CCIE Data Center v2 Advanced Technologies
What about this course?
The completed series will cover all of the fundamental topics you'll need to know, as well as the technologies, hardware platforms, and software features that have been newly introduced in the v2 blueprint, including the new 60 minute Diagnostic module, which is used to assess skills needed to successfully diagnose network related problems. <br> <br> This series will be taught by industry renowned CCIE instructor, Brian McGahan, CCIEx4 #8593 (Routing & Switching, Data Center, Security, Service Provider), CCDE #2013::13 (Design).<br>

Instructor for this course
Brian McGahan
CCDE #2013::13 CCIEx4 #8593
This course is composed by the following modules
Introduction
DCv2 Hardware & Software Blueprint
DCv2 Topic Blueprint
DCv2 Exam Format Changes & Recommended Resources
Access Layer
Aggregation & Distribution Layer
3 Tier Design Issues
Virtual Port Channel (vPC) Review
Implementing MLAG
vPC Overview :: Part 1
vPC Overview :: Part 2
vPC Dependencies & Design Variations
vPC Enhancements :: Part 1
vPC Enhancements :: Part 2
FabricPath Review
FabricPath Configuration
FabricPath & vPC+
FabricPath Enhancements
FabricPath Anycast HSRP
FabricPath Routing Enhancements
Implementing Anycast HSRP :: Part 1
Implementing Anycast HSRP :: Part 2
Multi Topology Routing
Dynamic FCoE over FabricPath :: Part 1
Dynamic FCoE over FabricPath :: Part 2
DCv1 vs. DCv2 Routing Scope & NX-OS Unicast Routing Review
Unicast Routing Verification & Troubleshooting :: Part 1
Unicast Routing Verification & Troubleshooting :: Part 2
Unicast Routing Verification & Troubleshooting :: Part 3
NX-OS Multicast Routing Review :: Part 1
NX-OS Multicast Routing Review :: Part 2
NX-OS Multicast Routing Review :: Part 3
VxLAN Overview
Basic VxLAN Workflow
VxLAN Example :: Part 1
VxLAN Example :: Part 2
VxLAN BGP EVPN Configuration Examples :: Part 1
VxLAN BGP EVPN Configuration Examples :: Part 2
Dual Attached Host
Application Centric Infastructure (ACI) Overview :: Part 1
Application Centric Infastructure (ACI) Overview :: Part 2
ACI Basic Initialization :: Part 1
ACI Basic Initialization :: Part 2
Configuring Virtual Port Channels (vPC) in ACI :: Part 1
Configuring Virtual Port Channels (vPC) in ACI :: Part 2
Tenants & Policies in ACI
Configuring Tenant Hierarchy :: Part 1
Configuring Tenant Hierarchy :: Part 2
Configuring Communication Between EPGs
Introduction
VXLAN Overview
VXLAN Terminology
VXLAN Encapsulation
Basic VXLAN Workflow
VXLAN w/ BGP EVPN Control Plane Example :: Part 1
VXLAN w/ BGP EVPN Control Plane Example :: Part 2
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) :: Part 1
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) :: Part 2
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) :: Part 3
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ IS-IS :: Part 1
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ IS-IS :: Part 2
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ IS-IS :: Part 3
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ IS-IS :: Part 4
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) :: Part 1
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) :: Part 2
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) :: Part 3
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) :: Part 1
VXLAN Underlay Routing w/ Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) :: Part 2
VXLAN Overlay Routing w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN Control Plane :: Part 1
VXLAN Overlay Routing w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN Control Plane :: Part 2
VXLAN Overlay Routing w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN Control Plane :: Part 3
VXLAN Overlay w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN :: Part 1
VXLAN Overlay w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN :: Part 2
VXLAN Overlay w/ BGP L2VPN EVPN :: Part 3
VXLAN w/ Anycast vPC :: Part 1
VXLAN w/ Anycast vPC :: Part 2
Class Overview
Nexus Switches Overview
Multilayer Director Switches (MDS) Overview
Q&A
Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs)
Implementing VDCs
Allocating VDC Interfaces
Limiting VDC Resources
Moving Between VDCs & VDC Management
VDC User Rights, High Availability & Verification
NX-OS Logging
NX-OS SPAN/ERSPAN
iPerf
Classical Ethernet Design Overview
Classical Ethernet Design :: Access Layer
Classical Ethernet Design :: Aggregation / Distribution Layer
Classical Ethernet Design :: Core / Backbone Layer & 3 Tier Design Issues
Classical Ethernet on Nexus
Implementing CE on NX-OS
Port Channeling Overview
Implementing Port Channels on NX-OS :: Part 1
Implementing Port Channels on NX-OS :: Part 2
Virtual Port-Channels (vPC) :: Overview
How MLAG Works
vPC High Level Components
NX-OS vPC Verifications
Implementing vPC :: Part 1
Implementing vPC :: Part 2
Implementing vPC :: Part 3
Back-to-Back vPC :: Part 1
Back-to-Back vPC :: Part 2
Back-to-Back vPC :: Part 3
vPC Peer Switch :: Part 1
vPC Peer Switch :: Part 2
vPC Failure Detection & Recovery :: Overview
Correct vPC Failure Order of Operations
vPC Initialization Order of Operations
vPC Consistency Check
vPC Orphan Ports
vPC Peer Link Failure
Peer Keepalive & Peer Link Fate Sharing
Peer Keepalive & Peer Link Path Diversity
vPC Peer Link Failure & Orphan Isolation
vPC Peer Link Failure & Northbound Routing :: Part 1
vPC Peer Link Failure & Northbound Routing :: Part 2
vPC & FHRPs :: Part 1
vPC & FHRPs :: Part 2
vPC & FHRPs :: Part 3
vPC Peer Gateway :: Part 1
vPC Peer Gateway :: Part 2
Nexus 2000 FEX Overview
FEX Configuration, FEX and STP
Using the Cisco Integrated Management Controller [CIMC]
Configuring Fabric Extenders
Host vPC & Fabric vPC
Enhanced vPC
3 Tier Design Issues Review
FabricPath :: Part 1
FabricPath :: Part 2
FabricPath Configuration
FabricPath Verifications :: Part 1
FabricPath Verifications :: Part 2
FabricPath Q&A
FabricPath and STP Interaction
FabricPath and STP Traffic Engineering
vPC+
Anycast HSRP :: Part 1
Anycast HSRP :: Part 2
Traffic Engineering with FabricPath IS-IS
Implementing FabricPath IS-IS MTR
FabricPath Multidestination Trees
Modifying & Verifying MDT Election
Implementing FabricPath Authentication
FabricPath IS-IS Overload Bit
BFD & over FabricPath
Layer 3 Routing Introduction
EIRGP on NX-OS vs IOS Caveats
Configuring & Verifying EIRGP on NX-OS
EIRGP Features :: Passive Interface
EIRGP Features :: Authentication, Distribute Lists & Default Routing
EIRGP Features :: Summarization & Stub Routing
Configuring IPv6 EIGRP on NX-OS
OSPF on NX-OS vs. IOS Caveats
Configuring & Verifying OSPF on NX-OS :: Part 1
Configuring & Verifying OSPF on NX-OS :: Part 2
Troubleshooting OSPF Adjacencies
OSPF Adjacency State Machine & Attributes
IS-IS on NX-OS :: Overview
Configuring & Verifying IS-IS on NX-OS
IS-IS Path Selection & Optimizations
BGP Routing on NX-OS Introduction
Basic BGP Workflow :: Part 1
Basic BGP Workflow :: Part 2
Multicast Overview
IGMP Multicast Control Plane
PIM Multicast Control Plane :: Part 1
PIM Multicast Control Plane :: Part 2
PIM Multicast Control Plane :: Part 3
VXLAN :: Overview
VXLAN Terminology
VXLAN Encapsulation
Basic VXLAN Workflow
VXLAN Configuration Prerequisites
VXLAN Flood & Learn on NX-OS :: Part 1
VXLAN Flood & Learn on NX-OS :: Part 2
VXLAN BGP EVPN :: Prerequisites
