The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) v7.0 is a five-day course which helps students master design and deployment options focused on Cisco® data center solutions and technologies across network, compute, virtualization, storage area networks, automation, and security. You will learn design practices for the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) solution based on Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, Cisco UCS Manager, and Cisco Unified Fabric.
Students will also gain design experience with network management technologies including Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), and Cisco UCS Director. You can expect theoretical content as well as design-oriented case studies in the form of activities.
This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (300-610 DCID), which leads to the new CCNP® Data Center and the Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Design certifications.
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Network Designer
Network Administrator
Network Engineer
Systems Engineer
Consulting Systems Engineer
Technical Solutions Architect
Cisco Integrators/Partners
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
Implement data center networking [Local Area Network (LAN) and Storage Area Network (SAN)]
Describe data center storage
Implement data center virtualization
Implement Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
Implement data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Cisco UCS Director
Describe products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) families
It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:
Describe data center networking concepts, describe data center storage concepts, describe data center virtualization, describe Cisco UCS, Describe data center automation and orchestration with a focus on Cisco ACI and Cisco UCS Director
Course to run is subject to a minimum enrollment. If the minimum enrollment is not met than the class may run as a live online virtual instructor led class. For more information, please contact 207-775-0244 or email: learn@vtec.org