Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) V1.1

The Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) V1.0 course gives you a detailed understanding of the Cisco® Nexus switch platform and teach 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) modes.

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

Why Attend with Current Technologies CLC

• Our Instructors are the top 10% rated by Cisco
• Our Lab has a dedicated 1 Gig Fiber Connection for our Labs
• Our Labs run up to Date Code for all our courses

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 System Engineers
• Field Engineers
• Architects
• Cisco partners using Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms

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

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

• Test Cisco Nexus Platforms
• Configure User Management
• Configure vPC
• Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) Protocols
• Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
• Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Configure VXLAN
• Configure QoS
• Configure System Management
• Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability
• Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS
• Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible
• Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features