VXLAN BGP EVPN :: Configuration Steps
VXLAN BGP EVPN :: Verification
VXLAN Configuration & Verification Review :: Part 1
VXLAN Configuration & Verification Review :: Part 2
VXLAN Configuration & Verification Review :: Part 3
VXLAN BGP EVPN Configuration & Verification Review :: Part 1
VXLAN BGP EVPN Configuration & Verification Review :: Part 2
Asymmetric vs. Symmetric IRB
How Symmetric IRB Works :: Part 1
How Symmetric IRB Works :: Part 2
vPC & VXLAN BGP Traffic Flow Problems :: Part 1
vPC & VXLAN BGP Traffic Flow Problems :: Part 2
vPC Anycast VTEP
Configuring NVE Peer-Link-VXLAN
VXLAN Underlay Fabric Unicast High Availability
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Overview
Configuring BFD on NX-OS
VXLAN Underlay Fabric Convergence & Tuning PIM Convergence
PIM RP Redundancy
Anycast RP
Phantom RP
External Routing for VXLAN BGP EVPN, Border Leafs & Considerations
External Routing for VXLAN BGP EVPN :: Configuration
Course Introduction
Why Use OTV?
OTV vs Other DCIs
How OTV Works
OTV Terminology
OTV Control Pane
OTV Data Plane & Adjacency Server
OTV Prerequisites
OTV Order of Operations
Verifying OTV
Common OTV Verifications
OTV with Multicast Transport :: Part 1
OTV with Multicast Transport :: Part 2
OTV with Multicast Transport :: Part 3
OTV with Multicast Transport :: Part 4
OTV with Multicast Transport :: Part 5
OTV with Unicast Transport :: Adjacency Server Topology
OTV with Unicast Transport :: Adjacency Server Configuration
OTV HA Considerations & AED Node High Availability
Recovering from AED Node Failure
Tuning AED Node Failure Detection
Layer 3 Multicast HA for AEDs & Adjacency Server HA
OTV & First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP) Localization :: Part 1
OTV & First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP) Localization :: Part 2
OTV & First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP) Localization :: Part 3
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) :: Overview
What Is LISP?
Why LISP?
LISP Terminology
Implementing LISP on Cisco NX-OS :: Part 1
Implementing LISP on Cisco NX-OS :: Part 2
Implementing LISP on Cisco NX-OS :: Part 3
Implementing LISP on Cisco NX-OS :: Part 4
ACI to VXLAN BGP EVPN Over OTV with LISP Mobility :: Part 1
ACI to VXLAN BGP EVPN Over OTV with LISP Mobility :: Part 2
ACI to VXLAN BGP EVPN Over OTV with LISP Mobility :: Part 3
Storage Area Networking Overview :: Part 1
Storage Area Networking Overview :: Part 2
Storage Area Networking Overview :: Part 3
Storage Area Networking Hardware Components :: Part 1
Storage Area Networking Hardware Components :: Part 2
Cisco Storage Platforms
Host bus Adapters (HBAs)
Course Hardware Topology
Fibre Channel Overview
Fibre Channel Port Types
Fibre Channel Addressing, FC World Wide Names, and FC Identifiers
Fibre Channel Domain IDs and Routing
Fibre Channel Logins, FLOGI, PLOGI, & PLRI
Zoning
Virtual SANs (VSANs)
SAN Port Channeling
Fibre Channel Protocol Q&A
UCS C Series and B Series SAN Connectivity :: Part 1
UCS C Series and B Series SAN Connectivity :: Part 2
UCS C Series and B Series SAN Connectivity :: Part 3
UCS C Series and B Series SAN Connectivity :: Part 4
Unified Ports on Nexus 5000 and UCS B Series Fabric Interconnects :: Part 1
Unified Ports on Nexus 5000 and UCS B Series Fabric Interconnects :: Part 2
Unified Ports on Nexus 5000 and UCS B Series Fabric Interconnects :: Part 3
FCoE over Enhanced vPC Overview
FCoE over EvPC Configuration :: Part 1
FCoE over EvPC Configuration :: Part 2
FCoE over EvPC Configuration :: Part 3
FCoE over EvPC Configuration :: Part 4
SAN Port-Channels
FCoE on UCS B Series
Unified Port-Channels
Multihop FCoE :: Part 1
