DCID (300-610)

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The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) course equips you with best practices for architecting and deploying Cisco data center solutions across networking, compute, virtualization, storage, automation, and security. You’ll gain hands-on design experience with Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, UCS Manager, Unified Fabric, DCNM, and UCS Director through real-world case studies and design activities. Preparing you for the 300-610 DCID exam, this training earns the Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Design certification, fulfills the CCNP Data Center concentration requirement, and propels your career in modern data center architecture.

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Course Description

Key Takeaways

Describe the Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding options and protocols used in a data center
Describe the rack design options, traffic patterns, and data center switching layer access, aggregation, and core
Describe the Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) technology that is used to interconnect data centers
Describe Locator/ID separation protocol
Design a solution that uses Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) for traffic forwarding
Describe hardware redundancy options; how to virtualize the network, compute, and storage functions; and virtual networking in the data center
Describe solutions that use fabric extenders and compare Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) with single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV)
Describe security threats and solutions in the data center
Describe advanced data center security technologies and best practices
Describe device management and orchestration in the data center
Describe the storage options for compute function and different Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) levels from a high-availability and performance perspective
Describe Fibre Channel concepts, topologies, architecture, and industry terms
Describe Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Describe security options in the storage network
Describe management and automation options for storage networking infrastructure
Describe Cisco UCS servers and use cases for various Cisco UCS platforms
Explain the connectivity options for fabric interconnects for southbound and northbound connections
Describe the hyper converged solution and integrated systems
Describe the system wide parameters for setting up a Cisco UCS domain
Describe role-based access control (RBAC) and integration with directory servers to control access rights on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe the pools that may be used in service profiles or service profile templates on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe the different policies in the service profile
Describe the Ethernet and Fibre Channel interface policies and additional network technologies
Describe the advantages of templates and the difference between initial and updated templates
Describe data center automation tools

Who should attend

Data center engineers
Network designers
Network administrators
Network engineers
Systems engineers
Consulting systems engineers
Technical solutions architects
Server administrators
Network managers
Cisco integrators or partners

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

LAN, SAN
Implement Data Centre Storage and Virtualization
Implement Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
Implement data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Cisco UCS Director
Describe products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) families

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

CCNA, DCFNDU, DCCOR

Course Outline

Describing High Availability on Layer 2
Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
Designing Data Center Topologies
Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV
Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol
Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks
Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization
Describing Cisco FEX Options
Describing Basic Data Center Security
Describing Advanced Data Center Security
Describing Management and Orchestration
Describing Storage and RAID Options
Describing Fibre Channel Concepts
Describing Fibre Channel Topologies
Describing FCoE
Describing Storage Security
Describing SAN Management and Orchestration
Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases
Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems
Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters
Describing Cisco UCS RBAC
Describing Pools for Service Profiles
Describing Policies for Service Profiles
Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies
Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager
Designing Data Center Automation

Lab Outline

- High Availability on Layer 2
- Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
- Designing Data Center Topologies
- Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- VXLAN Overlay Networks
- Hardware and Device Virtualization
- Cisco FEX Options
- Basic Data Center Security
- Advanced Data Center Security
- Management and Orchestration
- Storage and RAID Options
- Fibre Channel Topologies
- Fibre Channel Topologies