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Cisco Data Center Nexus Dashboard Essentials (DCNDE)

Length 5 days
Price $6754 inc GST
Version 2.0

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Why study this course

The Cisco Data Center Nexus Dashboard Essentials (DCNDE) course teaches you how to install, operate, administer, and automate Cisco Nexus Dashboard, the unified platform for operating modern data center networks. Built on Cisco Nexus Dashboard release 4.2, the platform consolidates the formerly separate fabric controller, insights, and orchestrator services into a single product with one installation, one user interface, and a one-step upgrade.

You will learn what Cisco Nexus Dashboard is made of and why it is used, install it on physical, virtual, and cloud form factors, license and size your deployment, build VXLAN EVPN fabrics, attach endpoints, apply templates and policies, and automate the platform using the REST API, Ansible, and Network as Code. The training is delivered as a modular Learning Path of six tracks and includes hands-on lab activities that run the live software solution.

This training also earns you 31 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

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What you’ll learn

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

Install Cisco Nexus Dashboard on physical nodes
Install Cisco Nexus Dashboard on a virtualisation platform (VMware ESXi and KVM)
Install Cisco Nexus Dashboard on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Describe the steps needed to fully bring up a Cisco Nexus Dashboard cluster
Describe licensing of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and fabrics
Describe the sizing considerations for Cisco Nexus Dashboard clusters
Describe the capabilities of Cisco Nexus Dashboard to provision, manage, and analyse network infrastructure (Day 1 and Day 2 functions)
List the major changes between Cisco Nexus Dashboard releases 3.2 and 4.2
Review the Cisco Nexus Dashboard graphical user interface
Configure users, roles, role-based access control (RBAC), and remote authentication
Describe resource monitoring and reporting in Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Perform common administration tasks, including creating a technical support bundle and using unified backup
Describe firmware management for Cisco Nexus Dashboard and switches, and the migration from release 3.2 to 4.2
Describe the fabric creation process in Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Create VRFs and networks in a fabric
Attach endpoints to access and trunk ports, including multi-attach
Describe the use of templates and policies
Describe the use of freeform policies
Review automation options, including the REST API, Ansible, and the Network as Code framework

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Who is the course for?

Systems Engineers
Implementation Engineers
Consulting Engineers
Data Center Network Administrators
Data Center Network Operators
Data Center Architects

Course subjects

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Physical Node Installation
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Virtual Node Installation
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cloud Installation
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Licensing Options
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Deployment Size
Day 1 and Day 2 Functions of Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Survey of Changes in Cisco Nexus Dashboard
Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI Overview
Users, Roles, RBAC, and Remote Authentication
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Resource Monitoring
Common Administration Tasks
Upgrades and Migration
Create a Fabric
Create VRFs and Networks
Attach Endpoints
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Policies and Templates
Freeform Policies
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Automation Options
Automate Switch Discovery with POAP

Lab outline

Deploy OVA in ESXi
Finish the Cluster Bring-Up Procedure
Explore Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI
Add an ACI Fabric
Configure Remote Authentication
Create a Tech Support Bundle
Create a VXLAN Fabric
Create Networks
Attach Endpoints
Apply Freeform Policies
Add Switches and Networks to Fabric
Use POAP to Add Switches to Fabric

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

Understanding of Cisco routing and switching in a data center
Familiarity with data center network management and operation
Basic understanding of VXLAN EVPN concepts

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

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