Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking v6.2 - DCICN (Associate)

Objectives

• Describe the characteristics and benefits of the Ethernet protocol. List Ethernet standardization.
• Describe the OSI and TCP/IP models
• Describe IPv4 and IPv6 network layer addressing
• Describe the packet delivery process
• Compare and contrast TCP/IP with the OSI model
• Examine the Cisco Data Center network architectures, the 2- and the 3-tier network design, and the spine/leaf network design.
• Describe Cisco Nexus products and explain basic functionalities and tools of Cisco NX-OS.
• Describe VLANs
• Describe issues with STP
• Describe the routing process on Nexus switches
• Describe Layer 3 first hop redundancy
• Describe and configure user security features
• Describe ACL object groups
• Describe storage connectivity options in the Data Center. Compare iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and NAS connectivity for remote server storage.
• Describe Fibre Channel storage networking
• Describe VSANs
• Describe communication between the initiator and target
• Describe Fibre Channel zone types and their uses
• Describe NPV and NPIV
• Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
• Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet
• Describe the components of a Cisco UCS server
• Describe the Cisco UCS physical connectivity for a Fabric Interconnect cluster
• Describe the Cisco UCS Manager interfaces