Drive Team Excellence with Cisco Nexus Corporate Training

The Nexus switches offer a range of features and capabilities to provide high performance, low latency, and high reliability for data centers. The Cisco Nexus series includes different models, such as the 9000, 7000, 5000, and 2000, each tailored to different data center sizes and requirements. It enables scalable and efficient data center architectures.

The Cisco Nexus instructor-led training course ensures that employees understand the technologies and can implement and manage them effectively to enhance the organization's network infrastructure. This virtual/onsite Cisco Nexus training course incorporates hands-on projects and practical case studies that simulate real-world challenges.

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Skills Your Employees Will Gain

These are the core, hands-on capabilities your team builds during the program.

  • Network Configuration
    Network Configuration involves setting up and managing network devices to ensure optimal connectivity and performance. This skill is important for IT professionals, as it ensures reliable communication, security, and efficient data transfer within organizations.
  • Performance Evaluation
    Performance Evaluation is the systematic assessment of employee performance against set objectives. This skill is important for managers to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and drive team success.
  • Infrastructure Analysis
    Infrastructure Analysis involves assessing and optimizing IT systems and networks to ensure efficiency and reliability. This skill is important for IT professionals, as it enhances system performance and supports strategic decision-making.
  • Scalable Network Design
    Scalable Network Design is the ability to create networks that efficiently expand to accommodate growth. this skill is important for IT architects and network engineers to ensure robust, future-proof infrastructures.
  • Resilient Network Design
    Resilient Network Design involves creating robust networks that withstand failures and attacks. This skill is important for IT professionals to ensure continuous service and data integrity.
  • Fabric Extender Connectivity
    Fabric Extender Connectivity involves linking servers to network fabrics, enhancing data flow and resource management. This skill is important for network engineers and data center managers to ensure optimal performance and scalability.

What Your Team Will Achieve After This Training

  • Configure virtualized networks efficiently with Cisco Nexus
  • Implement fabric extender connectivity with Nexus switches
  • Utilize Cisco Nexus capabilities to configure effective networks
  • Evaluate network performance and optimize using Nexus features
  • Apply troubleshooting methods specific to Cisco Nexus environments
  • Analyze complex network infrastructures using Cisco Nexus solutions
  • Synthesize concepts from the training to enhance data center security
  • Design scalable and resilient data center networks with Cisco Nexus technology

Topics & Program Outline

The curriculum is organized into focused modules built by industry experts and delivered virtually or on-premise. Interactive sessions reflect the evolving demands of the workplace, keeping the learning both relevant and practical.

  1. NX-OS overview
    • Introduction to NX-OS
    • NX-OS architecture
    • Benefits of NX-OS
  2. NX-OS user modes
    • User mode hierarchy
    • Privileged EXEC mode
    • Configuration mode
    • Global configuration mode
  3. Management interfaces
    • Command-Line Interface (CLI)
    • Web-Based Management Interface (WBM)
    • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
  4. Managing system files
    • File system organization
    • File management commands
    • System image management
  5. Virtual Device Contexts (VDC)
    • Introduction to VDCs
    • Creating and managing VDCs
    • Configuring VDCs
  6. Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting methodology
    • Troubleshooting tools
    • Common troubleshooting scenarios
  7. Topology
    • Networking concepts
    • Data center network topologies
    • Cisco Nexus device placement
  1. Layer 2 Overview
    • Layer 2 concepts
    • Layer 2 switching
    • Layer 2 frame encapsulation
  2. VLANs
    • VLAN concepts
    • VLAN configuration
    • VLAN management
  3. Private VLANs
    • Private VLAN concepts
    • Private VLAN configuration
    • Private VLAN security
  4. Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
    • STP concepts
    • STP operation
    • STP configuration
  5. Port-channels
    • Port-channel concepts
    • Port-channel configuration
    • Port-channel management
  6. Virtual Port Channels (VPC)
    • VPC concepts
    • VPC configuration
    • VPC troubleshooting
  7. Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
    • UDLD concepts
    • UDLD configuration
    • UDLD troubleshooting
  8. Cisco FabricPath
    • FabricPath concepts
    • FabricPath configuration
    • FabricPath troubleshooting
  1. Interior Gateway Routing Protocols (IGPs)
    • EIGRP
    • OSPF
    • IS-IS
  2. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
    • BGP concepts
    • BGP configuration
    • BGP troubleshooting
  3. First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP)
    • HSRP
    • VRRP
    • GLBP
  1. Multicast operation
    • Multicast concepts
    • Multicast routing
    • Multicast security
  2. Multicast Protocol (MP) configuration
    • PIM Configuration on Nexus 7000 and Nexus 5500
  3. Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) configuration
    • IGMP operation
    • IGMP configuration on Nexus 7000
    • IGMP configuration on Nexus 5000
    • IGMP configuration on Nexus 1000V
  4. Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) configuration
    • MSDP configuration on Nexus 7000
  1. Authentication and authorization
    • Configuring RADIUS
    • Configuring TACACS+
    • Configuring SSH
  2. Network Access Control (NAC)
    • Cisco TrustSec
    • Configuring Cisco TrustSec: IEEE 802.1AE LinkSec
  3. Access Control Lists (ACLs)
    • Configuring IP ACLs
    • Configuring MAC ACLs
    • Configuring VLAN ACLs
  4. Port security
    • Port security concepts
    • Port security configuration
    • Port security troubleshooting
  5. Layer 2 Security features
    • DHCP snooping
    • Dynamic ARP inspection
    • IP source guard
  6. Key management
    • Keychain management
  7. Traffic control
    • Traffic storm control
    • Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF)
    • Control plane policing
    • Rate limits
  8. SNMPv3
    • SNMPv3 concepts
    • SNMPv3 configuration
    • SNMPv3 troubleshooting
  1. Physical redundancy
    • Dual supervisor modules
    • Redundant power supplies
    • Redundant fabric interconnect cards
  2. Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD)
    • GOLD concepts
    • GOLD configuration
    • GOLD monitoring
  3. High Availability (HA) architecture
    • Stateful Switchover (SSO)
  4. Process modularity
    • Process modularity concepts
    • Process restart
    • Process migration
  5. Stateful Switchover (SSO)
    • SSO concepts
    • SSO configuration
    • SSO troubleshooting
  6. Nonstop Forwarding (NSF)
    • NSF concepts
    • NSF configuration
    • NSF troubleshooting
  7. In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU)
    • ISSU concepts
    • ISSU planning and preparation
    • ISSU execution
  1. Unified fabric overview
    • Unified fabric concepts
    • Benefits of unified fabric
    • Unified fabric architecture
  2. Enabling technologies
    • N-Port virtualization
    • FabricPath
    • Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
  3. N-Port Virtualization
    • N-Port virtualization concepts
    • N-Port virtualization configuration
    • N-Port virtualization management
  4. Nexus 5x00 unified fabric configuration
    • Nexus 5x00 FabricPath configuration
    • Nexus 5x00 VXLAN configuration
  5. Nexus 7000 unified fabric configuration
    • Nexus 7000 FabricPath configuration
    • Nexus 7000 VXLAN configuration
  1. Hypervisor and vSphere introduction
    • Hypervisor concepts
    • vSphere overview
    • vSphere installation and configuration
  2. Nexus 1000V system overview
    • Nexus 1000V architecture
    • Nexus 1000V components
    • Nexus 1000V deployment options
  3. Nexus 1000V switching overview
    • Nexus 1000V layer 2 switching
    • Nexus 1000V layer 3 switching
    • Nexus 1000V virtualization features
  4. Nexus 1000V VSM installation
    • VSM requirements
    • VSM installation on ESXi host
    • VSM configuration
  5. 1000V port profiles
    • Port profile concepts
    • Port profile configuration
    • Port profile management
  6. Virtual Network Management Center (VNM)
    • VNM overview
    • VNM installation and configuration
    • VNM management
  7. Virtual Security Gateway (VSG)
    • VSG concepts
    • VSG deployment options
    • VSG configuration
  8. Install virtual security gateway on the Nexus 1010
    • VSG installation requirements
    • VSG installation on Nexus 1010
    • VSG configuration
  9. Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
    • VXLAN concepts
    • VXLAN configuration
    • VXLAN troubleshooting
  10. Nexus 1000v Network Analysis Module (NAM)
    • NAM overview
    • NAM installation and configuration
    • NAM features and functionality
  1. QoS on Nexus 7000
    • QoS concepts
    • QoS configuration
    • QoS troubleshooting
  2. QoS on Nexus 5x00
    • QoS concepts
    • QoS configuration
    • QoS troubleshooting
  3. QoS on Nexus 1000V
    • QoS concepts
    • QoS configuration
    • QoS troubleshooting

Who Should Attend?

This program suits professionals at many levels across the organization, including:

  • Network Engineers
  • IT Managers
  • Systems Administrators
  • Network Architects
  • Data Center Administrators
  • IT Support Specialists
  • Systems Engineers
  • Infrastructure Engineers
  • Cloud Engineers
  • Network Analysts
  • Security Analysts
  • Technical Trainers

What are the Prerequisites?

The Cisco Nexus training can be taken by professionals with a basic understanding of networking such as IP addressing, switching, static and dynamic routing.

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