Course Information

About this course:

This course will teach you skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Nexus Operating System (Cisco NX-OS) mode.

A blend of virtual instructor led training, text based courseware, and extensive hands-on learning will help you learn deployment capabilities including Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), Cisco Intelligent Traffic Director, troubleshooting tools and techniques, Cisco NX-OS programmability features, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), high availability features and open interface technologies. You will also be introduced to Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for management.

Course Objective:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe MPLS Layer 3 VPN implementation on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
• Manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches using NX-API and Python
• Implement Cisco Intelligent Traffic Director
• Troubleshoot and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches using Bash shell and Guest shell
• Manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches using Cisco DCNM
• Describe Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch software and hardware components
• Describe key Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch Cisco NX-OS software features
• Manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switch configurations using Ansible
• Implement VXLAN BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) EVPN on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches

Audience:

• Systems engineers
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects
• Field engineers
• Cisco integrators and partners
• Data center engineers
• Data center architects
• Network designers
• Network administrators
• Network engineers

Prerequisite:

You should have the following knowledge and skills to fully benefit from this course,:

• Understanding of Cisco data center architecture
• Experience configuring advanced routing and switching technologies such as BGP and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Good understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching

These Cisco courses will assist you meet these prerequisites:

• Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE)
• Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks (SWITCH)
• Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN)
• Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT)