Cisco Data Center Architectural Overview (DCAO)

Data Center Architecture

• Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architectures
• Core, Aggregation and Access Layers
• Redundant SAN Architecture
• FCoE Overview
• Unified I/O and Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• NX-OS and Management

Nexus 7000 – Core Switch

• Overview of Nexus 7010 and 7018
• Nexus 7000 Supervisor and Linecards
• Nexus 7000 Core Layer Deployment
• Nexus 7000 Aggregation Layer Deployment
• Aggregation Layer Services, ACE, FWSM, IDSM-2
• VDC Operation and Management

Nexus 5000 – Access Layer Switch

• Overview of Nexus 5010 and 5020
• Nexus 5000 Access Layer Deployment
• TOR versus EOR switches
• CNAs and server connectivity
• VN-Tag and VN-Link

Nexus 2000 – Fabric Extender (FEX)

• Overview
• Connecting Legacy Servers through the FEX

Nexus 4000 – FCoE Blade Switch

• Overview
• Connecting legacy Blade Servers to the Nexus 5000

Nexus 1000v

• Virtual Server Overview
• VMWare Overview, Vmotion, DRS, HA
• VSphere, vSwitch and DVS
• Nexus 1000v Extended Access Layer
• Deployment and Strategy
• Nexus 1000v Architecture, VSM, VEM and DVS
• Nexus 1000v Management

Unified Computing System

• UCS Overview
• UCS Architecture and Deployment
• Service Profiles
• UCS Manager
• BMC Bladelogic and Service Orchestration

Case Study – Building a Data Center with Nexus and UCS