Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure («DCID7»)

Ce cours vous permet de vous préparer efficacement à l’examen Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (300-610 DCID). Cet examen vous permet d’obtenir les nouvelles certifications CCNP® Data Center et Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Design.

1. Describing High Availability on Layer 2
   • Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms
   • Virtual Port Channels
   • Cisco FabricPath
   • Virtual Port Channel+
2. Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
   • First Hop Redundancy Protocols
   • Improve Routing Protocol Performance and Security
   • Enhance Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness
3. Designing Data Center Topologies
   • Data Center Traffic Flows
   • Cabling Challenges
   • Access Layer
   • Aggregation Layer
   • Core Layer
   • Spine-and-Leaf Topology
   • Redundancy Options
4. Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV
   • Cisco OTV Overview
   • Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes
   • Failure Isolation
   • Cisco OTV Features
   • Optimize Cisco OTV
   • Evaluate Cisco OTV
5. Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol
   • Locator/ID Separation Protocol
   • Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) Virtual Machine (VM) Mobility
   • LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) Multihop Mobility
   • LISP VPN Virtualization
6. Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks
   • Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
   • Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
   • Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane Overview
   • VXLAN Data Plane
7. Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization
   • Hardware-Based High Availability
   • Device Virtualization
   • Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization
   • Server Virtualization
   • SAN Virtualization
   • N-Port ID Virtualization
8. Describing Cisco FEX Options
   • Cisco Adapter FEX
   • Access Layer with Cisco FEX
   • Cisco FEX Topologies
   • Virtualization-Aware Networking
   • Single Root I/O Virtualization
   • Cisco FEX Evaluation
9. Describing Basic Data Center Security
   • Threat Mitigation
   • Attack and Countermeasure Examples
   • Secure the Management Plane
   • Protect the Control Plane
   • RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
10. Describing Advanced Data Center Security
    • Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture
    • Cisco TrustSec Operation
    • Firewalling
    • Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks
    • Cisco Firepower® Portfolio
    • Firewall Virtualization
    • Design for Threat Mitigation
11. Describing Management and Orchestration
    • Network and License Management
    • Cisco UCS Manager
    • Cisco UCS Director
    • Cisco Intersight
    • Cisco DCNM Overview
12. Describing Storage and RAID Options
    • Position DAS in Storage Technologies
    • Network-Attached Storage
    • Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
    • Evaluate Storage Technologies
13. Describing Fibre Channel Concepts
    • Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses
    • Fibre Channel Communication
    • Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN
14. Describing Fibre Channel Topologies
    • SAN Parameterization
    • SAN Design Options
    • Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution
15. Describing FCoE
    • FCoE Protocol Characteristics
    • FCoE Communication
    • Data Center Bridging
    • FCoE Initialization Protocol
    • FCoE Design Options
16. Describing Storage Security
    • Common SAN Security Features
    • Zones
    • SAN Security Enhancements
    • Cryptography in SAN
17. Describing SAN Management and Orchestration
    • Cisco DCNM for SAN
    • Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry
    • Cisco UCS Director in the SAN
    • Cisco UCS Director Workflows
18. Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases
    • Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
    • Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis
    • Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards
    • Stateless Computing
    • Cisco UCS Mini
19. Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
    • Use of Fabric Interconnect Interfaces
    • VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain
    • Southbound Connections
    • Northbound Connections
    • Disjoint Layer 2 Networks
    • Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy
20. Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems
    • Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
    • Cisco HyperFlex™ Solution
    • Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
    • Cisco HyperFlex Clusters
    • Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain
    • External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex
    • Cisco HyperFlex Positioning
21. Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters
    • Cisco UCS Setup and Management
    • Cisco UCS Traffic Management
22. Describing Cisco UCS RBAC
    • Roles and Privileges
    • Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager
    • Locales and Effective Rights
    • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
    • Two-Factor Authentication
23. Describing Pools for Service Profiles
    • Global and Local Pools
    • Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) Address Pools
    • World Wide Name (WWN) Pools
    • Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools
24. Describing Policies for Service Profiles
    • Global vs. Local Policies
    • Storage and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Policies
    • Boot and Scrub Policies
    • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Maintenance Policies
25. Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies
    • LAN Connectivity Controls
    • SAN Connectivity Controls
    • Virtual Access Layer
    • Connectivity Enhancements
26. Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager
    • Cisco UCS Templates
    • Service Profile Templates
    • Network Templates
    • Designing Data Center Automation
27. Model-Driven Programmability
    • Cisco NX-API Overview
    • Programmability Using Python
    • Cisco Ansible Module
    • Use the Puppet Agent

Ce cours s’adresse aux experts en informatiques ayant cinq à huit ans d’expérience dans l’un de ces domaines d’activité : Ingénieurs de centre de données, designers réseaux, administrateurs réseaux, ingénieurs systèmes, ingénieurs consultants en systèmes, architectes de solutions techniques, administrateurs serveurs et réseaux, intégrateurs Cisco ou partenaires.

Nous vous conseillons d’avoir déjà acquis une certaine expérience dans les domaines suivants:

• Implémentation de réseaux Data Center Networking (LAN) et de Storage Area Network (SAN)
• Description de Data Center Storage
• Implémentation de la virtualisation de centres de données
• Implémentation de l’Unified Computing System de Cisco (Cisco UCS)
• Implémentation d’automatisation et d’organisation de centres de données axé sur Cisco Application Centric Infrastrucure (ACI) et Cisco UCS Director
• Description de produits de Cisco Data Center Nexus et Multilayer Director Switch (MDS)

Certification
L’examen Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v1.0 (DCID 300-610) dure 90 minutes et permet d’obtenir les certifications CCNP Data Center et Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Design. Ce cours vous permet d’être parfaitement préparé à cet examen.

Renouvellement de certification
Un renouvellement de certification est possible après 3 ans, soit grâce aux points CEP (Continuous Learning Program) soit suite à la réussite de l’examen correspondant.