Objectives and Pre-requisites
Course Objectives
- Evaluate data center solution design and design process in regards to the contemporary data center challenges, Cisco Data Center Architecture solution, and components
- Provide a comprehensive and detailed overview of technologies used in data centers, and describe scalability implications and their possible use in cloud environments
- Design data center connections and topologies in the core layer
- Present and design data center storage designs, solutions, and limitations of various storage technologies
- Design secure data centers to be protected from application-based threats, network security threats, and physical security threats
- Design data center infrastructure that is required to implement network-based application services
- Design data center management to facilitate monitoring, managing, and provisioning data center equipment and applications
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills you must have before attending this course are as follows:
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center (CCNA Data Center) certification
- Knowledge that is covered in the Cisco Nexus product family courses
- Knowledge that is covered in the Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions, Version 2.1 (DESGN) course
- Knowledge that is covered in the CI-DCSNS course