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Implementing and Configuring the Cisco Nexus 7000 (ICNX7) v2.2 3 days Lecture/lab
Course outline

Lesson 1: Overview of the Nexus 7000

  • Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Chassis Overview
  • Supervisor Engine and Line Cards
  • Fabric Modules
  • Virtual Output Queuing Overview
  • VoQ Operation
  • Power Supplies and Cooling
  • Connectivity Management Processor
  • Site Preparation

Lesson 2: Overview of NX-OS

  • Introducing NX-OS
  • NX-OS Process Recovery
  • NX-OS Supervisor Redundancy
  • ISSU

Lesson 3: Introduction to Virtual Device Contexts

  • Introducing Virtualization
  • VDC Design
  • VDC Configuration
  • High Availability

Lesson 4: Managing the Nexus 7000

  • SNMP and XML
  • Generic OnLine Diagnosis
  • Embedded Event Manager
  • SMART Call Home
  • Data Center Network Manager
  • System Message Logging
  • AAA
  • Role-Based Access Control
  • Configuration Rollback

Lesson 5: Layer 2 Protocols and Features

  • Nexus 7000/NX-OS Layer 2 Overview
  • VLANs and PVLANs
  • Spanning-Tree Protocols
  • PortChannels
  • Virtual PortChannel (vPC)
  • IGMP Snooping
  • Unidirectional Link Detection
  • Overlay Transport Protocol (OTV)
  • FabricPath (L2MP)

Lesson 6: Layer 3 Protocols and Features

  • Layer 3 Unicast Routing Overview
  • First-Hop Routing Protocols
  • Object Tracking
  • Routing Virtualzation
  • Routing Protocols
  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
  • Policy Routing
  • Tunnels
  • Layer 3 Multicast

Lesson 7: Quality of Service

  • Nexus 7000 Series QoS Overview
  • Port QoS
  • Forwarding Engine QoS
  • Modular QoS CLI Overview
  • Table Maps
  • Class Map
  • Policy Map
  • Service Policy

Lesson 8: Security

  • Introduction to Nexus/NX-OS Security
  • Traffic Integrity
  • Storm Contol
  • Control Plane Protection
  • Hardware Rate Limiting
  • Access Control
  • Admission Control
  • Data Confidentiality

Lesson 9: Troubleshooting

  • Ethanalyzer: Wireshark in NX-OS
  • SPAN and RSPAN
  • Troubleshooting Checklist
Course labs

Lab 1: Cisco Nexus 7000 Hardware Platform
Lab 2: Create and Configure VDCs
Lab 3: Configuring FabricPath
Lab 4: Configuring VPC
Lab 5: Configuring Routing Protocols
Lab 6: Configuring OTV
Lab 7: QoS on the Nexus 7000
Lab 8: Security
Lab 9: Troubleshooting the Nexus Control Plane


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