DCCOR: Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies
The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)0 course helps you prepare for the Cisco® CCNP® Data Center and CCIE® Data Center certifications and for advanced-level data center roles. In this course, you will master the skills and technologies you need to implement data center compute, LAN and SAN infrastructure. You will also learn the essentials of automation and security in data centers. You will get hands-on experience with deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure including: Cisco MDS Switches and Cisco Nexus Switches; Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) B-Series Blade Servers, and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers.
This course, including the self-paced material, helps prepare you to take the exam, Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR), which leads to the CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center, and the Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Core certifications.
This course will help you:
- Gain experience implementing, securing and automating network, compute, and storage infrastructure
- Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
- Prepare for the Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR) exam
- Qualify for professional and expert-level job roles in the high-demand area of enterprise-class data center environments
- Exam Number:
- 350-601
- Exam Name:
- Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
- Certifications:
- CCNP Data Center, CCIE Data Center, and Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Core
Upcoming Dates
What's Included
- Comprehensive study materials including official Cisco courseware
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
- Familiarity with SANs
- Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol
- Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
- Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture
- Understanding of server system design and architecture
- Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)
These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:
- Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
- Implement overlay networks in data center
- Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
- Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
- Implement Fibre Channel fabric
- Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
- Implement security features in data center
- Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
- Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
- Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®)
- Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
- Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center
- Evaluate automation and orchestration technologies
Course Outline
Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
- Components of the Cisco Unified CCX Environment
- Spanning Tree Protocol
- Virtual Port Channels Overview
Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
- Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
- First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6
- Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
- Border Gateway Protocol
- IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
- Multicast Distribution Trees and Routing Protocols
- IP Multicast on Cisco Nexus Switches
- Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
- Virtual Extensible LAN
- User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
- Keychain Authentication
- First Hop Security
- Media Access Control Security
- Control Plane Policing
- Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
- Cisco ACI Management
- Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies
- Tenant-Based Components
- Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
- Controlling Traffic Flow with Contracts
- Virtual Switches and Cisco ACI VMM Domains
- VMM Domain EPG Association
- Cisco ACI Integration with Hypervisor Solutions
- Data Center Traffic Flows
- Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
- Packet Flow in Cisco ACI Fabric
- Cloud Architectures
- Cloud Deployment Models
- Time Synchronization
- Network Configuration Management
- Software Updates
- Network Infrastructure Monitoring
- Need for Network Assurance
- Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
- Fibre Channel Basics
- Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
- SAN Port Channels Overview
- Fibre Channel Domain Configuration Process
- Distributed Device Aliases
- Zoning
- N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV) and N-Port Virtualization (NPV)
- Fibre Channel over IP
- Network Access Server (NAS) Concepts
- Storage Area Network (SAN) Design Options
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet
- Describing FCoE
- FCoE Topology Options
- FCoE Implementation
- User Accounts and RBAC
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
- Fibre Channel Port Security and Fabric Binding
- Time Synchronization
- Software Installation and Upgrade
- Storage Infrastructure Monitoring
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
- Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
- Cisco UCS C-Series Integration
- Identity Abstraction
- Service Profile Templates
- iSCSI Overview
- Fibre Channel Overview
- Implement FCoE
- User Accounts and RBAC
- Options for Authentication
- Key Management
- Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex Solution
- Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
- Compute Configuration Management
- Software Updates
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- Cisco Intersight™
- Cisco NX-OS Programmability
- Scheduler Overview
- Cisco Embedded Event Manager Overview
- Bash Shell and Guest Shell for Cisco NX-OS
- Cisco Nexus API
- Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview
- Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview
- Python in Cisco NX-OS and Cisco UCS
- Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration
- Power On Auto Provisioning
- Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview
- Cisco UCS Director Fundamentals
- Cisco UCS PowerTool
- Configure Overlay Transport Visualization (OTV)
- Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
- Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
- Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
- Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
- Configure Fibre Channel
- Configure Device Aliases
- Configure Zoning
- Configure NPV
- Configure FCoE
- Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
- Configure Server and Uplink Ports
- Configure VLANs
- Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
- Configure Basic Identity Pools
- Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
- Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
- Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
- Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
Implementing Routing in Data Center*
Implementing Multicast in Data Center*
Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*
Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts*
Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security*
Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*
Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors*
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
Implementing Unified Computing Security
Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems*
Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools*
Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
Technologies*
* This section is self-study material that can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course.