5 Days Course
Data Center Switching 
Course Details
Overview
The focus of this skills-building course is troubleshooting of LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). The course provides rich, hands-on experience in resolving problems on Cisco MDS switches, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco fabric extenders (FEXs), Cisco UCS, and Cisco ACI.
Associated Certification:
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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Troubleshoot Layer 2 technologies, such as STP, port channels, vPC, Cisco FabricPath, and FEX
- Troubleshoot first-hop redundancy, routing, and CFS in the data center
- Troubleshoot virtualization solutions, such as OTV, VRF, and VXLAN
- Troubleshoot storage area networks, including Fibre Channel, FCoE, zoning, NPV, and NPIV
- Troubleshoot data center unified computing
Outline
- Module1: Troubleshooting the Data Center LAN Network
- Module 2: Troubleshooting Data Center SAN
- Module 3: Troubleshooting Data Center Unified Computing
- Module 4: Troubleshooting Data Center ACI
Target Audience
- Channel Partners
- Customers
- Employees
- Entry-level to experienced Network Administrator
- Senior Network Engineer
- Presales Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Data Center Administrator
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Senior Technical Solutions Architect
Prerequisites
It is recommended that a learner should have attended the following classes or obtained an equivalent level of knowledge before attending this course:
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.0 or higher
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) v6.0 or higher
- Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) v6.0 or higher
- Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI) v6.0 or higher
- Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) v6.0 or higher