CCNP Data Center Bootcamp

• Three-tier vs spine-leaf and redundancy [DCID 1.3.b]
• NIST service models [1.6]
• NIST deployment models [1.6]
• In-band vs out-of-band management [DCID 1.7.a]

LAB Bring up a Nexus switch over mgmt0 and explore NX-OS

• Checkpoints, rollback and config management [1.8]
• Disruptive vs nondisruptive upgrades [1.7.a]
• EPLD images [1.7.b]
• Software patches [1.7.c]

LAB Take a checkpoint, break the config, roll back

• Rapid PVST+ and MST on Nexus [1.2]
• LACP port channels [1.2]
• Layer 2 convergence choices [DCID 1.3.c]

LAB Build an LACP uplink and verify STP roles

• Peer link, keepalive and member ports [1.2]
• vPC failure scenarios [DCID 1.3.b]
• vPC with LACP to servers [DCID 1.3.e]

LAB Configure a vPC domain to a dual-homed server

• HSRP and VRRP on Nexus [1.1.d]
• FHRP behavior with vPC [1.1.d]
• Endpoint mobility [DCID 1.3.a]
• Layer 2 services insertion [DCID 1.3.d]

LAB HSRP over vPC with a failover test

• OSPFv2 on NX-OS [1.1.a]
• OSPFv3 [1.1.a]
• Graceful restart and NSF [DCID 1.4.b]
• Layer 3 convergence [DCID 1.4.c]

LAB Build an OSPF spine-leaf underlay

• MP-BGP address families [1.1.b]
• VRF lite [DCID 1.4.e]
• IP mobility [DCID 1.4.a]
• Load balancer and firewall insertion [DCID 1.4.d]

LAB Two tenant VRFs with eBGP to a border router

• PIM sparse mode and RPs on Nexus [1.1.c]
• Unicast packet flow [1.5]
• Multicast and broadcast packet flow [1.5]

LAB Build a PIM underlay and trace a multicast flow

• Encapsulation, VNIs and VTEPs [1.3]
• Flood and learn vs the EVPN control plane [1.3]
• BUM traffic handling [1.5]

LAB Flood-and-learn VXLAN between two leaves

• BGP EVPN route types [1.3]
• Distributed anycast gateway [1.3]
• Segmentation with VXLAN [DCID 1.8]

LAB Build a VXLAN EVPN fabric with anycast gateway

• Interconnecting sites with VXLAN EVPN [DCID 1.6]
• Active/active and disaster recovery designs [DCID 1.7.b]
• Centralized management with Nexus Dashboard [DCID 1.7.c]

LAB Design and verify a two-site EVPN interconnect

• APIC, spines, leaves and discovery [1.4.a]
• Fabric initialization [1.4.a]
• ACI segmentation vs VXLAN [DCID 1.8]

LAB Register switches and verify fabric discovery

• VLAN pools, domains and AAEPs [1.4.b]
• Interface and switch profiles [1.4.b]
• Port channels and vPC in ACI [1.4.b]

LAB Build access policies for a bare-metal server

• Tenants, VRFs, bridge domains and EPGs [1.4.a]
• Contracts and filters [5.1.b]
• Microsegmentation [5.1.b]

LAB Two EPGs with a web contract

• VMM domains [1.4.c]
• Hypervisor integration and port groups [1.4.c]
• Packet flow through ACI [1.5]

LAB Integrate a VMM domain and push an EPG

• Rack servers and CIMC [2.1]
• End host vs switch mode [DCID 2.1.c]
• Ethernet redundancy and bandwidth [DCID 2.1.a, 2.1.b]

LAB Configure CIMC networking on a rack server

• Initial setup [2.2.a]
• Chassis discovery and IOMs [2.2.b]
• Uplink and server ports [2.2.b]

LAB Discover a chassis and set port roles

• VLANs, pools and policies [2.2.c]
• vNIC templates [DCID 4.2.b]
• Ethernet adapter policies [DCID 2.3.b]
• UCS QoS [2.2.c]

LAB Build MAC pools and vNIC templates

• WWN pools, VSANs and SAN policies [2.2.d]
• vHBA templates and FC adapter policies [DCID 4.2.c, 2.3.c]
• Service profiles, server pools and boot policies [2.2.e, DCID 2.3.a]

LAB Create a service profile that boots from SAN

• UCS-X in Intersight Managed Mode [2.3]
• UCS-X design options [DCID 2.4]
• Service profile templates [DCID 4.2.a]
• Global vs local policies [DCID 4.2.d]

LAB Deploy a server profile in Intersight

• Firmware updates and their impact [2.4]
• Backup and restore [2.5]
• Monitoring with SPAN and Intersight [2.6]
• Compute needs for AI/ML [DCID 2.5]

LAB Back up a UCS config and plan a firmware upgrade

• Switch fabric initialization [3.1.a]
• FCIDs and the name server [3.1.c, 3.1.f]
• FC port types and ISLs [DCID 3.3.a, 3.3.b]

LAB Bring up an ISL and read the name server

• VSANs [3.1.i]
• Zoning [3.1.e]
• Device aliases [3.1.g]
• CFS distribution [3.1.d]

LAB Zone a host to a storage target

• FC port channels [3.1.b]
• NPV and NPIV [3.1.h]
• Oversubscription [DCID 3.3.c]
• Fabric interconnect storage modes [DCID 2.2]

LAB Uplink an NPV edge switch to an NPIV core

• NFS and iSCSI [3.2]
• iSCSI multipathing and addressing [DCID 3.1]
• QoS for FC and iSCSI [DCID 3.2]
• Storage deployment options [DCID 3.4]

LAB Plan and verify an iSCSI multipath design

• MDS software updates and EPLD [3.3]
• SPAN and Nexus Dashboard monitoring [3.4]
• Storage AAA and RBAC [5.3.a]
• Port security and fabric binding [5.3.b, 5.3.c]

LAB Lock down an MDS fabric

• AAA and RBAC on NX-OS and UCS [5.1.a, 5.2.a]
• First-hop security [5.1.c]
• Keychain authentication [5.1.d]
• MACsec [5.1.e]

LAB TACACS+ roles plus DHCP snooping and DAI

• EEM [4.1.a]
• Scheduler [4.1.b]
• Bash shell and Guest Shell [4.1.c]
• On-box Python [4.1.e]

LAB Save the config automatically when an interface fails

• NX-API with JSON and XML [4.1.d, DCID 4.1.b]
• Model-driven programmability [DCID 4.1.c]
• Ansible, Python and Terraform [4.2.a, 4.2.b, 4.2.f]
• POAP [4.2.c]

LAB Push VLANs with NX-API and an Ansible playbook

• NetFlow, SPAN and Nexus Dashboard [1.9]
• Streaming telemetry [1.10]
• Nexus Dashboard capabilities [1.11]

LAB Build a SPAN session and NetFlow exporter on a leaf

• Automatic deployment with Nexus Dashboard [DCID 4.4, 4.2.d]
• Intersight Cloud Orchestrator workflows [DCID 4.3]
• Intersight and PowerShell automation [4.2.g, 4.2.e]

LAB Design an Intersight workflow that deploys a server

• AI/ML concepts and hardware [DCID 1.1]
• RDMA, RoCEv2, InfiniBand and Ethernet [DCID 1.2, 4.3]
• Lossless Ethernet QoS [DCID 1.5]

LAB Configure and verify a lossless class for RoCEv2

• Weak-domain review (DCCOR 1.0 to 5.0)
• DCID design scenarios (1.0 to 4.0)
• Exam timing strategy
• Full-length practice exams

LAB Timed DCCOR and DCID practice exams