Overview
Course Instructor: Dan Young
Course Outline
Compare and contrast common data center network architectures
- 2 Tier
- 3 Tier
- Spine-leaf
Describe the use of access control lists to perform basic traffic filtering
Describe the basic concepts and components of authentication, authorization, and accounting
Compare and contrast the OSI and the TCP/IP models
Describe different types of cabling, uses, and limitations
Describe different types of transceivers, uses, and limitations
Identify physical components of a server and perform basic troubleshooting
Identify physical port roles
Describe power redundancy modes
Describe classic Ethernet fundamentals
- Forward
- Filter
- Flood
- MAC address table
Describe switching concepts and perform basic configuration
- STP
- 802.1q
- Port channels
- Neighbor discovery
Compare and contrast the First Hop Redundancy Protocols
- VRRP
- GLBP
- HSRP
Basic routing operations
Explain and demonstrate IPv4/IPv6 addressing
Compare and contrast static and dynamic routing
Perform basic configuration of SVI/routed interfaces
Differentiate between file and block based storage protocols
Describe the roles of FC/FCoE port types
Describe the purpose of a VSAN
Describe the addressing model of block based storage protocols
- FC
- iSCSI
Describe FCoE concepts and operations
- Encapsulation
- DCB
- vFC
Topologies
Describe Node Port Virtualization
Describe zone types and their uses
Verify the communication between the initiator and target
- FLOGI
- FCNS
- active zone set
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
- How a network works
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot a switch with VLANs and interswitch communications
- Implement an IP addressing scheme and IP services to meet network requirements
- Configure, verify, and troubleshoot routing operations on Cisco Nexus switches