• Describing High Availability on Layer 2
• Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms
• Virtual Port Channels
• Cisco Fabric Path
• Virtual Port Channel+
• Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
• First Hop Redundancy Protocols
• Improve Routing Protocol Performance and Security
• Enhance Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness
• Designing Data Center Topologies
• Data Center Traffic Flows
• Cabling Challenges
• Access Layer
• Aggregation Layer
• Core Layer
• Spine-and-Leaf Topology
• Redundancy Options
• Designing Data Center Interconnects with Cisco OTV
• Cisco OTV Overview
• Cisco OTV Control and Data Planes
• Failure Isolation
• Cisco OTV Features
• Optimize Cisco OTV
• Evaluate Cisco OTV
• Describing Locator/ID Separation Protocol
• Locator/ID Separation Protocol
• Location Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) Virtual Machine (VM) Mobility
• LISP Extended Subnet Mode (ESM) Multihop Mobility
• LISP VPN Virtualization
• Describing VXLAN Overlay Networks
• Describe VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
• Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Control Plane Overview
• VXLAN Data Plane
• Describing Hardware and Device Virtualization
• Hardware-Based High Availability
• Device Virtualization
• Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization
• Server Virtualization
• SAN Virtualization
• N-Port ID Virtualization
• Describing Cisco FEX Options
• Cisco Adapter FEX
• Access Layer with Cisco FEX
• Cisco FEX Topologies
• Virtualization-Aware Networking
• Single Root I/O Virtualization
• Cisco FEX Evaluation
• Describing Basic Data Center Security
• Threat Mitigation
• Attack and Countermeasure Examples
• Secure the Management Plane
• Protect the Control Plane
• RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
• Describing Advanced Data Center Security
• Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture
• Cisco TrustSec Operation
• Firewalling
• Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks
• Cisco Firepower® Portfolio
• Firewall Virtualization
• Design for Threat Mitigation
• Describing Management and Orchestration
• Network and License Management
• Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco Intersight
• Cisco DCNM Overview
• Describing Storage and RAID Options
• Position DAS in Storage Technologies
• Network-Attached Storage
• Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)
• Evaluate Storage Technologies
• Describing Fibre Channel Concepts
• Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses
• Fibre Channel Communication
• Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN
• Describing Fibre Channel Topologies
• SAN Parameterization
• SAN Design Options
• Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution
• Describing FCoE
• FCoE Protocol Characteristics
• FCoE Communication
• Data Center Bridging
• FCoE Initialization Protocol
• FCoE Design Options
• Describing Storage Security
• Common SAN Security Features
• Zones
• SAN Security Enhancements
• Cryptography in SAN
• Describing SAN Management and Orchestration
• Cisco DCNM for SAN
• Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry
• Cisco UCS Director in the SAN
• Cisco UCS Director Workflows
• Describing Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases
• Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
• Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis
• Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards
• Stateless Computing
• Cisco UCS Mini
• Describing Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
• Use of Fabric Interconnect Interfaces
• VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain
• Southbound Connections
• Northbound Connections
• Disjoint Layer 2 Networks
• Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy
• Describing Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems
• Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
• Cisco HyperFlex™ Solution
• Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
• Cisco HyperFlex Clusters
• Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain
• External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex
• Cisco HyperFlex Positioning
• Describing Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters
• Cisco UCS Setup and Management
• Cisco UCS Traffic Management
• Describing Cisco UCS RBAC
• Roles and Privileges
• Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager
• Locales and Effective Rights
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
• Two-Factor Authentication
• Describing Pools for Service Profiles
• Global and Local Pools
• Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Suffix and Media Access Control (MAC) Address Pools
• World Wide Name (WWN) Pools
• Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools
• Describing Policies for Service Profiles
• Global vs. Local Policies
• Storage and Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Policies
• Boot and Scrub Policies
• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Maintenance Policies
• Describing Network-Specific Adapters and Policies
• LAN Connectivity Controls
• SAN Connectivity Controls
• Virtual Access Layer
• Connectivity Enhancements
• Describing Templates in Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS Templates
• Service Profile Templates
• Network Templates
• Designing Data Center Automation
• Model-Driven Programmability
• Cisco NX-API Overview
• Programmability Using Python
• Cisco Ansible Module
• Use the Puppet Agent