Designing Cisco® Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

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High-performance data center infrastructures require well-thought-out architecture and clear design decisions. Modern requirements such as cloud connectivity, automation, and reliability are having a lasting impact on today's data center landscapes.

Key topics

  • Design principles for Cisco data center architectures.
  • Structured network models and fabric concepts.
  • High availability, redundancy, and fault tolerance.
  • Integration of virtualization and cloud technologies.
  • Security design for scalable infrastructures.

Prerequisite
Solid knowledge of network technology and a basic understanding of data center and Cisco environments.

Target group
Specialists in IT infrastructure, network planning, system architecture, and technical operations.

Structured architectural knowledge creates a solid basis for decision-making in modern data centers. Planning, security, and scalability can be combined consistently and sustainably.

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Course content
  • Overview of Layer 2 mechanisms for high availability
  • Virtual port channels
  • Cisco FabricPath
  • Virtual Port Channel+
  • Redundancy protocols for the first hop
  • Increasing the performance and security of routing protocols
  • Increasing the scalability and robustness of Layer 3
  • Traffic flows in the data center
  • Difficulties with cabling
  • Access layer
  • Aggregation layer
  • Core layer
  • Spine-and-leaf network architecture
  • Redundancy options
  • Overview of Cisco OTV
  • Control and data layers of Cisco OTV
  • Error isolation
  • Cisco OTV features
  • Optimization of Cisco OTV
  • Evaluation of Cisco OTV
  • Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
  • LISP for virtual machine (VM) mobility
  • LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) for Multihop Mobility
  • LISP VPN virtualization
  • Advantages of VXLAN compared to VLAN
  • VXLAN overlay on layer 2 and layer 3
  • Control layer of the Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
  • VXLAN data layer
  • Hardware-based reliability
  • Device virtualization
  • Cisco UCS hardware virtualization
  • Server virtualization
  • SAN (storage area network) virtualization
  • N-Port ID virtualization
  • Cisco FEX adapter
  • Access layer with Cisco FEX
  • Cisco FEX architecture
  • Network virtualization
  • Simple I/O virtualization
  • Cisco FEX analysis
  • Risk reduction
  • Examples of types of attacks and defense strategies
  • Securing the administrative level
  • Protecting the control level
  • RBAC and authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
  • Cisco TrustSec in the Cisco Secure Enclaves structure
  • Cisco TrustSec implementation
  • Firewall functionality
  • Placement of the firewall in data center networks
  • Cisco Firepower® product series
  • Firewall virtualization
  • Threat defense design concept
  • Network and license management
  • Cisco UCS Manager
  • Cisco UCS Director
  • Cisco Intersight
  • Overview of Cisco DCNM
  • DAS's position in storage technologies
  • Network-based storage
  • Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI
  • Evaluation of storage technologies
  • Fibre Channel links, layers, and addressing
  • Fibre Channel data transmission
  • Virtualization in the Fibre Channel storage network
  • SAN configuration
  • SAN planning alternatives
  • Deciding on a Fibre Channel Design Option
  • Features of the FCoE protocol
  • FCoE data transmission
  • Networking of data centers
  • FCoE startup protocol
  • FCoE design options
  • Common security features in the SAN
  • Zones in the SAN
  • Improvements to SAN security
  • Cryptography within the SAN
  • Cisco DCNM for SAN
  • Cisco DCNM Analysis and Streaming Telemetry
  • Cisco UCS Director in SAN
  • Cisco UCS Director Workflows
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
  • Fabric Interconnects and Blade Enclosures
  • Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards
  • Stateless computing
  • Cisco UCS Mini
  • Use of fabric interconnect interfaces
  • VLANs and VSANs within a Cisco UCS domain
  • Southbound connections
  • Northbound connections
  • Separate Layer 2 networks
  • High availability and redundancy of fabric interconnects
  • Overview of hyperconverged and integrated systems
  • Cisco HyperFlex™ solution
  • Scalability and robustness of Cisco HyperFlex
  • Cisco HyperFlex clusters
  • Cluster capacity and multiple clusters within a Cisco UCS domain
  • External storage and graphics processing units with Cisco HyperFlex
  • Positioning of Cisco HyperFlex
  • Cisco UCS setup and administration
  • Traffic management for Cisco UCS
  • Roles and permissions
  • Organizational Units in Cisco UCS Manager
  • Scope Schemas and Enforced Rights
  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
  • Two-factor authentication
  • Global and local pools
  • Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) address pools
  • Worldwide Name Pool (WWN)
  • Server and iSCSI initiator IP pools
  • Global and local policies
  • Memory and BIOS settings
  • Boot and scrub settings
  • IPMI and maintenance policies
  • LAN connection checks
  • SAN connection checks
  • Virtual access layer
  • Network connection extensions
  • Cisco UCS Templates
  • Service Profile Templates
  • Network Templates
  • Model-based programmability
  • Introduction to Cisco NX-API
  • Programming with Python
  • Cisco Ansible module
  • Use of the Puppet agent

Frequently asked questions

  • The focus is on designing modern Cisco data center architectures. Structured designs for networking, computing, storage, and automation in data centers are covered.
  • Key topics include Cisco data center design models, network topologies, scalability, high availability, security, and the integration of cloud and automation concepts.
  • Suitable for IT professionals who plan, evaluate, or develop data center infrastructures and strategically deploy Cisco technologies.
  • A basic understanding of networks, data centers, and Cisco technologies makes it easier to get started and understand complex design decisions.
  • Structured design approaches help to plan stable, scalable, and future-proof data centers and reduce technical risks at an early stage.
  • Automation, software-defined infrastructure, and hybrid cloud designs are integral components of modern data center strategies and are examined from a practical perspective.
  • Growing data volumes, cloud connections, and security requirements make well-thought-out architectural concepts a decisive factor for success.
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