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

The Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center training gives you a detailed understanding of the Cisco® Nexus switch platform and teaches you how to install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus® switch platforms in a scalable, highly available environment. Through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, you will learn how to describe various aspects of the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including implementation, management, security, programmability and storage. Additionally, you will learn how to configure device aliases and zoning, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV), and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode. 

This training also earns you 40 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

How you’ll benefit
This course will help you:

• Describe, implement, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including redundancy protocols and security features, in a scalable environment
• Gain valuable hands-on experience with Cisco Nexus products in a lab setting
• Develop expertise with the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms
• Earn 40 CE credits towards recertification

Upon completing this course, the student 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 platform implementations
• Explain Cisco Nexus platform management
• Describe Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
• Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols
• Configure security features of Cisco Nexus devices
• Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding
• Describe Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Describe Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco Nexus Devices
• Explain 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

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Data Center Systems Engineers
• Field Engineers
• Architects
• Cisco partners using Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are: 

• Be familiar with Cisco data center technologies
• Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching

The following recommended Cisco offerings may help you meet these prerequisites:  

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
• Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

Module 1: Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches 

Module 2: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation 

Module 3: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management 

Module 4: Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels 

Module 5: Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols 

Module 6: Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features 

Module 7: Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding 

Module 8: Describing Virtual Extensible LAN 

Module 9: Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices 

Module 10: Configuring System Management and Monitoring 

Module 11: Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability 

Module 12: Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services 

Module 13: Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet 

Module 14: Describing Device Aliases and Zoning 

Module 15: Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes 

LAB OUTLINE

Lab 1: Test Cisco Nexus Platforms 

Lab 2: Configure User Management 

Lab 3: Configure vPC 

Lab 4: Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) Protocols 

Lab 5: Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features 

Lab 6: Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) 

Lab 7: Configure VXLAN 

Lab 8: Configure QoS 

Lab 9: Configure System Management 

Lab 10: Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability 

Lab 11: Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS 

Lab 12: Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible 

Lab 13: Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features 

Lab 14: Configure FCoE 

Lab 15: Configure Fiber Channel Device Aliases and Zoning 

Lab 16: Configure NPV