1.0 Data Center L2/L3 Connectivity
1.1 Layer 2 technologies
- 1.a Link Aggregation
- 1.a i vPC
- 1.a ii PortChannel
- 1.b Tagging/Trunking
- 1.c Static Path binding
- 1.d Spanning Tree Protocol
- 1.d i PVST
- 1.d ii MST
1.2 Routing Protocols and features
- 2.a OSPF (v2 and v3)
- 2.a i Authentication
- 2.a ii Adjacencies
- 2.a iii Network types and Area Types
- 2.a iv LSA Types
- 2.a v Route Aggregation/Summarization
- 2.a vi Route Redistribution
- 2.b ISIS
- 2.b i Adjacencies
- 2.b.i.1. Single area, single topology
- 2.b ii Network types, Levels and Router types
- 2.b.ii.1. NSAP addressing
- 2.b.ii.2. Point-to-point, broadcast
- 2.c BGP
- 2.c i Path Selection
- 2.c ii External and Internal Peering
- 2.c iii Route reflectors and Route Server
- 2.c iv Peer Templates
- 2.c v Multi-Hop EBGP
- 2.c vi Route Aggregation/Summarization
- 2.c vii Route Redistribution
- 2.d BFD
- 2.e FHRP
1.3 Multicast protocols
- 3.a PIM
- 3.a i Sparse Mode
- 3.a ii BiDir
- 3.a iii Static RP, BSR, AutoRP, PhantomRP
- 3.a iv IPv4 PIM Anycast
- 3.a v IPv4 Anycast RP using MSDP
- 3.b IGMP
- 3.b i IGMPv2, IGMPv3
- 3.b ii IGMP Snooping
- 3.b iii IGMP Querier
2.0 Data Center Fabric Infrastructure
2.1 Physical fabric components
- 1.a Fabric Discovery
- 1.b Controllers/Network Managers
- 1.c Switches
2.2 Fabric policies
- 2.a Access Policies
- 2.b Multi Tenancy
- 2.c Monitoring Policies
2.3 Tenant Policies
- 3.a Application profiles and EPGs
- 3.b Networking
- 3.c Security
2.4 Fabric Monitoring
- 4.a Faults
- 4.b Events
- 4.c Health indicators
- 4.d Audit Logs
- Virtual Networking
- 5.a vSphere VDS
3.0 Data Center Fabric Connectivity
3.1 VRF lite
3.2 L3Out
- 2.a OSPF
- 2.a i Authentication
- 2.a ii Adjacencies
- 2.a iii Network types and Area Types
- 2.a iv Route Redistribution
- 2.b BGP
- 2.b i AS manipulation
- 2.b ii External and Internal Peering
- 2.b iii Route reflectors
- 2.b iv Route Redistribution
- 2.c Transit Routing
3.3 Inter Fabric connectivity
- 3.a Multi-Pod
- 3.b Multi-Site
- 3.c Virtual POD
- 3.d remote Leaf
- Overlays
- 4.a VXLAN EVPN
4.0 Data Center Compute
4.1 Compute Resources
- 1.a UCSM Policies, Profiles and Templates
- 1.b Hyperflex
4.2 Compute Connectivity
- 2.a SAN/LAN uplinks
- 2.b Rack server integration
- 2.c Port Modes
5.0 Data Center Storage Protocols and Features
5.1 FC and FCoE
- 1.a Zoning
- 1.b NPV/NPIV
- 1.c Trunking
- 1.d Portchannel
- 1.e Load Balancing
5.2 iSCSI
- 2.a Authentication
- 2.b Multipathing
- RoCE v2 over IP Networks
6.0 Data Center Security and Network Services
6.1 Security features
- 1.a ACL’s
- 1.b First Hop Security
- 1.c Port security
- 1.d Private VLANs
- 1.e Contracts
6.2 RBAC
- 2.a Radius
- 2.b TACACS+
- 2.c LDAP
- 2.d AAA
6.3 Network Services Insertion and Redirection
- 3.a Policy Based Routing
- 3.b Policy Based Redirection
- 3.c Inter VRF communication
- 3.d Route Targets
- 3.e Prefix Lists
6.4 Services
- 4.a Flow/Telemetry Export
- 4.b SPAN
- 4.c SNMP
- 4.d Syslog
- 4.e DHCP
- 4.f NTP/PTP
6.5 Traffic management
- 5.a Queueing
- 5.b Policing
- 5.c Classification/Marking
- 5.d Scheduling
- 5.e CoPP
7.0 Data Center Automation and Orchestration
7.1 Data center tasks using scripts (Python and Ansible)
- 1.a Create, Read, Update, Delete using RESTful APIs
- 1.b Deploy and modify configurations
- 1.c Statistics, Data Collection
7.2 Data Center Automation and Orchestration using tools
- 2.a DCNM
- 2.b UCSD
- 2.b i Tasks
- 2.b ii Workflows
- 2.b iii Catalog
- 2.c Intersight
- 2.d CloudCenter Suite
- 2.d i Applications
- 2.d ii Deployments
- 2.d iii Action Orchest
