CCIE Data Center v3.1 Training Course

Master the technologies and concepts covered in the Cisco CCIE Data Center v3.1 syllabus with the CERT BITS CCIE Data Center Complete Study Guide.

The guide covers the complete range of Data Center technologies, from traditional Layer 2/Layer 3 connectivity and routing protocols to Cisco ACI, VXLAN EVPN, compute, storage, security, network services, and Data Center automation.

What You’ll Learn

1. Data Center L2/L3 Connectivity

Build a strong foundation in Data Center Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies, including:

• Virtual PortChannel (vPC)
• PortChannel
• Link aggregation
• Tagging and trunking
• Static path binding
• Spanning Tree Protocol
  • PVST
  • Rapid PVST
  • MST
• OSPF v2 and v3
• OSPF authentication and adjacencies
• OSPF network and area types
• LSA types
• Route aggregation and summarization
• Route redistribution
• IS-IS
• IS-IS adjacencies and network types
• NSAP addressing
• Point-to-point and broadcast links
• BGP
• BGP path selection
• eBGP and iBGP
• Route reflectors and route servers
• Peer templates
• Multihop eBGP
• Local-AS
• BFD
• FHRP

2. Multicast Protocols

Understand the multicast technologies used in Data Center networks:

• PIM
• PIM Sparse Mode
• BIDIR
• Static RP
• BSR
• Auto-RP
• Phantom RP
• IPv4 PIM Anycast
• IPv4 Anycast-RP using MSDP
• IGMPv2
• IGMPv3
• IGMP snooping
• IGMP querier

3. Data Center Fabric Infrastructure

Explore Cisco ACI fabric infrastructure and its associated policies:

• Fabric discovery
• Controllers
• Switches
• Multi-tier architecture
• Access policies
• Fabric policies
• Multi-tenancy
• Tenants
• Application profiles
• EPGs
• ESGs
• VRFs
• Bridge domains
• Contracts
• Filters
• vzAny
• Fabric faults
• Events
• Health indicators
• Audit logs
• Virtual networking
• vSphere VDS with or without VMM integration

4. Data Center Fabric Connectivity

Learn how Data Center fabrics connect to external networks and to other fabrics:

• ACI
• VXLAN EVPN
• VRF Lite
• L3Out
• OSPF
• BGP
• AS manipulation
• External and internal peering
• Route reflectors
• Route redistribution
• Transit routing
• ACI Multi-Site
• ACI Multi-Pod
• Remote Leaf
• Virtual POD
• VXLAN EVPN overlays

5. Data Center Compute

Understand Data Center compute resources and connectivity:

• Compute policies
• Compute profiles
• Compute templates
• Nutanix
• SAN/LAN uplinks
• Rack server integration
• Port modes
• UCS Manager
• Intersight

6. Data Center Storage Protocols and Features

Cover key storage networking technologies:

• Fibre Channel (FC)
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Zoning
• NPV / NPIV
• Trunking
• PortChannel
• Load balancing
• RoCE v2 transport
• DCQCN congestion control
• Priority Flow Control (PFC)
• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN)

7. Data Center Security and Network Services

Develop knowledge of Data Center security, authentication, network services and traffic management:

Security

• ACLs
• First Hop Security
• Port security
• Private VLANs
• Contracts

RBAC and AAA

• RADIUS
• TACACS+
• LDAP
• AAA

Network Service Insertion

• Policy-Based Routing
• Policy-Based Redirect
• Inter-VRF communication
• Route targets
• Prefix lists

Network Services

• Flow/telemetry export
• RSPAN / ERSPAN
• SNMP
• Syslog
• DHCP
• NTP / PTP

Traffic Management

• Queueing
• Policing
• Classification and marking
• Scheduling
• CoPP

8. Data Center Automation and Orchestration

Learn the automation and orchestration technologies included in the syllabus:

• Python
• Ansible
• Terraform
• RESTful APIs
• Create, read, update and delete (CRUD) operations
• Configuration deployment and modification
• Statistics and data collection
• Nexus Dashboard
  • Orchestrator
  • Fabric Controller
  • Insights
• Cloud Network Controller

Key Benefits

Comprehensive Syllabus Coverage
Covers the major CCIE Data Center v3.1 domains and their associated technologies.

Data Center Focused
Concentrates on networking, fabric, compute, storage, security and automation technologies.

Certification-Oriented Structure
Topics are organized according to the technical areas specified in the CCIE Data Center v3.1 syllabus.

Modern Data Center Technologies
Includes technologies such as ACI, VXLAN EVPN, RoCE v2, Nexus Dashboard, Python, Ansible and Terraform.