Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

This course will help you:

• Gain experience implementing, securing and automating network, compute, and storage infrastructure
• Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
• Qualify for professional and expert-level job roles in the high-demand area of enterprise-class data center environments
• Earn 64 CE credits toward recertification

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
• Implement overlay networks in data center
• Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
• Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
• Implement Fibre Channel fabric
• Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
• Implement security features in data center
• Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
• Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
• Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS^®)
• Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
• Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
• Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies

• Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols^*
  • Spanning Tree Protocol
  • Port Channels Overview
• Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols^*
  • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
  • Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
• Implementing Routing in Data Center^*
  • Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
  • Border Gateway Protocol
• Implementing Multicast in Data Center^*
  • IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
  • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
• Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
  • Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
  • Virtual Extensible LAN
• Implementing Network Infrastructure Security^*
  • User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
• Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
  • Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
  • Cisco ACI Management
• Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
  • Tenant-Based Components
  • Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
• Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network^*
  • Data Center Traffic Flows
  • Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
• Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
  • Cloud Architectures
  • Cloud Deployment Models
• Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations^*
  • Time Synchronization
  • Network Configuration Management
• Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts^*
  • Need for Network Assurance
  • Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
• Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
  • Fibre Channel Basics
  • Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
  • Distributed Device Aliases
  • Zoning
• Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • Describing FCoE
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security^*
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations^*
  • Time Synchronization
  • Software Installation and Upgrade
• Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors^*
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
  • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
  • Identity Abstraction
  • Service Profile Templates
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
  • iSCSI Overview
  • Fibre Channel Overview
• Implementing Unified Computing Security
  • User Accounts and RBAC
  • Options for Authentication
• Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems^*
  • Hyper converged and Integrated Systems Overview
  • Cisco HyperFlex Solution
• Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations^*
  • Compute Configuration Management
  • Software Updates
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools^*
  • Cisco NX-OS

• Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
• Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
• Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
• Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
• Configure Fibre Channel
• Configure Device Aliases
• Configure Zoning
• Configure NPV
• Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
• Configure Server and Uplink Ports
• Configure VLANs
• Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
• Configure Basic Identity Pools
• Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
• Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
• Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
• Configure Cisco Nexus Switches with Ansible
• Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
• Automate Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure Configuration

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
• Familiarity with SANs
• Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol
• Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
• Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture
• Understanding of server system design and architecture
• Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)

These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)