The DCNX v1.0 course teaches you how to install, set up, and manage Cisco Nexus® switches in a scalable, reliable environment. Through lectures and hands-on labs, you’ll learn about Cisco Nexus products, including their management, security, programmability, and storage features. You’ll also cover device aliases, zoning, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) modes.

This course will help you:

• Build specialized knowledge of the Cisco Nexus products and platforms.
• Explain, set up, configure, and manage Cisco Nexus products and systems, including backup protocols and security features, in a flexible and scalable environment.
• Get practical experience using Cisco Nexus products in a lab setting.

Course dates and course fee may be subjected to changes.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Describing Cisco Nexus Series Switches

Lesson 2: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Implementation

Lesson 3: Describing Cisco Nexus Platforms Management

Lesson 4: Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels

Lesson 5: Configuring First Hop Redundancy Protocols

Lesson 6: Configuring Cisco Nexus Security Features

Lesson 7: Describing Cisco NX-OS Routing and Forwarding

Lesson 8: Describing Virtual Extensible LAN

Lesson 9: Describing QoS on Cisco Nexus Devices

Lesson 10: Configuring System Management and Monitoring

Lesson 11: Describing Cisco NX-OS Programmability

Lesson 12: Describing Cisco Nexus Storage Services

Lesson 13: Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

Lesson 14: Describing Device Aliases and Zoning

Lesson 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