Course Length:

5 Days

Course Description:

This 5-day course enables students to create a Data Center network design 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.

Who Should Attend:

This course is for Channel Partners/Resellers, Customers, and Employees.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Create a Data Center network designs 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

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken Designing for Cisco Internetworks Solutions (DESGN) and Securing Cisco Network Devices (SND).

Course Outline:

• Module 1: Data Center Design Models
  1. Lesson 1: Data Center Business Objectives
  2. Lesson 2: Data Center Networking Components: Cisco Platforms and Modules
  3. Lesson 3: Data Center Environmental Requirements
• Module 2: Cisco Nexus 7010 Switch
  1. Lesson 1: Cisco Nexus 7010 Hardware Architecture
  2. Lesson 2: Cisco Nexus 7010 Software Architecture
  3. Lesson 3: Cisco Nexus 7010 Continual Availability
  4. Lesson 4: Cisco Nexus 7010 Switch Network Management
  5. Lesson 5: Cisco Nexus 7010 Security Overview
  6. Lesson 6: Cisco Nexus 7010 QoS implementation
  7. Lesson 7: Cisco Nexus 7010 Switch Positioning in the Data Center
• Module 3: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
  1. Lesson 1: Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  2. Lesson 2: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches Overview
• Module 4: Data Center Design Models
  1. Lesson 1: Data Center Design Overview
  2. Lesson 2: Data Center Application Design
• Module 5: Data Center Design Strategy
  1. Lesson 1: Data Center Strategy
• Module 6: Data Center Network Design
  1. Lesson 1: Data Center Network Design