• Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port Channels Overview
• Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols
• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
• Implementing Routing in Data Center
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
• Border Gateway Protocol
• Implementing Multicast in Data Center
• IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
• Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
• Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
• Virtual Extensible LAN
• Implementing Network Infrastructure Security
• User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
• Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
• Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
• Cisco ACI Management
• Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
• Tenant-Based Components
• Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
• Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network
• Data Center Traffic Flows
• Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
• Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
• Cloud Architectures
• Cloud Deployment Models
• Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
• Time Synchronization
• Network Configuration Management
• Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts
• Need for Network Assurance
• Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
• Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
• Fibre Channel Basics
• Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
• Distributed Device Aliases
• Zoning
• Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet
• Describing FCoE
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security
• User Accounts and RBAC
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations
• Time Synchronization
• Software Installation and Upgrade
• Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors
• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
• Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
• Identity Abstraction
• Service Profile Templates
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
• iSCSI Overview
• Fibre Channel Overview
• Implementing Unified Computing Security
• User Accounts and RBAC
• Options for Authentication
• Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems
• Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
• Cisco HyperFlex Solution
• Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations
• Compute Configuration Management
• Software Updates
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools
• Cisco NX-OS Programmability
• Scheduler Overview
• Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
• Cisco and Ansible Integration Overview
• Cisco and Puppet Integration Overview
• Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies
• Power On Auto Provisioning
• Cisco Data Center Network Manager Overview