Course Description
This instructor-led 5-day course is specifically designed for engineers involved in the implementation, installation, and maintenance of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch and Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender. The key components and procedures required to successfully install, configure, manage and troubleshoot the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch and the Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders in a LAN/SAN and unified fabric environment are covered in this course.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Identify the specific products that make up the Cisco Nexus product families and provide a high-level overview of their features and common deployment models.
- Recognize the advanced data center-class features and functionality of the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switch.
- Discuss the administration and management options for the Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 Series Switches.
- Describe Cisco NX-API and Phyton network programmability options.
- Configure Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders for scalable and optimized operation in an enterprise network or data center specific to LAN or SAN networking.
- Describe and configure VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches.
- Identify the components, structure, and operation of the Fibre Channel protocol and the IEEE Data Center Bridging Ethernet enhancements as implemented on the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches.
Who Should Attend?
Primary Audience: Network engineers, systems engineers, consulting systems engineers, technical solutions architects, and Cisco integrators and partners who sell, implement, and maintain Cisco Nexus products in the data center
Secondary Audience: Network designers, network administrators, and network managers responsible for identifying and managing Cisco Nexus products in the data center
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section 1
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Describing the Cisco Nexus Product Family
- Describing Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- Describing Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches
- Describing Cisco Nexus 5500 and 5600 Series Switches
- Describing Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Describing Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Administration and Management
- Describing the Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture
- Configuring System Management Feature
- Configuring User Management
- Configuring Cisco Prime DCNM
- Describing Administration and Management Troubleshooting
Section 2
Cisco NX-API and Python on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Using Cisco NX-APU on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Using Python on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch LAN Features
- Configuring Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Configuring Layer 2 Switching Features
- Troubleshooting Layer 2 Switching
- Describing vPC Technology and Enhanced vPC
- Configuring vPCs and EvPCs
- Troubleshooting vPCs and EvPCs
Section 3
- Describing Cisco Adapter-FEX and VM-FEX
- Cisco FabricPath
- Configuring Cisco FabricPath
- Troubleshooting Cisco FabricPath
- Describing Cisco DFA
- Describing Cisco RISE
- Describing Cisco ITD
- Configuring Cisco ITD
Section 4
VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Describing VXLAN Technology
- Configuring VXLAN on Cisco Nexus 5000 Serie Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch SAN Features
- Describing FCP
- Describing SAN Switching
- Configuring SAN Switching
- Troubleshooting SAN Switching
- Describing Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
Section 5
- Configuring Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
- Troubleshooting Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Unified Fabric Features
- Describing Data Center Bridging Enhancements
- Describing the FCoE Protocol
- Configuring FCoE
- Describing Dynamic FCoE with Cisco FabricPath
- Troubleshooting FCoE
Labs
- Lab 1: Initial Switch Configuration
- Lab 2: Configuring System Management
- Lab 3: Upgrading the Cisco NX-OS Software with ISSU
- Lab 4: Configuring User Security
- Lab 5A: Installing Cisco Prime DCNM
- Lab 5B: Graphical Management Tools
- Lab 6: Using Troubleshooting Tools
- Lab 7: Connecting the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender
- Lab 8: Configuring Layer 2 Switching Features
- Lab 9: Configuring FEX Active-Active VPC and EVPC
- Lab 10: Configuring a Host Virtual Port Channel
- Lab 11: Configuring FabricPath
- Lab 12: Configuring Cisco NPV Mode and NPIV
- Lab 13: Configuring FCoE