Overview
Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0 training course enables you prepare for entry-level data center roles. During this course, you will gain foundational knowledge and skills you need to configure Cisco® data center technologies including: networking, virtualization, storage area networking, and unified computing. Students will also get an introduction to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), automation and cloud computing.
Audience:
- Data Center Administrators
- Data Center Engineers
- Systems Engineers
- Server Administrators
- Network Managers
- Cisco Integrators & Partners
This course prepares you for Exam 70-778. Download Course Contents
Course Prerequisites
- Good understanding of networking protocols
- Good understanding of the VMware environment
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems
After completion of this course; you will be able to:
- Describe the foundations of data center networking
- Describe Cisco Nexus products & explain the basic Cisco NX-OS functionalities and tools
- Describe Layer 3 first-hop redundancy
- Describe Cisco FEX connectivity
- Describe Ethernet port channels & vPCs
- Introduce switch virtualization, machine virtualization, and describe network virtualization
- Compare storage connectivity options in the data center
- Describe Fibre Channel communication between the initiator server & the target storage
- Describe Fibre Channel zone types & their uses
- Describe NPV & NPIV
- Describe data center Ethernet enhancements that provide a lossless fabric
- Describe FCoE
- Describe data center server connectivity
- Describe Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe the purpose & advantages of APIs
- Describe Cisco ACI
- Describe the basic concepts of cloud computing