This course runs for a duration of 5 Days.
The class will run daily from 10 AM ET to 6 PM ET.
Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.
In this 5-day course, Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU), students will gain the foundational knowledge and skills needed to configure Cisco data center technologies including: networking, virtualization, storage area networking, and unified computing.
Students will be introduced to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), automation, and cloud computing. You will get hands-on experience with configuring features on Cisco Nexus Operating System (Cisco NX-OS) and Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS).
This course will help students:
Prepare for entry-level job roles in the high-demand area of data center environments
Prepare for courses that support the Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center certification exams
Gain knowledge and hands-on skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software.
Audience
Objectives:
Module 1: Describing the Data Center Network Architectures
Module 2: Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
Module 3: Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy
Module 4: Describing Cisco FEX
Module 5: Describing Port Channels and VPCs
Module 6: Describing Switch Virtualization
Module 7: Describing Machine Virtualization
Module 8: Describing Network Virtualization
Module 9: Introducing Basic Data Center Storage Concepts
Module 10: Describing Fibre Channel Communication Between the Initiator Server and the Target Storage
Module 11: Describing Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses
Module 12: Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
Module 13: Describing Data Center Ethernet Enhancements
Module 14: Describing FCoE
Module 15: Describing Cisco UCS Components
Module 16: Describing Cisco UCS Manager
Module 17: Using APIs
Module 18: Describing Cisco ACI
Module 19: Describing Cloud Computing
Lab Outline
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
