Cisco Data Centre Architectural Overview (DCAO)

• Network Field Engineers
• Network System Engineers
• Data Center Network Designers
• Pre-sales Engineers
• Post-sales Engineers
• Network Administration Personnel

An understanding of Data Center LAN and SAN architectures would be an advantage but not essential.

This course will help you to:

• Understand how the Cisco Data Center 3.0 vision helps reduce costs while increasing resource utilization and improving business agility
• Understand the Core, Aggregation and Access layered architecture of a Data Center LAN
• Understand how servers and storage are connected together over redundant Fibre Channel SANs
• Describe the NX-OS operating system and understand how it provides higher avail-ability and manageability
• Position the Nexus 7000 within the Core and Aggregation layers and identify key components
• Understand how Unified I/O and FCoE can help reduce cabling while providing more bandwidth to servers
• Position the Nexus 5000 at the Access layer and identify key components and connectivity to servers
• Position the Nexus 2000 as a Fabric Extender for the Nexus 5000 for connection of legacy servers
• Identify appropriate top-of-rack (TOR) and end-of-row (EOR) deployments for Nexus 5000 and Nexus 2000
• Explain the use of VN-Link and the benefits of connecting VMware ESX servers to the Nexus 5000
• Position the Nexus 4000 as Unified I/O and FCoE compliant Blade switch that pro-vides FC and Ethernet connectivity for IBM, Dell and HP Blade servers
• Position the Nexus 1000v in virtual server environments as an enhancement to the VMware VSwitch
• Identify key features and components of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
• Explain the benefits of deploying Cisco UCS within a Data Center architecture
• Design and build an efficient Data Center solution using Cisco Nexus switches and Cisco UCS

This one-day class focuses on the Cisco Data Center Architecture and the products and services available. The courseware includes instructor-led presentations designed to build immediate awareness of the features and benefits available in the Cisco Data Center.

Data Center Architecture

• Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architectures
• Core, Aggregation and Access Layers
• Redundant SAN Architecture
• FCoE Overview
• Unified I/O and Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• NX-OS and Management

Nexus 7000 – Core Switch

• Overview of Nexus 7010 and 7018
• Nexus 7000 Supervisor and Linecards
• Nexus 7000 Core Layer Deployment
• Nexus 7000 Aggregation Layer Deployment
• Aggregation Layer Services, ACE, FWSM, IDSM-2
• VDC Operation and Management

Nexus 5000 – Access Layer Switch

• Overview of Nexus 5010 and 5020
• Nexus 5000 Access Layer Deployment
• TOR versus EOR switches
• CNAs and server connectivity
• VN-Tag and VN-Link

Nexus 2000 – Fabric Extender (FEX)

• Overview
• Connecting Legacy Servers through the FEX

Nexus 4000 – FCoE Blade Switch

• Overview
• Connecting legacy Blade Servers to the Nexus 5000

Nexus 1000v

• Virtual Server Overview
• VMware Overview, Vmotion, DRS, HA
• VSphere, vSwitch and DVS
• Nexus 1000v Extended Access Layer
• Deployment and Strategy
• Nexus 1000v Architecture, VSM, VEM and DVS
• Nexus 1000v Management

Unified Computing System

• UCS Overview
• UCS Architecture and Deployment
• Service Profiles
• UCS Manager
• BMC Bladelogic and Service Orchestration

Case Study – Building a Data Center with Nexus and UCS