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Module 1: Using the Cisco Nexus 7000 in Data Center Networks
- Describe the features and capabilities of the Cisco Nexus 7000
- Describe the main features of the virtual device contexts in the Cisco Nexus 7000
- Techniques used to manage the Cisco Nexus 7000
- Layer 2 & 3 protocols and features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- Quality of service features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- Security features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- Troubleshooting Methods
Lesson 1: Understanding the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
- Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7010 Chassis
- Supervisor engine and line card features
- Fabric module capacity and redundancy capability
- Buffering capability of each line card module and accessing the switch fabric
- Virtual Output Queueing (VOQ) operation and packet flow and arbitration across the fabric
- Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7010 power supplies and fan cooling system
- Connectivity management processor
- Key features of the Cisco Nexus 7018 Chassis
- Site preparation considerations for the Cisco Nexus 7000 platform
Lesson 2: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 7000
- Features of the Cisco NX-OS
- Cisco NX-OS process recovery
- Cisco NX-OS supervisor redundancy
Lesson 3: Introducing the Virtual Device Contexts in the Cisco Nexus 7000
- Architecture of VDCs
- Configuration of VDCs
- High-availability capabilities of a VDC
Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco Nexus 7000
- SNMP and XML components
- Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics
- Cisco EEM components
- Smart Call Home feature
- Cisco Data Center Network Manager
- System message logging
- Using AAA
- Role-based access control
- Using configuration checkpoints
Lesson 5: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 2 Protocols and Features
- Layer 2 features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- Features of VLANs and PVLANs
- Spanning Tree Protocol features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- PortChannel capability of the Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS
- IGMP snooping
- UniDirectional Link Detection
Lesson 6: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Protocols and Features
- Layer 3 Unicast Routing
- First-hop routing protocols
- Layer 3 routing protocols
- Virtual routing and forwarding
- Policy routing features of Cisco NX-OS
- Layer 3 port channel configuration
- Tunnel features of Cisco NX-OS
- Layer 3 multicast
Lesson 7: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Quality of Service
- QoS features of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
- Cisco Nexus 7000 series port-based QoS features
- Cisco Nexus 7000 QoS forwarding engine
- Implementation of QoS using MQC
- Define class maps
- Define policy maps
- Implement service policies
Lesson 8: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Security
- Basic concepts of Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS 4.0 security
- Guarantee the validity of network traffic
- Control plane protection
- Access control
- Admission control
- Data confidentiality
Lesson 9: Troubleshooting
- Ethanalyzer
- SPAN and RSPAN
- Troubleshooting Process
Module 2: Using the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 in Data Center Networks
- Benefits provided by Cisco Nexus 5000 switches in typical user situations
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender configuration parameters and relationship to the Cisco Nexus 5000 platform
- Fiber Channel networks, frames, and flow control
- Various protocols used with Fiber Channel
- Standard fabric services and their well-known addresses
- Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) within SAN and LAN environments
- N-Port Virtualization performance enhancements of large data center architectures.
Lesson 1: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 5000 and Cisco Nexus 2000
- Requirements in the data center that make the FCoE protocol necessary
- Cisco Nexus 5000 switch products and how they are used for I/O consolidation
- Features and benefits provided by the Cisco Nexus 5000 switch
- FCoE adapters and software stack and their features and benefits
- Management tools available for managing Cisco Nexus 5000 switches
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender and its relationship to the Nexus 5000 switch
Lesson 2: Understanding Fibre Channel
- Fibre Channel networks
- Fibre Channel frames
- Fibre Channel flow control
- Phases of the fabric login protocol
- Phases of the process login protocol
- Fabric Shortest Path First protocol
- Benefits of Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs) and their relationship to Zone Sets, Zoning and Zoning Members
- N-Port identifier virtualization
- Benefits of the Cisco N-Port Virtualizer
- Standard fabric services and their well-known addresses
Lesson 3: Implementing an FCoE Network Using Cisco Nexus 5000 Switches
- Network topology enabled by Cisco Nexus 5000 switches
- Cisco N-Port Virtualizer and Virtual Fiber Channel (vfc) within an FCoE network
- Zoning within FCoE and Fiber Channel networks
- Configure the Nexus 5000 and Fibre Channel Fabric Switch to create an N-Port Virtualization connection.
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