CCIE Data Center v2.0 Written Exam Review
What about this course?
Our CCIE Data Center Written Exam course is 16+ hours of intensive, hands-on, instructor-led training. The instructor will alternate between presenting material and guiding viewers through hands-on, real-world exercises. The target audience for this course expands beyond Data Center CCIE candidates to include any network engineer who wants to learn how Cisco's Nexus NX-OS and ACI based platforms work for both LAN and SAN Switching.

Instructor for this course
Brian McGahan
CCDE #2013::13 CCIEx4 #8593
This course is composed by the following modules
Course Introduction
Written Exam Overview
CCIE Data Center Exam Topics & Topic Weighting
Data Center L2/L3 Technologies
Data Center Network Services
Data Center Storage Networking & Compute
Data Center Automation & Orchestration
Data Center Fabric Infrastructure & Evolving Technologies
High Level Topic Weighting Breakdown
Lab Equipment & Software Versions
Nexus Switches Overview
Nexus 9000
Nexus 7000/7700
Nexus 6000, 5000 & 3000
Nexus 2000 & 1000v
Multilayer Director Switches (MDS) Overview
Traditional Classical Ethernet Design
Access Layer
Aggregation / Distribution Layer & Core Layer
3 Tier Design Issues
Classical Ethernet on Nexus Overview
3 Tier Design Issues :: vPC
vPC Advantages & Disadvantages
3 Tier Design Issues :: Layer 3 Access
3 Tier Design Issues :: FabricPath
FabricPath Advantages & Disadvantages
FabricPath & 3 Tier Design Issues
VXLAN to Solve FabricPath Design Issues
3 Tier Design Issues :: VXLAN
VXLAN Advantages & Disadvantages
VXLAN & 3 Tier Design Issues
Implmenting Nexus Virtual Port-Channels (vPC) :: Part 1
Implmenting Nexus Virtual Port-Channels (vPC) :: Part 2
Implmenting Nexus Virtual Port-Channels (vPC) :: Part 3
vPC Supported Topologies
vPC & FEX Supported Topologies
vPC & FabricPath Supported Topologies
vPC & VXLAN Supported Topologies
Advanced vPC Functionality :: Part 1
Advanced vPC Functionality :: Part 2
Implementing Nexus FabricPath
FabricPath Configuration & Verifications
What is VXLAN? & VXLAN Terminology
VXLAN Encapsulation & Basic Workflow
VXLAN Prerequisites, Flood & Learn Config Steps & Verifications
VXLAN BGP EVPN Prerequisites, Config Steps & Verifications
Classical Ethernet vs. VXLAN Flood & Learn
Scaling VXLAN Flood & Learn
VXLAN with BGP EVPN Control Plane
VXLAN BGP EVPN Config Steps :: Part 1
VXLAN BGP EVPN Config Steps :: Part 2
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview
ACI Fabric Initialialization
ACI Virtual Port Channels (vPC) :: Part 1
ACI Virtual Port Channels (vPC) :: Part 2
ACI Tenants & EPGs
Extending Bridge Domain Outside of ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
Extending Bridge Domain Outside of ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
Inter EPG Communication L2out in ACI :: Part 1
Inter EPG Communication L2out in ACI :: Part 2
Inter EPG Communication L2out in ACI :: Part 3
Connecting ACI to External Layer 3 Networks (L3out)
Configuring ACI External Layer 3 Routing (L3out) :: Part 1
Configuring ACI External Layer 3 Routing (L3out) :: Part 2
Unified Computing System (UCS) Overview
Connecting UCS Hardware Components :: Part 1
Connecting UCS Hardware Components :: Part 2
Unified Computing System (UCS) Initial Configuration :: Part 1
Unified Computing System (UCS) Initial Configuration :: Part 2
Unified Computing System (UCS) Initial Configuration :: Part 3
Unified Computing System (UCS) Initial Configuration :: Part 4
UCS SAN Connectivity :: Part 1
UCS SAN Connectivity :: Part 2
Unified Computing System (UCS) Initial Configuration :: Part 5
UCS Service Profiles :: Part 1
UCS Service Profiles :: Part 2
UCS Service Profiles :: Part 3
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