Port Types

Section 14: Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
Describe Distributed Device Alias Services
Describe Zoning
Describe Zone Merging
Describe Recovering from Zone Merge Failures
Describe Enhanced Zoning

Section 15: Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes
Describe N-Port ID Virtualization
Describe Fibre Channel NPV Mode
Describe FCoE NPV Mode

Labs
Discovery 1: Test Cisco Nexus Platforms
Task 1: Test Connectivity to the Cisco Nexus Devices
Task 2: Test the Key Hardware and Software Parameters
Task 3: Test the Environment Parameters

Discovery 2: Configure User Management
Task 1: Configure AAA Server
Task 2: Configure AAA Login Authentication
Task 3: Configure RBAC

Discovery 3: Configure vPC
Task 1: Configure vPC Components
Task 2: Configure vPC Connectivity
Task 3: Configure Interface Tracking
Task 4: Troubleshoot Different vPC Failure Scenarios

Discovery 4: Configure FHRP Protocols
Task 1: Configure HSRP
Task 2: Configure VRRP
Task 3: Configure HSRP With Object Tracking
Task 4: Troubleshoot Different HSRP Failure Scenarios

Discovery 5: Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
Task 1: Configure Keychain Authentication
Task 2: Configure Access Lists
Task 3: Configure CoPP
Task 4: Configure Port Security
Task 5: Configure MACsec Between Two Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches

Discovery 6: Configure OSPF
Task 1: Configure OSPF as a Point-to-Point Link
Task 2: Configure OSPF as a Broadcast Domain
Task 3: Configure OSPF Authentication
Task 4: Configure Dynamic Routing Over vPC
Task 5: Troubleshoot Common OSPF Configuration Errors

Discovery 7: Configure VXLAN
Task 1: Configure Multicast Routing
Task 2: Configure VXLAN Bridging Using a Layer 2 VNI
Task 3: Configure Layer 3 VNI
Task 4: Configure Anycast Gateway

Discovery 8: Configure QoS
Task 1: Configure QoS Classification on Cisco Nexus
Task 2: Configure QoS Marking on the Cisco Nexus
Task 3: Configure QoS Policing on the Cisco Nexus

Discovery 9: Configure System Management
Task 1: Configure PTP
Task 2: Test the Configuration Replace Feature
Task 3: Test the Configuration Rollback Feature

Discovery 10: Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability
Task 1: Test Guest Shell Features on Cisco NX-OS
Task 2: Configure EEM and Python for Onboard Monitoring
Task 3: Configure Enhanced CLI Using Python

Discovery 11: Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS
Task 1: Configure Simple Container on Cisco Nexus 9000
Task 2: Configure Webserver Using the Containers

Discovery 12: Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible
Task 1: Explore the Cisco NX-OS Ansible Modules
Task 2: Modify Switch Configuration Using the Ansible

Discovery 13: Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features
Task 1: Preparing the Cisco Nexus 9000 Switch for Fibre Channel
Task 2: Configure Fibre Channel Connectivity
Task 3: Configuring Fibre Channel Port Channel

Discovery 14: Configure FCoE
Task 1: Configure FCoE
Task 2: Test Fibre Channel Databases

Discovery 15: Configure Fiber Channel Device Aliases and Zoning
Task 1: Configure Device Aliases and Distribution
Task 2: Configure Enhanced Zoning
Task 3: Verify SAN Operations

Discovery 16: Configure NPV
Task 1: Migrate SAN to NPV Design