Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)

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$4,195.00 USD

Duration
5 Days

Cisco Learning Credit (CLC) Eligible

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
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Course Overview

The Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0 course helps you prepare for entry-level data center roles. In this course, you will learn the foundational knowledge and skills you need to configure Cisco data center technologies including: networking, virtualization, storage area networking, and unified computing. You will get an introduction to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™), automation, and cloud computing. You will get hands-on experience with configuring features on Cisco Nexus Operating System (Cisco NX-OS) and Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS).

Course Objectives

Describe the foundations of data center networking

Describe Cisco Nexus products and explain the basic Cisco NX-OS functionalities and tools

Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy

Describe Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) connectivity

Describe Ethernet port channels and virtual port channel (VPCs)

Introduce switch virtualization, machine virtualization, and network virtualization

Compare storage connectivity options in the data center

Describe Fibre Channel communication between the initiator server and the target storage

Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses

Describe N-Port Virtualization (NPV) and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)

Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric

Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE

Describe data center server connectivity

Describe Cisco UCS Manager

Describe the purpose and advantages of APIs

Describe Cisco ACI

Describe the basic concepts of cloud computing

Who Should Attend?

Data center administrators
Data center engineers
Systems engineers
Server administrators
Network managers
Cisco integrators and partners

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