Cisco Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX v1.0)

The accelerated Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) v1.0 course gives you a detailed understanding of the Cisco® Nexus switch platform and teach you how to install, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus® switch platforms in a scalable, highly available environment.

Through a combination of lectures and hands-on labs, you will learn how to describe various aspects of the Cisco Nexus product families and platforms, including implementation, management, security, programmability and storage. Additionally, you will learn how to configure device aliases and zoning, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV), and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) modes.

In just 5 days, you’ll also learn how to:

• Describe the platforms that make the Cisco Nexus 9000, 7000, 3000, and 2000 product families
• Describe Cisco Nexus platform implementations
• Explain Cisco Nexus platform management
• Describe Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
• Configure First Hop Redundancy protocols
• Configure security features of Cisco Nexus devices
• Describe the Cisco Nexus devices routing and forwarding
• Describe Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Describe Quality of Service (QoS) on Cisco Nexus Devices
• Explain system management and monitoring processes
• Describe Cisco NX-OS programmability
• Describe Cisco Nexus storage services
• Configure device aliases and zoning
• Configure FCoE
• Configure NPIV and NPV modes

   

At the end of this course, you’ll achieve your Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCNX) v1.0 certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Data center systems engineers
• Field engineers
• Architects
• Cisco partners using Cisco Nexus Series switch platforms

• Module 1: Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches
• Module 2: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation
• Module 3: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management
• Module 4: Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
• Module 5: Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols
• Module 6: Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features
• Module 7: Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding
• Module 8: Describing Virtual Extensible LAN
• Module 9: Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices
• Module 10: Configuring System Management and Monitoring
• Module 11: Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability
• Module 12: Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services
• Module 13: Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
• Module 14: Describing Device Aliases and Zoning
• Module 15: Configuring NPIV and NPV Modes

Lab outline:

• Test Cisco Nexus Platforms
• Configure User Management
• Configure vPC
• Configure First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) Protocols
• Configure Cisco Nexus Security Features
• Configure Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Configure VXLAN
• Configure QoS
• Configure System Management
• Configure Cisco NX-OS On-Box Programmability
• Configure Containers on Cisco NX-OS
• Configure Cisco NX-OS Using Ansible
• Configure Basic Fibre Channel Features
• Configure FCoE
• Configure Fiber Channel Device Aliases and Zoning
• Configure NPV

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

There is no exam

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

• Be familiar with Cisco data center technologies
• Understand networking protocols, routing, and switching

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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