CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide

Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002, is a content lead from the data center team in the Learning@Cisco organization. He holds a master’s degree in telecommunication networks and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering. He is also a penta CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, wireless, security, and data center technologies. Somit holds various industry-leading certifications, including CCDE, PMP, RHCSA, and VMware VCIX6 in Data Center and Network Virtualization. Somit has extensive experience in designing and developing various data center courses for the official Cisco curriculum. He started his career as a Cisco TAC engineer. Somit has more than 10 years of experience in the networking industry, working mostly with data center networks. You can reach Somit on Twitter: @somitmaloo.Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967, is a solution architect from the enterprise data center team at Cisco Customer Experience (CX). He completed a master’s degree in systems and control engineering following a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Firas holds CCIE certificates in routing and switching, collaboration, wireless, security, and data center technologies in addition to industry-based certifications, including CISSP, PMP, VMware VCP6.5-DCV, ITIL, and GICSP. Firas has more than 15 years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting various data centers for enterprise and IoT customers. Firas has additional experience as a seasonal instructor in a number of community colleges in Toronto, where he taught various computer networking courses. You can reach Firas on Twitter: @dccor_firas.

• Introduction xxxPart I NetworkingChapter 1 Implementing Routing in the Data Center 2“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 2Foundation Topics 5OSPF 5OSPF Link-State Advertisements 6OSPF Areas 9Designated Routers and Backup Designated Routers 11OSPF Authentication 11OSPF Configurations and Verifications 12Border Gateway Protocol 23BGP Peering 24BGP Path Selection 25Step 1: Comparing Pairs of Paths 25Step 2: Determining the Order of Comparisons 27Step 3: Determining the Best-Path Change Suppression 27Multiprotocol BGP 28BGP Configurations and Verifications 28Bidirectional Forwarding Detection 36Rapid Detection of Failures 37BFD Configurations and Verifications 37Multicast 41Internet Group Management Protocol 41Switch IGMP Snooping 44Multicast Listener Discovery 44Multicast Distribution Trees 45Protocol Independent Multicast 48PIM Rendezvous Points 52PIM Designated Routers/Forwarders 53Multicast Forwarding 53Multicast Configurations and Verifications 54Hot Standby Router Protocol 68Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 72VRRP Operation 72VRRP Groups 74VRRP Router Priority and Preemption 74VRRP Authentication 75VRRP Tracking 75IPv6 First Hop Redundancy 76HSRP/VRRP Configurations and Verifications 77Exam Preparation Tasks 86Chapter 2 Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols 90“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 90Foundation Topics 93Spanning Tree Protocols 93STP Topology 93STP Port Types 94STP Extensions 94STP Bridge Assurance 95BPDU Guard 96BPDU Filter 96Loop Guard 96Root Guard 97Unidirectional Link Detection 97Rapid PVST+ 98Rapid PVST+ Ports 100Spanning Tree Configurations and Verifications 102Port Channels 117Port Channel Load Balance 120Virtual Port Channel 121vPC Traffic Flows 124vPC Dual-Control Plane 125vPC Primary and Secondary Roles 126vPC Configuration Consistency 127vPC Duplicate Frames Prevention Mechanism 128vPC HSRP Gateway Considerations 130vPC ARP Synchronization 130vPC Peer Gateway 130Port Channel Configurations and Verifications 131Exam Preparation Tasks 145Chapter 3 Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols 148“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 148Foundation Topics 150Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) 150OTV Terminology 150OTV Control Plane Function 151Multicast-Enabled Transport Infrastructure 151Unicast-Only Transport Infrastructure (Adjacency-Server Mode) 152OTV Data Plane Function 154Unicast Traffic over OTV 154Multicast Traffic over OTV 156Broadcast Traffic over OTV 156Failure Isolation 157STP Isolation 157Unknown Unicast Handling 157ARP Optimization 158Broadcast Policy Control 159Multihoming OTV 159FHRP Isolation 162OTV Configurations and Verifications 163Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Overview 173VXLAN Encapsulation and Packet Format 173VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint 174Virtual Network Identifier 175VXLAN Control Plane 176VXLAN Flood and Learn Multicast-Based Control Plane 176VXLAN MPBGP EVPN Control Plane 178VXLAN Gateways 178VXLAN High Availability 179VXLAN Tenant Routed Multicast 180VXLAN Configurations and Verifications 182Exam Preparation Tasks 191Chapter 4 Describe Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure 194“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 194Foundation Topics 196Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview 196Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 198Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Spine and Leaf Switches for Cisco ACI 201Cisco ACI Initial Setup, Fabric Discovery, Access Policy, and VMM Domains 204Cisco ACI Initial Setup 204Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery 209Startup with Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery and Configuration 210Fabric Upgrade 212ACI Policy Model 212Tenants 214Virtual Routing and Forwarding Objects 214Bridge Domains and Subnets 214Endpoint Groups 215Application Profiles 215Microsegmentation 215Attachable Entity Profile 216Cisco ACI Fabric Policies 216Cisco ACI Virtual Machine Manager Domains 222Cisco ACI integration with Microsoft SCVMM 223Cisco ACI Integration with VMware vCenter 224Integrating VMware Overlays with the Cisco ACI 225Cisco ACI Virtual Edge 225Cisco ACI Fabric: Tenants and Packet Flow 225Cisco ACI Tenants 227Virtual Routing and Forwarding 228Bridge Domain and Subnets 229Application Profile 230Endpoint Group 231Microsegmentations 231ACI Contract 231Taboo Contracts 233vzAny Rule 233Filters and Subjects 236Management Tenant 237In-Band Management Access 237Out-of-Band Management Access 238ACI VXLAN 239ACI Intersubnet Tenant Traffic 241Policy Identification and Enforcement 242ACI Fabric Traffic Storm Control 243ACI Fabric Traffic Load Balance 243ACI Fabric Loop Detection 244ACI Design Best Practices 245ACI LAB Configurations Example 245Building ACI Fabric 248Creating Tenant 251Creating Contract and Filter 254Deploying a Three-Tier Application 257Integrating with vCenter 259Exam Preparation Tasks 262Chapter 5 Cisco Cloud Services and Deployment Models 264“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 264Foundation Topics 266What Is Cloud Computing? 266Cloud Service Models 269Software as a Service 269Platform as a Service 270Infrastructure as a Service 270Cloud Deployment Models 272Private Cloud 272Public Cloud 272Hybrid Cloud 273Community Cloud 274Exam Preparation Tasks 274Chapter 6 Data Center Network Management and Monitoring 276“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 276Foundation Topics 278Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software Installation, Updates, and Their Impacts 278PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) 283Data Center Infrastructure Software Lifecycle Management 287Nexus Software Maintenance Upgrade 287Programmable Logical Devices Upgrade 289Graceful Insertion and Removal 291Nexus Nondisruptive In-Service Software Upgrade 295Nexus Disruptive and Nondisruptive Upgrade/Downgrade Procedure 299Nexus Configuration Management 303NX-OS Configuration Save and Backup 303Nexus Config Rollback and Checkpoint 303Network Infrastructure Monitoring 306NX-OS System Message Logging 306Network Time Management 307Network Time Protocol 307Precision Time Protocol 313NX-OS Simple Network Management Protocol 317Nexus Smart Call Home 324Nexus NetFlow 325Switched Port Analyzer 330Streaming Telemetry 337Network Assurance Concept 341Exam Preparation Tasks 344Part II StorageChapter 7 Implement Fibre Channel 346“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 346Foundation Topics 349Fibre Channel Basics 349Fibre Channel Topologies 350Fibre Channel Port Types 353E Port 353F Port 354NP Ports 354TE Port 354TF Port 354TNP Port 354Fx Port 354Auto Mode 354Fibre Channel Addressing 355Flow Control 356Switched Fabric Initialization 358Principal Switch Selection 358Domain ID Distribution 360FCID Allocation 362Fabric Reconfiguration 362Device Registration: FLOGI, PLOGI, PRLI 362FLOGI and FCNS Databases 363CFS 364CFS Features 365CFS Fabric Lock 366CFSoIP and CFSoFC 367CFS Merge 368CFS Regions 369VSAN 370VSAN Features 370VSAN Attributes 372VSAN Advantages 373Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (DPVM) 373VSAN Trunking 374SAN Port Channels 381Types of SAN Port Channels 381Port Channel Load Balancing 383Port Channel Modes 384Zoning 389Zoning Features 389Zone Enforcement 391Full and Active Zone Set 392Autozone 395Zone Merge 395Smart Zoning 396Enhanced Zoning 397Device Alias 403Device Alias Features 403Device Alias Modes 404Device Alias Distribution 405Zone Aliases (FC Aliases) Versus Device Aliases 406NPIV and NPV 409Exam Preparation Tasks 416Chapter 8 Implement FCoE Unified Fabric 418“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 418Foundation Topics 420FCoE Overview 420Ethernet Enhancements 422Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC) 422Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 423Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) 424FCoE Frame Format 426Virtual Fibre Channel (VFC) 428FCoE Elements and Port Types 429FCoE Addressing and Forwarding 431FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) 432Benefits of FCoE 435FCoE Topology Options 435FCoE Single-Hop Topology 435FCoE Direct-Attached Topology 436FCoE FEX Topology 437FCoE Remote-Attached Topology 438FCoE Multi-Hop Topology 438FCoE Implementations 439FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches 440Miscellaneous FCoE Configuration 441FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 442FCoE over FEX 444FCoE NPV 445FCoE Verification 