Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure 7.0 (DCID 7.0) (CIS08)

Describing High Availability on Layer 2

• Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms
• Virtual Port Channels
• Cisco FabricPath
• Virtual Port Channel+

Designing Layer 3 Connectivity

• First Hop Redundancy Protocols
• Improve Routing Protocol Performance and Security
• Enhance Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness

Designing Data Center Topologies

• Data Center Traffic Flows
• Cabling Challenges
• Access Layer
• Aggregation Layer
• Core Layer
• Spine-and-Leaf Topology
• Redundancy Options

Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV

• Cisco OTV Overview
• Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes
• Failure Isolation
• Cisco OTV Features
• Optimize Cisco OTV
• Evaluate Cisco OTV

Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol

• Locator/ID Separation Protocol
• Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) Virtual Machine (VM) Mobility
• LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) Multihop Mobility
• LISP VPN Virtualization

Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks

• Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
• VXLAN Data Plane

Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization

• Hardware-Based High Availability
• Device Virtualization
• Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization
• Server Virtualization
• SAN Virtualization
• N-Port ID Virtualization

Describing Cisco FEX Options

• Cisco Adapter FEX
• Access Layer with Cisco FEX
• Cisco FEX Topologies
• Virtualization-Aware Networking
• Single Root I/O Virtualization
• Cisco FEX Evaluation

Describing Basic Data Center Security

• Threat Mitigation
• Attack and Countermeasure Examples
• Secure the Management Plane
• Protect the Control Plane
• RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

Describing Advanced Data Center Security

• Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture
• Cisco TrustSec Operation
• Firewalling
• Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks
• Cisco Firepower® Portfolio
• Firewall Virtualization
• Design for Threat Mitigation

Describing Management and Orchestration

• Network and License Management
• Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco Intersight
• Cisco DCNM Overview

Describing Storage and RAID Options

• Position DAS in Storage Technologies
• Network-Attached Storage
• Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
• Evaluate Storage Technologies

Describing Fibre Channel Concepts

• Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses
• Fibre Channel Communication
• Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN

Describing Fibre Channel Topologies

• SAN Parameterization
• SAN Design Options
• Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution

Describing FCoE

• FCoE Protocol Characteristics
• FCoE Communication
• Data Center Bridging
• FCoE Initialization Protocol
• FCoE Design Options

Describing Storage Security

• Common SAN Security Features
• Zones
• SAN Security Enhancements
• Cryptography in SAN

Describing SAN Management and Orchestration

• Cisco DCNM for SAN
• Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry
• Cisco UCS Director in the SAN
• Cisco UCS Director Workflows

Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases

• Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
• Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis
• Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards
• Stateless Computing
• Cisco UCS Mini

Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity

• Use of Fabric Interconnect Interfaces
• VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain
• Southbound Connections
• Northbound Connections
• Disjoint Layer 2 Networks
• Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy

Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems

• Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
• Cisco HyperFlex™ Solution
• Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
• Cisco HyperFlex Clusters
• Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain
• External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex
• Cisco HyperFlex Positioning

Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters

• Cisco UCS Setup and Management
• Cisco UCS Traffic Management

Describing Cisco UCS RBAC

• Roles and Privileges
• Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager
• Locales and Effective Rights
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Two-Factor Authentication

Describing Pools for Service Profiles

• Global and Local Pools
• Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) Address Pools
• World Wide Name (WWN) Pools
• Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools

Describing Policies for Service Profiles

• Global vs. Local Policies
• Storage and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Policies
• Boot and Scrub Policies
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Maintenance Policies

Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies

• LAN Connectivity Controls
  
• SAN Connectivity Controls
• Virtual Access Layer
• Connectivity Enhancements

Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

• Cisco UCS Templates
• Service Profile Templates
• Network Templates
• Designing Data Center Automation

Model-Driven Programmability

• Cisco NX-API Overview
• Programmability Using Python
• Cisco Ansible Module
• Use the Puppet Agent

