Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Data Center Network Connectivity Design
  • Lesson 1: Describing High Availability on Layer 2
  • Lesson 2: Describing Layer 3 Forwarding
  • Lesson 3: Designing Data Center Topologies
  • Lesson 4: Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV
  • Lesson 5: Designing a LISP Solution
Module 2: Data Center Infrastructure DesignObjective: Design
  • Lesson 1: Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization
  • Lesson 2: Describing FEX Options
  • Lesson 3: Describing Virtual Networking
  • Lesson 4: Describing Basic Data Center Security
  • Lesson 5: Describing Advanced Data Center Security
  • Lesson 6: Describing Virtual Appliances
  • Lesson 7: Describing Management and Orchestration
Module 3: Data Center Storage Network Design
  • Lesson 1: Describing Storage and RAID Options
  • Lesson 2: Describing Fibre Channel Concepts
  • Lesson 3: Describing Fibre Channel Topologies
  • Lesson 4: Describing FCoE
  • Lesson 5: Describing Storage Security
  • Lesson 6: Describing Management and Orchestration
Module 4: Data Center Compute Connectivity Design
  • Lesson 1: Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers and Use Cases
  • Lesson 2: Describing Cisco UCS M-Series Servers and Use Cases
  • Lesson 3: Describing Cisco UCS B-Series Servers and Use Cases
  • Lesson 4: Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
  • Lesson 5: Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems
  • Lesson 6: Describing Management Systems
  • Lesson 7: Describing Hadoop, SAP Hana, and IoT on Cisco UCS
Module 5: Data Center Compute Resource Parameters Design
  • Lesson 1: Describing System-Wide Parameters
  • Lesson 2: Describing RBAC
  • Lesson 3: Describing Pools for Service Profiles
  • Lesson 4: Describing Policies for Service Profiles
  • Lesson 5: Describing Network Specific Adapters and Policies
  • Lesson 6: Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager