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Introduction to Cisco Data Center Networking & Technologies (DCICN+DCICT) Bootcamp (DCINT)

Course Length: 5 Days

Course Objectives

• How a network works
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications
• Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP services to meet network requirements
• Configure, verify, and troubleshoot routing operations on Cisco Nexus switches
• Describe and verify Cisco data center fundamentals
• Verify Cisco data center virtualization
• Verify Cisco data center storage networking
• Verify Cisco data center unified fabric
• Describe and verify Cisco UCS

Pre-requisites

 Skills that a student must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills 
• Basic Internet usage skills
• Basic IP address knowledge

Intended Audience

• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Cisco integrators/partners
• System engineers
• Network designers
• Network managers
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects

Introduction to Cisco Data Center Networking & Technologies (DCICN+DCICT) Bootcamp (DCINT)

Module 1: Switched Network Implementation

• Lesson 1: Describing Switching 
• Lesson 2: Describing the Packet Delivery Process
• Lesson 3: Describing the NX-OS Software
• Lesson 4: Operating NX-OS Software
• Lesson 5: Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Lesson 6: Building a Redundant Switched Topology

• Lesson 1: Describing an IP Addressing Scheme
• Lesson 2: Transitioning to IPv6

• Lesson 1: Exploring the Packet Discovery Process
• Lesson 2: Exploring the Routing Process on Cisco Nexus Switches
• Lesson 3: Exploring Routing Protocols on Cisco Nexus Switches 
• Lesson 4: Exploring ACLs on Cisco Nexus Switches

• Lesson 1: Monitoring the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 Series Switches 
• Lesson 2: Describing VPCs and Cisco FabricPath in the Data Center
• Lesson 3: Using OTV on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

• Lesson 1: Virtualizing Network Devices
• Lesson 2: Using the Cisco Nexus 1000v Series Switch
• Lesson 3: Verifying Setup and Operation of the Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switch

• Lesson 1: Describing Fiber Channel Storage Networking
• Lesson 2: Verifying Fiber Channel Communications on Cisco MDS 9000

• Lesson 1: Describing DCB
• Lesson 2: Identifying   Connectivity Options for FCOE on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
• Lesson 3    Describing Enhanced FCOE Scalability with Cisco Nexus 2232 10GE Fabric Extender

• Lesson 1: Connecting Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
• Lesson 2: Setting up an Initial UCS Cluster
• Lesson 3: Describing Cisco UCS Manager Operations
• Lesson 4: Describing Cisco UCS Manager Pools, Policies, Templates and SPs

• Lab 1: Connecting to Cisco Nexus Switches
• Lab 2: Configuring Cisco Nexus Switches
• Lab 3: Configuring VLANs and Trunks
• Lab 4: Verifying and Configuring Spanning Tree
• Lab 5: Converting Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal
• Lab 6: Classifying Network Addressing
• Lab 7: Computing Usable Subnetworks and Hosts
• Lab 8: Calculating Subnet Masks
• Lab 9: Configuring Multilayer Switching Part 1
• Lab 10: Configuring Multilayer Switching Part 2
• Lab 11: Connecting to a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch Using SSH
• Lab 12: Connecting to a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Using SSH
• Lab 13: Running CLI Commands
• Lab 14: Configuring vPC
• Lab 15: Validating Cisco FabricPath
• Lab 16: Validating OTV Configuration
• Lab 17: Verifying Current VDC Settings
• Lab 18: Validating a Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Configuration
• Lab 19: Validating the Cisco MDS 9100 Series Switch License 
• Lab 20: Configuring VSANs and Zoning
• Lab 21: Validating FLOGI and FCNS
• Lab 22: Viewing the tech-support Command Output
• Lab 23: Validating the Physical Connections for FCoE
• Lab 24: Exploring the Cisco UCS Manager GUI
• Lab 25: Creating a Service Profile from a Template and Performing VMware ESXi 5.0 SAN Boot

Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure Support Specialist

Prerequisites