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(DCCOR) Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies

Categories: Cisco, Data Center

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Course Objectives

  • Implement routing and switching protocols in a Cisco Data Center environment.

  • Deploy overlay networks and integrate Cisco ACI with VMM domains.

  • Implement Fibre Channel fabric and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric.

  • Implement security, automation, and scripting tools in data center infrastructure.

  • Deploy and manage Cisco UCS servers, SAN connectivity, and HyperFlex systems.

  • Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies for data center operations.

Course Outline

Data Center Switching and Routing

  • Spanning Tree Protocol, Port Channels

  • First-Hop Redundancy Protocols (HSRP, VRRP)

  • OSPFv2/v3 and BGP in data centers

  • Multicast protocols: IGMP and MLD

Overlay Networks and Cisco ACI

  • VXLAN and Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization

  • Cisco ACI overview, tenant policies, and VMM integration

  • Packet flow in Cisco Nexus switches

  • Cloud service models and deployment

Security, Automation, and Management

  • Network infrastructure security, AAA, RBAC

  • UCS server abstraction, Fabric Interconnects, VLANs

  • Cisco HyperFlex systems overview

  • Cisco automation with NX-OS, Ansible, and Python

Fibre Channel and Storage

  • Fibre Channel fabric configuration, VSANs, zoning, device aliases

  • FCoE unified fabric and storage security

Lab Exercises

  • Configure VXLAN and Cisco ACI Fabric

  • Implement ACI access and tenant policies

  • Integrate ACI with VMware

  • Configure Fibre Channel, device aliases, zoning, and NPV

  • Provision UCS Fabric Interconnect clusters and server profiles

  • Automate Cisco Nexus and ACI configurations using Ansible and Python

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