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Cisco Data Centre Training
Advanced Services Building Enterprise Data Center Architectures (EDCA)
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Who Should Attend
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Individuals tasked with supporting the design, deployment, operation, or maintenance of a enterprise data center architecture environment
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Individuals seeking hands-on experience integrating Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco MDS 9000, and Cisco ONS 15454 devices
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Individuals supporting medium-sized or large enterprise data centers
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Individuals functioning in certain job roles, including network architect, network designer, or implementation personnel |
Prerequisites
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Knowledge in IP routing protocols and switching features, including Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and PVST+.
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Knowledge of server and mainframe operations, including TCP processing, IBM Fiber Connection (FICON), and Enterprise Systems Connection (ESCON).
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Knowledge of SAN principles and protocols, including Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
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Knowledge of optical transport operations and protocols, including fiber optics, SONET, and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).
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Familiarity with Cisco GUI-based network management applications such as CiscoWorks, Cisco Fabric Manager, and Cisco MDS 9000 Device Manager.
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Ability to efficiently use a command-line interface (CLI) to perform Cisco IOS Software configurations. |
Course Objectives
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Configure, verify, and troubleshoot Layer 2 features across Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series and 6500 Series switches to provide dynamic and robust connectivity to server farms.
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Configure, verify, and troubleshoot Layer 2 and Layer 3 security features to provide a minimal level of defense against network attacks.
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Configure, verify, and troubleshoot SAN features, including VSANs, zoning, FCIP, and iSCSI in practical operation scenarios using Cisco MDS 9000 devices.
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Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a SONET BLSR using the Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Multiservice Provisioning Platform (MSPP) to provide business continuance in a distributed data center environment.
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Configure, verify, and troubleshoot the integration of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco MDS 9000, and Cisco ONS 15454 devices to build a distributed data center lab topology. |
Course Content
| During this course, students will integrate Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series, Cisco MDS 9000 Family, and Cisco ONS 15454 devices in a distributed data center environment. Using Cisco IOS Software, Cisco Fabric Manager, Cisco Device Manager, and Cisco Transport Controller GUIs, students will build an end-to-end network using switching, storage area network (SAN), and optical (SONET) technologies.
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| Hands-on lab exercises provide opportunities to provision many features, including Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol Plus (Rapid PVST+), Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol (HSRP), Layer 2 and Layer 3 security, virtual SANs (VSANs), zoning, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), bidirectional line switch ring (BLSR), and FCIP over SONET.
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| The course outline is as follows:
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Introduction
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Enterprise Data Center Architecture Overview
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Enterprise Data Center Architecture Components
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Deploying Layer 2 Features to the Server Farm
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Deploying Layer 3 Resiliency within the Data Center
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Integrating Firewall and Content Switching Services Modules
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Deploying iSCSI across Cisco MDS 9000 Devices
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Deploying FCIP across Cisco MDS 9000 Devices
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Configuring SONET Rings for Data Center Interconnectivity
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Providing Business Continuance with FCIP over SONET |
Dates Europe
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United Kingdom
Germany
Dates Americas
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USA
Dates Asia Pacific
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Japan
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Feltham