Data Center Network Infrastructure Design (DCNID)

• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

Recommended:

• Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

or

Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN)

Securing Cisco Network Devices (SND)

Security Solutions for System Engineers (SSSE)

• Given customer requirements, the learner will be able to create a Data Center network design that optimizes availability, scalability, and performance for that environment.
• Create a core layer design that optimizes data flows.
• Create an aggregation layer design that optimizes data flows.
• Create an access layer design that optimizes data flows.
• Optimize a data center design to achieve high availability.
• Design a security implementation using Catalyst 6500 service modules.
• Design a management infrastructure that provides centralized management services.

This 5-Day course enables the student to create a Data Center network designs that optimizes availability, scalability, performance, and security, using the NEXUS Products, Catalyst 6500, Catalyst 4948, Firewall Services Module, Intrusion Detection Services Module, and Network Analysis Module.

• Data Center Objectives
  • Key Data Center Concerns and Objectives
  • Data Center Environmental Requirements
  • Data Center Networking Components: Cisco Platforms and Modules
• Cisco Nexus 7010 Switch
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 Hardware Architecture
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 Software Architecture
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 Continual Availabilty
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 Network Management
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 Security Overview
  • Describe the QoS implementation on NX 7010
  • Cisco Nexus 7010 position in the DC network
• Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch
  • Introduction to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
  • Introduction to Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch Design Overview
• Data Center Design
  • Data Center Design Overview
  • Data Center Application Design
• Data Center Design Strategy
  • Data Center Design Strategy
• Data Center Design
  • Data Center Design