Data Center Technologies

Configuring the Nexus Series Switches (NX-OS)

Creating and Initializing VDCs

  • Creating VDC
  • Initial VDC Setup
  • Management Interface
  • Nexus Features
  • Aliases & Saving VDC Configs
  • Interface Identifications

Introduction to Nexus OS

  • Checkpoint & Rollback Commands
  • Trunking & VLANs
  • Creating SVIs
  • Configuring a Port-Channel - Static
  • Configuring a Port-Channel - LACP
  • Configuring IP ACLs
  • Remote Management

Configuring STP

  • Configuing Rapid-PVSTP
  • Rapid-PVTP Optimizations
  • Configuring MST

Configuring Routing

  • Configuring the L3 Topology
  • Configuring Static Routes
  • Configuring EIGRP
  • Configuring OSPF

Configuring vPC

  • vPC Overview
  • Configuring a vPC

Configuring FHRP

  • Overview of FHRP
  • Configuring HSRP
  • Configuring VRRP
  • vPC Peer-Gateway

FEX

  • Overview of FEX
  • Configuring FEX with Port-Channels
  • Configuring FEX with vPCs

Configuring VXLAN

  • Overview of VXLAN
  • Configuring VXLAN - Base configuration
  • Configuring VXLAN - L2VNI
  • Configuring VXLAN - L3VNI

Configuring OTV

  • Overview of OTV
  • Configuring OTV - Unicast-based
  • Configuring OTV - Multicast-based

Configuring FabricPath

  • Overview of FabricPath
  • Configuring FabricPath
  • Configure FabricPath with vPC (vPC+)

Implementing and Understanding Cisco ACI

ACI Technology Overview

  • ACI Overview
  • Understanding Spines, Leaf's & APICs
  • Physical Connectivity & Bootstraping the APIC
  • Fabric Discovery Process
  • Understanding the Traffic Flow within ACI

Access Policies Provisioning

  • Configuring Interface Policies
  • Configuring Interface Policy Groups (IPG)
  • Configuring Interface Profiles
  • Configuring Switch Profiles
  • Configuring Port-Channels & Virtual-Port Channels
  • Overview of VLANs & Port Types
  • Configuring VLAN Pools
  • Configuring Domains
  • Configuring AAEPs

Tenant Provisioning

  • Tenant Overview
  • Creating the Tenant
  • Creating the VRF
  • Creating the Bridge Domains & SVI

Application Provisioning

  • Application Profile Overview
  • Create the Application Profile
  • Create the appropriate EPGs & Assign Ports to the EPGs
  • Create the Contract,Subjects & Filters and specify the appropriate access
  • Provision the Contract as either Provided or Consumed Contract

External Domains

  • Access-Provisioning, Tenant Provisioning & Application Provisioning - Lab 2
  • L2-OUT Overview
  • Configuring External Bridge Domain - Trunks, Port Channels & vPCs
  • Configuring Contracts between External Bridge domains & AC
  • L3-OUT Overview
  • Configuring BGP in the Fabric with Spines as RRs
  • Configuring L3OUT using - EIGRP
  • Configuring L3OUT using - OSPF
  • Configuring Transit Routing thru the ACI Fabric

Configuring Additional Features

  • Configure an External Firewall Integration
  • Configure a VMM Domain Integration

Multi-Pod／Multi-Site

  • Multi-Pod-Multi-Site Overview