Multihop FCoE :: Part 2
Zoning & Device Aliases
Implementing UCS Introduction
High Level Components
Basic Initialization
Initialization Workflow :: Part 1
Initialization Workflow :: Part 2
Initialization Workflow :: Part 3
UCS - OS Installation to Remote Storage
Remote Storage Variations & Virtual Media
Blade to I0M Pinning & UCS FI Cluster Links
Logical View & VN-Link vs. VN-Tag
LAN Connectivity & LAN Connectivity - EHM
LAN Connectivity Example :: Part 1
LAN Connectivity Example :: Part 2
Disjoint Layer 2 Solutions :: Part 1
Disjoint Layer 2 Solutions :: Part 2
Hardware Topology - UCS B Series :: Part 1
Hardware Topology - UCS B Series :: Part 2
Logical View - Fls, 10Ms, & Blades :: Part 1
Logical View - Fls, 10Ms, & Blades :: Part 2
LAN Connectivity vNIC Templates :: Part 1
LAN Connectivity vNIC Templates :: Part 2
Creating Service Profile Templates :: Part 1
Creating Service Profile Templates :: Part 2
UCS Server Pools
UCS Address Pools :: Part 1
UCS Address Pools :: Part 2
UCS Policies
UCS Firmware Management :: Part 1
UCS Firmware Management :: Part 2
UCS Backup & Restore
ACI :: Introduction
What is ACI?
Nexus 9000 ACI Switches
APIC Controllers
ACI Network Topology
Class ACI Topology
Managing the ACI Fabric & ACI Behind the Scenes
Initializing Fabric & Connecting to APIC via CIMC SOL
Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 1
Navigating the APIC GUI :: Part 2
Discovering The Fabric & Viewing the Topology from the GUI
Connecting to Nodes & Verifying Underlay Routing from CLI
Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 1
Configuring Fabric Access Policies :: Part 2
Creating and Verifying a vPC
Next Steps
Tenant Overview and Hierarchy
Tenant Components
Tenant Hierarchy (cont.)
ACI Object Workflow :: Part 1
ACI Object Workflow :: Part 2
ACI Object Workflow :: Part 3
ACI Object Workflow :: Part 4
ACI Object Workflow :: Part 5
Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 1
Inter End Point Group (EPG) :: Part 2
Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
Layer 2 Trunk Ports on ACI (L2Out) :: Part 3
Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 1
Extending Bridge Domain Outside ACI (L2Out) :: Part 2
Inter EPG Communication with L2out in ACI
STP and L2out in ACI
Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 1
Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 2
Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 3
Connecting ACI to External Layer3 Networks (L3out) :: Part 4
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 1
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with OSPF :: Part 2
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with EIGRP
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 1
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 2
ACI External Layer 3 Routing with BGP :: Part 3
ACI and Fabric Extenders
ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 1
ACI FEX Configuration w/ Wizard :: Part 2
ACI FEX Manual Configuration
What is VMM Integration?
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 1
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 2
ACI VMM Example Config :: Part 1
ACI VMM Example Config :: Part 2
ACI VMM Example Config :: Part 3
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 3
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 4
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 5
Implementing ACI VMM Integration :: Part 6
Course Introduction
ACI Automation Overview
Programing ACI through GUI
Programing ACI through POSTman
Programing ACI through Python
Programing ACI through UCS Director
Logging into APIC from UCSD
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