Describing the Data Center Network Architectures
- Cisco Data Center Architecture Overview
- Three-Tier Network: Core, Aggregation, and Access
- Spine-and-Leaf Network
- Storage Area Networks
- Hyperconverged Storage Systems
Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
- Cisco Nexus Data Center Product Overview
- Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture
- Cisco NX-OS Software CLI Tools
- Cisco NX-OS Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy
- Default Gateway Redundancy
- Hot Standby Router Protocol
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Gateway Load Balancing Protocol
Describing Port Channels and vPCs
- Ethernet Port Channels
- Virtual Port Channels
Describing Switch Virtualization
- Cisco Nexus Switch Basic Components
- Virtual Routing and Forwarding
Describing Machine Virtualization
- Virtual Machines
- Hypervisor
- Virtual Machine Manager
Describing Network Virtualization
- Overlay Network Protocols
- VXLAN Overlay
- VXLAN BCP EVPN Control Plane
- VXLAN Data Plane
- VMware vSphere Virtual Switches
Introducing Basic Data Center Storage Concepts
- Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center
- Fibre Channel Storage Networking
- VSAN Configuration and Verification
Describing the Cisco MDS Family
Describing Fibre Channel Communication Between the Interior Server and the Target Storage
- Fibre Channel Layered Model
- FLOGI Process
- Fibre Channel Flow Control
Describing Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses
- Fibre Channel Zoning
- Zoning Configuration
- Zoning Management
Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
- Cisco Switch Mode
- NPIV Mode
Describing FCoE
Describing Cisco UCS and UCS-X Components
- Cisco UCS Server Hardware
- Cisco Intersight
- Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix
Describing Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight
- Cisco UCS Manager Overview
- Identity Resource Pools for Hardware Abstraction
- Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates
- Cisco Intersight Overview
Automating the Data Center
- Cisco NX-OS Programmability
- Cisco NX-OS Model-Driven Programmability
- Cisco Nexus API
- Python
- Ansible
- HashiCorp Terraform
Describing Cisco Nexus Dashboard
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Overview
- Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Overview
Describing Cisco ACI
- Cisco ACI Overview
- Cisco ACI Topology and Hardware
- Cisco ACI Policy Model
- Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options
- Cisco ACI and Virtual Machine Manager Integration
- Cisco ACI and Layer 4-Layer 7 Integration
- Cisco ACI Management and Automation
- Cisco ACI Anywhere
Describing Cloud Computing
- Cloud Computing Overview
- Cloud Deployment Models
- Cloud Computing Services
