Course Outlines

1: Cisco Nexus Product Overview

• The Cisco Data Center Network Architecture
  • Cisco Unified Fabric Overview
  • Structured Layers – Core, Aggregation, Access
  • Placement of Products
  • Positioning of Product Families in the Architecture
• Identifying Cisco Nexus Products
  • The Cisco Nexus Product Family
  • Key Features of Cisco Nexus I/O Modules
  • Key Features of Cisco NX-OS

2: Cisco Nexus Switch Feature Configuration

• Understanding High Availability and Redundancy
  • Network-Level High Availability
  • System-Level High Availability
  • In-Service Software Upgrade
• Configuring Virtual Device Contexts
  • Using VDCs in Data Centers
  • Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs)
  • Resource Allocation
  • New VDC Features in Cisco NX-OS 6.1
  • Configuring VDCs
  • Management Settings
  • Storage VDCs
• Configuring Layer 2 Switching Features
  • Basic Interface Parameters
  • Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch Feature Comparison
  • VLAN Configuration
  • Spanning Tree Protocol Extensions
• Configuring PortChannels
  • Using PortChannels and Virtual PortChannels
  • Configuring PortChannels
  • vPC Architecture
  • Configuring vPC
  • Configuring the FEX
  • Configuring Enhanced vPCs
• Implementing Cisco FabricPath
  • Implement Cisco FabricPath
  • Verify Cisco FabricPath
• Configuring Layer 3 Switching Features
  • Routing Protocols
  • First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
  • Layer 3 Virtualization
  • Unicast RIB and FIB
  • Route Policy Manager
  • Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
  • IPv6
• Configuring IP Multicast
  • IP Multicast
  • Configuring IGMP and MLD
  • Configuring PIM
  • Configuring IGMP Snooping
  • Configuring MSDP

3: Cisco Nexus Switch Advanced Feature Configuration

• Understanding Overlay Transport Virtualization
  • Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
  • Basic OTV
  • Advanced OTV
• Configuring MPLS
  • Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  • MPLS VPN
• Configuring LISP
  • Location ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
  • Configuring LISP
• Configuring Quality of Service (QoS)
  • QoS on the Nexus Switches
  • Modular QoS CLI (MQC)
  • Marking
  • Mutation Mapping
  • Policing
  • Queuing and Scheduling
  • Monitoring QoS
• Configuring Security Features
  • DHCP Snooping
  • Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
  • IP Source Guard
  • Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
  • Traffic Storm Control
  • Port Security
  • Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
  • Cisco TrustSec

4: Cisco Nexus Storage Features

• Understanding Fibre Channel Protocol
  • SCSI Protocol
  • Fibre Channel
  • Fibre Channel Login and Communication
  • Fibre Channel Addressing Schemes
  • VSANs and IVR
  • Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) Protocol
  • Zoning
  • N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
  • N-Port Virtualization (NPV)
• Understanding FCoE Protocol
  • FCoE Overview
  • FCoE Architecture
  • FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP)
  • Supported FCoE Topologies
  • FCoE Hardware
• Identifying Data Center Bridging Enhancements
  • Data Center Bridging (DCB)
  • Priority Flow Control (PFC)
  • Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
  • DCBX Protocol
• Configuring FCoE
  • Configure FCoE
  • FCoE VLANs and Virtual Interfaces
  • FCoE with Enhanced vPC and Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender
  • FCoE on MDS
  • Fibre Channel Interfaces
  • Domain Parameters
  • Managing VSANs
  • VSAN Trunking
  • SAN Port Channels
  • FLOGI and FCNS Databases
  • Cisco Fabric Services on MDS
• Configuring NPV Mode
  • N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
  • Configuring NPIV
  • N-Port Virtualization (NPV)
  • Configuring NPV
  • FCoE NPV
  • Configuring FCoE NPV
• Using SAN Management Tools
  • Cisco DCNM for SAN
  • Cisco Device Manager

5: Cisco Nexus Series Switch Management

• Using the Connectivity Management Processor
  • Connectivity Management Processor (CMP)
  • Configuring the CMP
  • Verifying the CMP
  • Upgrading the CMP
  • Using the CMP
• Configuring User Management
  • User Management Features
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
  • Secure Shell (SSH)
  • User Accounts and Roles
• Understanding System Management
  • System Management Features
  • Cisco Fabric Services
  • NTP and PTP
  • Embedded Event Management (EEM)
  • NetFlow
  • Cisco Smart Call Home
  • Scheduler
  • SPAN and ERSPAN
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  • XML Interface
  • Cisco DCNM for LAN
  • Integrating vCenter Manager
  • Licensing
  • Upgrading the Firmware and EPLDs

Course Labs

• Lab 2-1: Configure Layer 2 Switching
• Lab 2-2: Configure vPCs
• Lab 2-3: Configure Cisco FabricPath
• Lab 2-4: Configure Layer 3 Switching
• Lab 3-1: Configure OTV
• Lab 3-2: Configure QoS
• Lab 3-3: Configure Security Features
• Lab 4-1: Configure FCoE
• Lab 4-2: Configure NPV
• Lab 5-1: Configure System Management
• Lab 5-2: Implement Cisco DCNM for LAN