Lab Outline

• Design Virtual Port Channels
• Design First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)
• Design Routing Protocols
• Design Data Center Topology for a Customer
• Design Data Center Interconnect Using Cisco OTV
• Design Your VXLAN Network
• Create a Cisco FEX Design
• Design Management and Orchestration in a Cisco UCS Solution
• Design a Fibre Channel Network
• Design and Integrate an FCoE Solution
• Design a Secure SAN
• Design Cisco UCS Director for Storage Networking
• Design a Cisco UCS Domain and Fabric Interconnect Cabling
• Design a Cisco UCS C-Series Server Implementation
• Design Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Network and Storage Connectivity
• Design Systemwide Parameters in a Cisco UCS Solution
• Design an LDAP Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain
• Design Pools for Service Profiles in a Cisco UCS Solution
• Design Network-Specific Adapters and Policies in a Cisco UCS Solution

• Network Designer
• Network Administrator
• Network Engineer
• Systems Engineer
• Consulting Systems Engineer
• Technical Solutions Architect
• Cisco Integrators/Partners

Prima di seguire questo corso, dovresti comprendere quanto segue:

• Implementare il networking del data center [local area network (LAN) e storage area network (SAN)]
• Descrivere l’archiviazione del data center
• Implementa la virtualizzazione del data center
• Implementare Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
• Implementa l’automazione e l’orchestrazione del data center con particolare attenzione a Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) e Cisco UCS Director
• Descrivi i prodotti delle famiglie Cisco Data Center Nexus e Multilayer Director Switch (MDS).

Per beneficiare appieno di questo corso, dovresti aver completato i seguenti corsi o aver ottenuto il livello di conoscenza equivalente:

• Comprensione di Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) o e
• Implementazione e funzionamento di Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)

Dopo aver frequentato questo corso, sarai in grado di:

• Descrivere le opzioni e i protocolli di inoltro Layer 2 e Layer 3 utilizzati in un data center
• Descrivere le opzioni di progettazione del rack, i modelli di traffico e l’accesso al livello di commutazione del data center, l’aggregazione e il core
• Descrivere la tecnologia Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) utilizzata per interconnettere i data center
• Descrivere il protocollo di separazione localizzatore/ID
• Progettare una soluzione che utilizzi Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) per l’inoltro del traffico
• Descrivere le opzioni di ridondanza hardware; come virtualizzare le funzioni di rete, elaborazione e archiviazione; e reti virtuali nel data center
• Descrivi le soluzioni che utilizzano fabric extender e confronta Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) con la virtualizzazione input/output root singola (SR-IOV)
• Descrivere le minacce alla sicurezza e le soluzioni nel data center
• Descrivere le tecnologie e le best practice avanzate per la sicurezza dei data center
• Descrivere la gestione e l’orchestrazione dei dispositivi nel data center
• Descrivere le opzioni di archiviazione per la funzione di calcolo e i diversi livelli RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) dal punto di vista dell’alta disponibilità e delle prestazioni
• Descrivere i concetti, le topologie, l’architettura e i termini del settore Fibre Channel
• Descrivi Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Descrivere le opzioni di sicurezza nella rete di archiviazione
• Descrivere le opzioni di gestione e automazione per l’infrastruttura di storage networking
• Descrivi i server Cisco UCS e i casi d’uso per varie piattaforme Cisco UCS
• Spiegare le opzioni di connettività per Fabric Interconnect per le connessioni in direzione sud e nord
• Descrivere la soluzione iperconvergente e i sistemi integrati
• Descrivere i parametri a livello di sistema per la configurazione di un dominio Cisco UCS
• Descrivi il controllo degli accessi basato sui ruoli (RBAC) e l’integrazione con i server di directory per controllare i diritti di accesso su Cisco UCS Manager
• Descrivere i pool che possono essere utilizzati nei profili di servizio o nei modelli di profilo di servizio su Cisco UCS Manager
• Descrivi le diverse policy nel profilo del servizio
• Descrivere le politiche di interfaccia Ethernet e Fibre Channel e le tecnologie di rete aggiuntive