Course Details
DCNI 2 - Implementing Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure 2
  • Course Length: 5 days
  • Course Price: $0
  • Code: DCNI2
  • Course Mode: ILT
Prerequisite
Recommended knowledge prior to taking this course:
  • ICND 1
  • ICND 2
  • BCMSN or equivalent knowledge
Audience
The primary audience for this course are Channel Partners/Resellers (pre and post sales professionals), Customers, and employees.

Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure-2 (DCNI-2) version 3.0 is a 5-day hands-on course that replaces the DCNI-2 course with 3-1/2 days of actual Nexus 7000 and 1-1/2 days of Nexus 2000 & 5000 lecture and hands on labs. DCNI-2 Nexus teaches you how to implement an enterprise Data Center routing and switching infrastructure with the next-generation Cisco Nexus product family and includes an overview of the FCoE. This course provides a technical overview of the Nexus platform architecture, deployment, and operations, including Virtual Device Contexts, Layer 2, QoS, and security. You will explore the features of NX-OS and the Nexus platform by performing hands-on labs using a solution level topology.

Module 1: Using the Nexus 7000 in Data Center Networks

  • Lesson 1: Understanding the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
  • Lesson 2: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 7000.
  • Lesson 3: Introducing the Virtual Device Contexts in the Cisco Nexus 7000
  • Lesson 4: Managing the Cisco Nexus 7000
  • Lesson 5: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 2 Protocols and Features
  • Lesson 6: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Layer 3 Protocols and Features
  • Lesson 7: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Quality of Service
  • Lesson 8: Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco NX-OS Security
  • Lesson 9: Troubleshooting.
Module 2: Using the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 in Data Center Networks
  • Lesson 1: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 5000 and Cisco Nexus 2000
  • Lesson 2: Understanding Fibre Channel
  • Lesson 3: Implementing an FCoE Network Using Cisco Nexus 5000 Switches

  • Describe the key features of the Nexus 7010 chassis.
  • Describe Supervisor Engine and Line Card Module features.
  • Describe the key features of the Nexus 7010 power supplies and fan-cooling system.
  • Describe the Connectivity Management Processor.
  • Describe the basic architecture of NX-OS.
  • Explain NX-OS Process Recovery.
  • Explain NX-OS Supervisor Redundancy.
  • Explain how the Nexus 5000 functions within SAN and LAN environments.
  • Describe the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol.