CCNA DataCenter DCICN

Network Protocols and Host-to-Host Communication

1. Describing Ethernet
2. Describing the OSI and TCP/IP Models
3. Describing IPv4 and IPv6 Network Layer Addressing
4. Describing Packet Delivery on a Hierarchical Network
5. Describing the TCP/IP Transport Layer

Basic Data Center Networking Concepts

1. Describing Data Center Network Architectures
2. Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and NX-OS
3. Implementing VLANs and Trunks
4. Describing Redundant Switched Topologies

Advanced Data Center Networking Concepts

1. Describing the Routing Process on Cisco Nexus Switches
2. Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy
3. Describing AAA on Cisco Nexus Switches
4. Describing ACLs on Cisco Nexus Switches

Basic Data Center Storage

1. Describing Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center
2. Describing Fibre Channel Storage Networking
3. Describing VSANS

Advanced Data Center Storage

1. Describing Communications Between Initiator and Target
2. Describing Fibre Channel Zone Types and Their Uses
3. Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
4. Describing Data Center Ethernet Enhancements
5. Describing Fibre Channel over Ethernet

Cisco UCS Architecture

1. Describing Cisco UCS Server Hardware Components
2. Cisco UCS Physical Connectivity for a Fabric Interconnect Cluster
3. Describing the Cisco UCS Manager Interfaces

After taking this course, you should be able to:

1. Describe the characteristics and benefits of the Ethernet protocol
2. List Ethernet standardization
3. Describe the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) and TCP/IP models
4. Describe IPv4 and IPv6 network layer addressing
5. Describe the packet delivery process
6. Compare and contrast TCP/IP with the OSI model
7. Examine the Cisco data center network architectures, the 2- and 3-tier network design, and the spine/leaf network design
8. Describe Cisco Nexus® products and explain the basic functionalities and tools of Cisco NX-OS
9. Describe issues with Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
10. Describe the routing process on Nexus switches
11. Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy
12. Describe and configure user security features
13. Describe Access Control List (ACL) object groups
14. Describe storage connectivity options in the data center
15. Compare SCSI over IP (iSCSI), Fibre Channel, and Network-Attached Storage (NAS) connectivity for remote server storage
16. Describe Fibre Channel storage networking, VLANs, VSANs, N-Port Virtualization (NPV), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)
17. Describe communication between the initiator and target
18. Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses
19. Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
20. Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
21. Describe the components of a Cisco UCS server
22. Describe the Cisco UCS physical connectivity for a fabric interconnect cluster
23. Describe the Cisco UCS Manager interfaces