CCIE Data Center :: Nexus
What about this course?
Join the world’s most highly respected and experienced team of CCIE instructors for 29+ hours of comprehensive video training. This online course is taught by Brian McGahan, CCIEx4 #8593 (Routing & Switching, Data Center, Security, Service Provider), CCDE #2013::13 (Design), and Mark Snow, CCIEx4 #14073 (Collaboration, Data Center, Voice, Security). Follow along as Brian and Mark explain and demonstrate—live on the NX-OS Command Line—the technologies related to Cisco’s Nexus 7000, 5000, and 2000 switching platforms, and how they fit into Cisco’s modern Data Center design.

Instructor for this course
Brian McGahan
CCDE #2013::13 CCIEx4 #8593
This course is composed by the following modules
Class Introduction
Nexus Hardware Architecture
NX-OS Initialization & Management
Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs)
VDCs Q&A
Fabric Extender (FEX) Overview
FEX Configuration
Advanced FEX Designs
FEX Q&A
NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Overview
NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration
NX-OS Port-Channels
NX-OS Port Profiles
Virtual Port Channel (vPC) Overview
vPC Initial Configuration on Nexus 5500
vPC Initial Configuration on Nexus 7000
vPC Loop Prevention & Consistency Checks
vPC & Active/Active FEX Topologies
Advanced vPC Designs
vPC & FHRPs
Advanced vPC Failure Scenarios
vPC & NX-OS Layer 2 Multicast Switching
vPC & NX-OS Layer 3 Multicast Routing
FabricPath Overview
FabricPath Initial Configuration
FabricPath Advanced Configuration & Verification
FabricPath & vPC+
Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) Overview
OTV Initial Configuration
OTV Advanced Configuration & Verification
AAA, Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) and SNMPv3 Overview
AAA, Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) and SNMPv3 Configuration
AAA, Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC) and SNMPv3 Q&A
Access Control List (ACL) Overview
Access Control List (ACL) Configuration
DHCP Snooping, Dynamic Arp Inspection, IP Source Guard and Hardware Protection
Port Security
TrustSec Overview
TrustSec Configuration
NX-OS Quality of Service (QoS) Overview :: Part I
NX-OS Quality of Service (QoS) Overview :: Part II
NX-OS Quality of Service (QoS) Overview :: Part III
NX-OS Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration
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