448Exam Preparation Tasks 457Chapter 9 Describe NFS and NAS Concepts 460“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 460Foundation Topics 461Describe NFS Concepts 461Describe NAS Concepts 463NAS Benefits 465Cisco NSS3000 Series Network Storage System 465Exam Preparation Tasks 467Chapter 10 Describe Software Management and Infrastructure Monitoring 470“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 470Foundation Topics 472Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility 472Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade 480Nondisruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 482Disruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 487Nondisruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 490Disruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 495EPLD Upgrade on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches 498Infrastructure Monitoring 503System Messages 503Call Home 504Embedded Event Manager 505RMON 505SPAN 505SPAN Configuration Example 508Remote SPAN 509Exam Preparation Tasks 511Part III ComputeChapter 11 Cisco Unified Computing Systems Overview 514“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 514Foundation Topics 516Cisco UCS Architecture 516Cisco UCS Components and Connectivity 518Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis 520UCS Blade Servers 520Cisco UCS Rack Servers 521Cisco UCS Storage Servers 521Cisco UCS Mini 523Cisco UCS Fabric Infrastructure 524Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect 524Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects 526Fabric Interconnect and Fabric Extender Connectivity 527Cisco UCS Virtualization Infrastructure 533Cisco UCS Initial Setup and Management 536Fabric Interconnect Connectivity and Configurations 544Uplink Connectivity 546Downlink Connectivity 546Fabric Interconnect Port Modes 547Fabric Failover for Ethernet: High-Availability vNIC 549Ethernet Switching Mode 550UCS Device Discovery 556Chassis /FEX Discovery 556Rack Server Discovery Policy 557Initial Server Setup for Standalone UCS C-Series 557Network Management 563UCS Virtual LAN 563Named VLANs 566Private VLANs 570UCS Identity Pools 571Universally Unique Identifier Suffix Pools 572MAC Pools 573IP Pools 574Server Pools 576Service Profiles 577UCS Server Policies 580UCS Service Profile Templates 583Quality of Service 589QoS System Classes 589QoS System Classes Configurations 590Configuring Quality of Service Policies 591UCS Storage 592UCS SAN Connectivity 592UCS SAN Configuration 596Virtual Storage-Area Networks 597Named VSANs Configurations 597Zones and Zone Sets 599World Wide Name Pool 603SAN Connectivity Policies 605Exam Preparation Tasks 606Chapter 12 Cisco Unified Computing Infrastructure Monitoring 610“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 610Foundation Topics 612Cisco UCS System Monitoring 612Data Management Engine 612Application Gateway 613Northbound Interfaces 614Cisco UCS Monitoring Events and Logs 614Cisco UCS Monitoring Policies 616Cisco UCS Simple Network Management Protocol 618Cisco UCS Call Home and Smart Call Home 619Cisco UCS Manager Database Health and Hardware Monitoring 620Cisco UCS NetFlow Monitoring 620Traffic Monitoring 622Traffic Monitoring Across Ethernet 623Traffic Monitoring Across Fibre Channel 624Cisco Intersight 629Intersight Management as a Service 630Intersight as a Telemetry Data Collection 632Cisco Intersight Supported Software 632Cisco Intersight Licensing 632Exam Preparation Tasks 637Chapter 13 Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management 640“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 640Foundation Topics 642Cisco UCS Configuration Management 642Creating and Running a Backup Operation 643Backup Policies 648Backup Policy Configuration 648Import Backups 650Enable the Import Operation 651System Restore 652Restoring the Configuration for a Fabric Interconnect 653UCS Firmware and Software Updates 654Firmware Version Terminology 661Firmware Upgrades Through Auto Install 662Direct Upgrade After Auto Install Procedure 666Install Infrastructure Firmware Procedure 670Upgrading the Server Firmware with Auto Install 673Standalone Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware Upgrade Using the Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) 675Downloading and Preparing the ISO for an Upgrade 676Exam Preparation Tasks 682Chapter 14 Cisco HyperFlex Overview 684“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 684Foundation Topics 686Cisco HyperFlex Solution and Benefits 686HyperFlex Benefits 689Intelligent End-to-End Automation 690Unified Management for All Workloads 691Independent Resource Scaling 692Superior Virtual Machine Density with Lower and Consistent Latency 693HyperFlex as an Edge, Hybrid, and All-Flash Nodes 694HyperFlex as an Edge Device 694HyperFlex Hyperconverged Multicloud Platform (Hybrid or All-Flash) 696HyperFlex All NVMe 697Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform 698HX Storage Cluster Physical Components 699HX Data Platform High Availability 700HX Data Platform Cluster Tolerated Failures 701HX Data Platform Ready Clones 701HX Data Platform Native Snapshots 701HX C