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Cisco Data Center Training (DCXUC)

Cisco Data Center CCIE Unified Computing Workshop (DCXUC) will cover advanced configuration, optimization, and troubleshooting of the Cisco Unified Computing, Data Center Virtualization, and Application Services portfolio. The Cisco Data Center training labs will provide detailed insight into the areas defined under the outlined under the topics of Cisco Unified Computing, Cisco Data Center Virtualization, and Cisco Application Network Services (ANS) in the CCIE Data Center DC Lab Blueprint. Although approximately 80% of the course consists of labs, instructors will provide you with an understanding in how to interpret Cisco certification exam questions, a detailed solution for each challenge, common mistakes, troubleshooting techniques, and validation. As you discover areas in which your understanding might be weak, our IT training instructors will help you better understand protocols and work through deficiencies. Find additional course content and objectives below.

About the course

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

  • Excellent understanding of networking protocols
  • Recommended:
    • Attendance of Cisco Nexus 1000V and Cisco ACE product courses
    • CCNP® Data Center certification and passed CCIE data center written exam
    • Excellent understanding of the Fiber Channel protocol and the SAN environment
    • Attendance of a Fiber Channel protocol class or equivalent experience
    • Attendance of the Implementing Cisco MDS (DCMDS) course or equivalent experience
  • DCUCI - Data Center Unified Computing Implementation v5.0
  • DCUCT - Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing v5.0

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Implement LAN and SAN connectivity in a unified computing environment
  • Implement unified computing server resources and management tasks
  • Manage high availability in a unified computing environment
  • Perform unified computing troubleshooting and maintenance tasks
  • Manage data center virtualization with the Cisco Nexus 1000V implement security features
  • Implement data center application high availability and load balancing
Course content

Module 1: Course Introduction

  • Explain where the DCXUC course fits in the overall data center curriculum
  • Clarify prerequisite knowledge and skills
  • Review the CCIE data center lab exam blueprint

Module 2: Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

  • Configure different port types
  • Implement Ethernet end-host mode (EHM), VLANs and port channels, pinning and pin groups, and disjoint Layer 2 domains
  • Configure FC ports for SAN connectivity, VSANs, FC uplink port channels, FC trunking, and SAN pinning
  • Create and implement service profiles
  • Create and implement policies and server resource pools
  • Implement updating and initial templates, boot from remote storage, fabric failover, and unified computing management hierarchy using ORG and RBAC
  • Configure RBAC groups, remote RBAC configuration, roles and privileges, and AD group attribute mapping
  • Create and configure users
  • Implement backup and restore procedures in a unified computing environment as well as system-wide policies
  • Manage high availability in a unified computing environment
  • Configure monitoring and analysis of system events
  • Implement external management protocols
  • Collect statistical Information
  • Firmware management
  • Collect TAC-specific information
  • Implement server recovery tasks
  • Configure C-Series to boot from FC SAN
  • Configure adapter-FEX

Module 3: Cisco Nexus 1000V

  • Implement QoS, traffic flow, and IGMP snooping
  • Implement network monitoring on Cisco Nexus 1000v
  • Implement Cisco Nexus 1000v port channels
  • Configure VLANs, port profiles, DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, IP source guard, port security, access control lists, and private VLANs
  • Switch between L2/L3 control mode
  • Diagnose VSM HA issues, VSM/VEM connectivity, and security feature issues

Module 4: Application Network Services

  • Implement standard Cisco ACE features for load balancing
  • Configuring server load-balancing algorithm
  • Configure different SLB deployment modes
  • Implement health monitoring
  • Configure sticky connections
  • Implement server load balancing in HA mode

Module 5: Challenge Lab

  • A timed challenge lab that covers aspects of Cisco UCS, Cisco ANS, and Cisco Nexus 1000V

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

  • Lab 1: Establish LAN Connectivity
  • Lab 2: Establish SAN Connectivity
  • Lab 3: Cisco UCS Server Resources
  • Lab 4: Cisco UCS Management Tasks
  • Lab 5: Troubleshooting
  • Lab 6: Configuring C-Series
  • Lab 7: Manage Cisco Nexus 1000v
  • Lab 8: Cisco Nexus 1000v Security
  • Lab 9: Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 1000v
  • Lab 10: Implement Cisco ACE
  • Lab 11: Challenge Lab
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • Network administrators
  • Network engineers, systems engineers, and consulting systems engineers
  • Technical solutions architects
  • Cisco integrators and partners