Configuring Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches (CS-DCNX7K)

About this course:

This course covers the important components and techniques you need to be familiar with to arrange, manage, and troubleshoot the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch boards. Configuring Cisco Nexus 7000 Switches (DCNX7K) v3.0 prepares you for executing a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches in the data center solution. This inform to the course will comprise exposure of new features presented in Cisco NX-OS 6.2 and will also comprise preliminary coverage of Cisco Nexus Series Switches. A certification exam is not linked with this course.

The course emphases on the product hardware, its construction, key structures, and market differentiators, with widespread feature configuration and hands on labs.

A professional Cisco Certified Network Engineer earn around an average of $77,484 per year.

Course Objectives:

After finishing this course, students will be capable to:

• Recognize the precise products that make up the Cisco Nexus product families and deliver a high level summary of their features and common application models. You will moreover be capable to recognize the progressive data center class features and functionality of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch. Common network constructions applied using the products and features of the Cisco Nexus product family will moreover be presented.

• Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch hardware mechanisms, like the framework, supervisor, and line cards, regulate the device features and role in data center construction. In this module, you will learn to detect the chassis and mechanisms of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch. You will also define the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 7700 Series packet flow, and the VOQ procedure.

• Offer an general idea of the Cisco Nexus 2000 hardware and support of the Cisco Nexus 2000 with Cisco Nexus 7000 Series

• Define how to implement hardware installation, validate and troubleshoot system hardware of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

• Comprehend the architecture, procedure, high accessibility, and authorizing features of the Cisco NX-OS Software

• You will learn how to utilize the management features that are accessible on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch, and how to organize those features to support the management infrastructure necessities. You will furthermore learn these troubleshooting procedure basics and existing tools

• Define Cisco Prime DCNM management tool that can be executed to manage Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches in a associated network environment

• Define the idea of Cisco Cisco Dynamic Fabric and how it is used on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

• Define the resolution, architecture, and usage of VDCs on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch; configure and validate its operation

• Define and align the Layer 2 switching and associated features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch

• Define the port channel configuration, the conception of vPC and how to construct and troubleshoot vPCs.on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch

• Comprehend the procedure of Cisco FabricPath and how it can be operated and configured to construct scalable and highly obtainable Layer 2 networks on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch

• Define and configure the Layer 3 switching features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch, and how to handle the routes and IP traffic over the use of the Route Policy Manager and policy-based routing

• Define MPLS features that are obtainable on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches and align MPLS, MPLS Layer 2 and Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and MPLS Traffic Engineering (TE)

• Define elementary and advanced Cisco OTV features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch lso. Furthermore define how to configure the OTV and some of the innovative OTV features that are accessible on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

• Define the idea, use, and alignment of the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch

• Define FCoE and FCoE features on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch; configure and validate their procedure

• Define the safety features that are obtainable on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch; configure and validate their operation

• Define the QoS features that are accessible on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches; configure and validate their procedure

• Define the concept of the Intelligent Traffic Director feature and how to align and validate ITD on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

Audience:

This course is planned for:

• Network engineers and systems engineers

• Network designers, network executives, and network managers

Prerequisites:

• Good knowledge of networking procedures, routing, and switching

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Recommended Prerequisites Courses:

• Executing Cisco IP Routing v2.x (ROUTE)

• Executing Cisco IP Switched Networks v2.x (SWITCH)