● 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*
◦ Hyper converged 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

• This section is self-study material that can be done at your own pace after the instructor-led portion of the course.

● Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
● Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
● Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
● Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
● Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
● Configure Fibre Channel
● Configure Device Aliases
● Configure Zoning
● Configure NPV
● Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
● Configure Server and Uplink Ports
● Configure VLANs
● Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
● Configure Basic Identity Pools
● Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
● Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
● Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
● Configure Cisco Nexus Switches with Ansible
● Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
● Automate Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure Configuration