CCIE Data Center Kickoff vSeminar Now Available

This weekend Mark Snow and I delivered a vSeminar on CCIE Data Center, and INE's plans for our CCIE DC training product lines. The vSeminar, which is broken down into two sections of about an hour apiece, is now available in its recorded form below for those of you that weren't able to join us live this weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zcYbQqDrCs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu3xpW6yq4Q

The first portion of the vSeminar deals with the hardware and software blueprint for the upcoming CCIE DC Written Exam and CCIE DC Lab Exam. Specifically this includes the following:

Nexus 7009 v6.0(2) w/ SUP1, 10GE F1, 10GE M1
Nexus 5548 v5.1(3)
Nexus 2232
Nexus 1000v v4.2(1)
UCS 5108 Blade Chassis

B200 M2 Blade Servers
6248UP Fabric Interconnects v2.0(1x)
6204 FEX

UCS C200 Series Server
Application Control Engine (ACE) 4710 vA5(1.0)
MDS 9222i v5.2(2)
JBODs
Cisco Data Center Manager software v5.2(2)
2511 Router & Catalyst 3750 for mgmt access

The next section deals with the technical topics that are within the scope of the exam, and goes through a high level design overview of the hardware platforms and where their software features fit into the modern Data Center design. Specifically we have subdivided the topics into three main topic domains, which are:

Nexus Switching
Storage
Computing

Beyond this we talk more about our plans for delivery methods for CCIE Data Center training, the expected release schedule, and additional training domains moving forward. Specifically the four main delivery methods we will be offering are:

Online & Live Onsite Classes
Streaming & Downloadable Videos

DRM free & cross platform support

Self-Paced Labs
Rack Rentals

The first of these products that we will be releasing are the Live Online Classes. You can sign up for these classes here, which will give you access to attend the classes live, and also to the recorded versions of the classes which will be available about a week after each class's completion. These classes and dates are:

More details about other products such as the primer, deep dive, & troubleshooting video series, self-paced labs, rack rentals, and live onsite classes will be available within the next coming days and weeks and will be posted here on our blog.

Let us know what questions you have going forward with CCIE Data Center training, and Data Center focused training in general, as we are as excited about this brand new track addition as you are!