Cisco Data Centre: Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking

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Cisco Data Centre: Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking

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Overview

In the Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking training course, delegates will learn to:  • Describe 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

Audience

The primary audience for this course is as follows: • Network administrators

• Network engineers • Cisco Integrators/Partners • Systems engineers

The secondary audience for this course is as follows: • Network designers

• Network managers

• Consulting systems engineers • Technical solutions architects

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that you must have before attending this course are as follows: • Basic computer literacy

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating systems • Basic Internet usage skills

Course Outline

1: Simple Network Design

• What Is a network?

• Common Physical Components of a Network • Interpreting a Network Diagram

• Resource-Sharing Functions and Benefits • Network User Applications

• Impact of User Applications on the Network • Characteristics of a Network

• Physical Topologies • Connection to the Internet

Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model • Understanding Host-to-Host Communications • OSI Reference Model

• OSI Model Layers and Their Functions • Encapsulation and De-Encapsulation • Peer-to-Peer Communication • TCP/IP Suite

Describing Ethernet Connections • Ethernet LAN Hardware

• Ethernet Transceivers and Cables • UTP Implementation

Describing Ethernet Communications Standards • Definition of a LAN

• Components of a LAN • Functions of a LAN • Ethernet

• Ethernet LAN Standards • Role of CSMA/CD in Ethernet • Ethernet Frames

• Ethernet Frame Addressing • Ethernet Addresses

• MAC Addresses and Binary-Hexadecimal Numbers Describing OSI Network Layer Addressing

• IP Overview • IP Addressing

• Public and Private IP Addresses • DHCP Method

• Domain Name System

• Using Common Host Tools to Determine the IP Address of a Host Describing the TCP/IP Transport Layer

• TCP Characteristics • TCP/IP Applications

• Mapping Layer 3 to Layer 4 • Mapping Layer 4 to Applications

• Establishing a Connection with a Peer System • Flow Control

• TCP Acknowledgment • Windowing

• TCP Sequence Number and Acknowledgment Numbers Describing the Packet Delivery Process

• Layer 1 Devices and Their Function • Layer 2 Devices and Their Function • Layer 2 Addressing

• Layer 3 Devices and Their Function • Layer 3 Addressing

• Mapping Layer 2 Addressing to Layer 3 Addressing • ARP Table

• Host-to-Host Packet Delivery • Function of the Default Gateway

• Using Common Host Tools to Determine the Path Between Two Hosts Across a Network 2: Switched Network Implementation

Describing Switching

• Understanding the Challenges of Shared LANs

• Solving Network Challenges with Switched LAN Technology Describing the Packet Delivery Process

• Layer 2 Addressing • Layer 3 Addressing

• Host-to-Host Packet Delivery Describing Cisco NX-OS Software

• Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture • Cisco NX-OS Process Recovery Operating Cisco NX-OS Software

• Describing the Features of the CLI • Identifying the Help Functions of the CLI

• Describing the Startup Characteristics of the Switch • Describing Configuration Management

Implementing VLANs and Trunks • Understanding VLANs

• Understanding Trunking with 802.1Q • Understanding VTP

Building a Redundant Switched Topology

• Recognizing Issues of a Redundant Switched Topology • Resolving Issues with STP

• Describing 802.1w RSTP • Describing 802.1s MSTP • Describing LAN Port Channels • Verifying LAN Port Channels 3: IP Addressing

Describing an IP Addressing Scheme • Describing Routing

• Understanding Numbering Systems

• Constructing a Network Addressing Scheme Transitioning to IPv6

• Reasons for Using IPv6

• Understanding IPv6 Addresses • Assigning IPv6 Addresses

• Strategies for Implementing IPv6 4: Routing on the Cisco Nexus Switch Exploring the Packet Delivery Process

• Host-to-Host Packet Delivery • Cisco NX-OS Tools

Exploring the Routing Process on Cisco Nexus Switches • Traditional Inter-VLAN Routing

• Multilayer Switching • Routing Tables

• Distance Vector Routing Protocols • Link-State Routing Protocols

Exploring Routing Protocols on Cisco Nexus Switches • Routing Information Protocol

• Open Shortest Path First

• Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol Exploring ACLs on Cisco Nexus Switches

• Understanding ACLs • ACL Processing • Configuring ACLs

• Lab 1-1: Using Windows Applications as Network Tools • Lab 1-2: Observing the TCP Three-Way Handshake • Lab 1-3: Observing Extended PC Network Information • Lab 2-1: Connecting to Cisco Nexus Switches

• Lab 2-2: Configuring Cisco Nexus Switches • Lab 2-3: Configuring VLANs and Trunks

• Lab 2-4: Verifying and Configuring Spanning Tree • Lab 2-5: Configuring EtherChannel

• Lab 3-1: Converting Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal • Lab 3-2: Classifying Network Addressing

• Lab 3-3: Computing Usable Subnetworks and Hosts • Lab 3-4: Calculating Subnet Masks

• Lab 4-1: Configuring Multilayer Switching

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