CCNA Data Center

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that you must have before attending this course are as follows:

  • Good understanding of networking protocols
  • Good understanding of the VMware environment
Course Content

the course has two part of training which could be attended individually, Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) course is a  40 hours and The Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) course which is also 40 instructor-led training (ILT) program , those two courses are designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNA Data Center Certification and for associate level data center roles. The course covers foundation knowledge, skills, and technologies including data center network virtualization, unified computing, data center automation and orchestration, and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). 

The hands on lab exercises focus on configuring features on Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS), Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), and Cisco UCS Director  . 


Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Describe and configure Cisco UCS 
  • Describe and configure Cisco data center virtualization 
  • Describe and configure Cisco data center networking 
  • Describe and configure Cisco Automation and Orchestration 
  • Describe and verify Cisco ACI

Course Outline

  • Module 1-1: Network Protocols and Host-to-Host Communication
  • Module 1-2: Basic Data Center Networking Concepts
  • Module 1-3: Advanced Data Center Networking Concepts
  • Module 1-4: Basic Data Center Storage
  • Module 1-5: Advanced Data Center Storage
  • Module 1-6: Cisco UCS Architecture
  • Module 2-1: Cisco Data Center Network Virtualization
  • Module 2-2: Cisco Data Center Network Technologies Configuration
  • Module 2-3: Cisco Unified Computing System
  • Module 2-4: Data Center Automation and Orchestration
  • Module 2-5: Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure