The CCNP Data Center certification and training program offers comprehensive certification and Professional-level skills focused on the data center solutions, technologies and best practices to design, implement, and manage a modern data center infrastructure.

IT practitioners who are Cisco trained and certified are uniquely qualified for key roles in complex data center environments, with expertise utilizing technologies including policy-driven infrastructure, virtualization, automation and orchestration, unified computing, data center security, and integration of cloud initiatives. CCNP Data Center certified professionals are highly qualified for senior roles chartered with enabling digital business transformation initiatives.

Exams & Recommended Training

Valid Cisco CCNA Data Center certification or any Cisco CCIE certification can act as a prerequisite.

It is recommended that a learner has the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• data center networking concepts
• data center storage concepts
• data center virtualization
• Cisco Unified Computing System t
• data center automation and orchestration with the focus on Cisco ACI and UCS Director
• Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and MDS families
• Describe network fundamentals and build simple LANs, including switching and routing

Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Infrastructure (DCIDUC) v6.1 is a two-day instructor-led course that focuses on data center design based on Cisco unified computing solutions. The course includes theoretical content, as well as design-oriented case studies and exercises. The course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco Channel Partner Data Center Program requirements and for professional-level data center roles. The course includes information on designing data centers with Cisco components and technologies, including infrastructure design, compute connectivity design, and compute resource parameters design.

Upon completing this course, you will be able to describe and use design-oriented knowledge for unified computing topics, including:

• Hardware and device virtualization
• FEX options
• Virtual networking and appliances
• Management and orchestration
• Cisco UCS C-Series and B-Series servers and use cases
• Fabric interconnect connectivity
• Hyperconverged and integrated system
• Management systems, including Cisco UCS, VMware vCenter, and Cisco CloudCenter
• Hadoop, SAP HANA, and IoT on Cisco UCS
• Systemwide parameters
• RBAC
• Pools and policies for service profiles
• Network-specific adapters and policies
• Templates in Cisco UCS Manager

• Module 1: Data Center Protocols
• Module 2: Layer 3 Switching Features in the Data Center
• Module 3: Data Center Infrastructure Security
• Module 4: Data Center Infrastructure Storage Fabric
• Module 5: FCoE Unified Fabric
• Module 6: Data Center Infrastructure Storage Services
• Module 7: Data Center Infrastructure Maintenance, Management, and Operations

• Channel Partners
• Customers
• Employees
• Entry-level to experienced Network Administrator
• Senior Network Engineer
• Presales Engineer
• Design Engineer
• Data Center Administrator
• Senior Systems Engineer
• Senior Technical Solutions Architect

300-165 DCII