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Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations v1.0 (DCFNDU)
Virtual
Learning Style
Cisco
Provider
Intermediate
Difficulty
5 Days
Course Duration
46 Units
CLC
Course Info
Certificate
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Course Information
About this course:
In this 5-day course, Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0, students will gain the foundational knowledge and skills needed to configure Cisco data center technologies including: networking, virtualization, storage area networking, and unified computing.
Students will be introduced to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), automation, and cloud computing. You will get hands-on experience with configuring features on Cisco Nexus Operating System (Cisco NX-OS) and Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS).
This course will help students:
- Prepare for entry-level job roles in the high-demand area of data center environments
- Prepare for courses that support the Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center certification exams
- Gain knowledge and hands-on skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
Course Objective:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the foundations of data center networking
- Describe Cisco Nexus products and explain the basic Cisco NX-OS functionalities and tools
- Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy
- Describe Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) connectivity
- Describe Ethernet port channels and virtual port channel (VPCs)
- Introduce switch virtualization, machine virtualization, and network virtualization
- Compare storage connectivity options in the data center
- Describe Fibre Channel communication between the initiator server and the target storage
- Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses
- Describe N-Port Virtualization (NPV) and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)
- Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
- Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE
- Describe data center server connectivity
- Describe Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe the purpose and advantages of APIs
- Describe Cisco ACI
- Describe the basic concepts of cloud computing
Audience:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Data center administrators
- Data center engineers
- Systems engineers
- Server administrators
- Network managers
- Cisco integrators and partners
Prerequisite:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Good understanding of networking protocols
- Good understanding of the VMware environment
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems
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More Information
Brand | Cisco |
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Subjects | IT Ops & Management |
Lab Access | No |
Technology | Cisco |
Learning Style | Virtual Classroom |
Learning Type | Course |
Difficulty | Intermediate |
Course Duration | 5 Days |
Language | English |
CLC | 46 Units |