DCACI - Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

Audience:

This class is best suited for network designers, network administrators, network engineers, systems engineers, data center engineers, consulting systems engineers, technical solutions architects, Cisco integrators/partners, field engineers, server administrators, network managers, storage administrators, Cisco integrators and partners.

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows: • Understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching • Familiarity with Cisco Ethernet switching products • Understanding of Cisco data center architecture • Familiarity with virtualization fundamentals

Course Description:

This five-day course helps you prepare to take the exam, Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI), which leads to CCNP Data Center and Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center ACI Implementation certifications. 

The Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (DCACI) course will show you how to deploy and manage the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) mode. The course gives you the knowledge and skills to configure and manage Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI mode, how to connect the Cisco ACI fabric to external networks and services, and fundamentals of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) integration. You will gain hands-on practice implementing key capabilities such as fabric discovery, policies, connectivity, VMM integration, and more.

The course qualifies for 40 Cisco Continuing Education credits (CE) towards recertification.

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe Cisco ACI Fabric Infrastructure and basic Cisco ACI concepts
• Describe Cisco ACI policy model logical constructs
• Describe Cisco ACI basic packet forwarding
• Describe external network connectivity
• Describe VMM Integration
• Describe Layer 4 to Layer 7 integrations
• Explain Cisco ACI management features

This course will help you:

• Gain skills and hands-on practice implementing Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI mode
• Prepare for the Implementing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (300-620 DCACI) exam
• Qualify for professional-level and expert-level data center job roles

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