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

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• ISBN-10: 0-13-644962-X
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• Network
• Compute
• Storage Network
• Automation
• Security

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Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols

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Table of Contents

Introduction xxx

Part I Networking

Chapter 1 Implementing Routing in the Data Center 2

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 2

Foundation Topics 5

OSPF 5

OSPF Link-State Advertisements 6

OSPF Areas 9

Designated Routers and Backup Designated Routers 11

OSPF Authentication 11

OSPF Configurations and Verifications 12

Border Gateway Protocol 23

BGP Peering 24

BGP Path Selection 25

Step 1: Comparing Pairs of Paths 25

Step 2: Determining the Order of Comparisons 27

Step 3: Determining the Best-Path Change Suppression 27

Multiprotocol BGP 28

BGP Configurations and Verifications 28

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection 36

Rapid Detection of Failures 37

BFD Configurations and Verifications 37

Multicast 41

Internet Group Management Protocol 41

Switch IGMP Snooping 44

Multicast Listener Discovery 44

Multicast Distribution Trees 45

Protocol Independent Multicast 48

PIM Rendezvous Points 52

PIM Designated Routers/Forwarders 53

Multicast Forwarding 53

Multicast Configurations and Verifications 54

Hot Standby Router Protocol 68

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 72

VRRP Operation 72

VRRP Groups 74

VRRP Router Priority and Preemption 74

VRRP Authentication 75

VRRP Tracking 75

IPv6 First Hop Redundancy 76

HSRP/VRRP Configurations and Verifications 77

Exam Preparation Tasks 86

Chapter 2 Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols 90

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 90

Foundation Topics 93

Spanning Tree Protocols 93

STP Topology 93

STP Port Types 94

STP Extensions 94

STP Bridge Assurance 95

BPDU Guard 96

BPDU Filter 96

Loop Guard 96

Root Guard 97

Unidirectional Link Detection 97

Rapid PVST+ 98

Rapid PVST+ Ports 100

Spanning Tree Configurations and Verifications 102

Port Channels 117

Port Channel Load Balance 120

Virtual Port Channel 121

vPC Traffic Flows 124

vPC Dual-Control Plane 125

vPC Primary and Secondary Roles 126

vPC Configuration Consistency 127

vPC Duplicate Frames Prevention Mechanism 128

vPC HSRP Gateway Considerations 130

vPC ARP Synchronization 130

vPC Peer Gateway 130

Port Channel Configurations and Verifications 131

Exam Preparation Tasks 145

Chapter 3 Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols 148

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 148

Foundation Topics 150

Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) 150

OTV Terminology 150

OTV Control Plane Function 151

Multicast-Enabled Transport Infrastructure 151

Unicast-Only Transport Infrastructure (Adjacency-Server Mode) 152

OTV Data Plane Function 154

Unicast Traffic over OTV 154

Multicast Traffic over OTV 156

Broadcast Traffic over OTV 156

Failure Isolation 157

STP Isolation 157

Unknown Unicast Handling 157

ARP Optimization 158

Broadcast Policy Control 159

Multihoming OTV 159

FHRP Isolation 162

OTV Configurations and Verifications 163

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Overview 173

VXLAN Encapsulation and Packet Format 173

VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint 174

Virtual Network Identifier 175

VXLAN Control Plane 176

VXLAN Flood and Learn Multicast-Based Control Plane 176

VXLAN MPBGP EVPN Control Plane 178

VXLAN Gateways 178

VXLAN High Availability 179

VXLAN Tenant Routed Multicast 180

VXLAN Configurations and Verifications 182

Exam Preparation Tasks 191

Chapter 4 Describe Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure 194

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 194

Foundation Topics 196

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview 196

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 198

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Spine and Leaf Switches for Cisco ACI 201

Cisco ACI Initial Setup, Fabric Discovery, Access Policy, and VMM Domains 204

Cisco ACI Initial Setup 204

Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery 209

Startup with Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery and Configuration 210

Fabric Upgrade 212

ACI Policy Model 212

Tenants 214

Virtual Routing and Forwarding Objects 214

Bridge Domains and Subnets 214

Endpoint Groups 215

Application Profiles 215

Microsegmentation 215

Attachable Entity Profile 216

Cisco ACI Fabric Policies 216

Cisco ACI Virtual Machine Manager Domains 222

Cisco ACI integration with Microsoft SCVMM 223

Cisco ACI Integration with VMware vCenter 224

Integrating VMware Overlays with the Cisco ACI 225

Cisco ACI Virtual Edge 225

Cisco ACI Fabric: Tenants and Packet Flow 225

Cisco ACI Tenants 227

Virtual Routing and Forwarding 228

Bridge Domain and Subnets 229

Application Profile 230

Endpoint Group 231

Microsegmentations 231

ACI Contract 231

Taboo Contracts 233

vzAny Rule 233

Filters and Subjects 236

Management Tenant 237

In-Band Management Access 237

Out-of-Band Management Access 238

ACI VXLAN 239

ACI Intersubnet Tenant Traffic 241

Policy Identification and Enforcement 242

ACI Fabric Traffic Storm Control 243

ACI Fabric Traffic Load Balance 243

ACI Fabric Loop Detection 244

ACI Design Best Practices 245

ACI LAB Configurations Example 245

Building ACI Fabric 248

Creating Tenant 251

Creating Contract and Filter 254

Deploying a Three-Tier Application 257

Integrating with vCenter 259

Exam Preparation Tasks 262

Chapter 5 Cisco Cloud Services and Deployment Models 264

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 264

Foundation Topics 266

What Is Cloud Computing? 266

Cloud Service Models 269

Software as a Service 269

Platform as a Service 270

Infrastructure as a Service 270

Cloud Deployment Models 272

Private Cloud 272

Public Cloud 272

Hybrid Cloud 273

Community Cloud 274

Exam Preparation Tasks 274

Chapter 6 Data Center Network Management and Monitoring 276

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 276

Foundation Topics 278

Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software Installation, Updates, and Their Impacts 278

PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) 283

Data Center Infrastructure Software Lifecycle Management 287

Nexus Software Maintenance Upgrade 287

Programmable Logical Devices Upgrade 289

Graceful Insertion and Removal 291

Nexus Nondisruptive In-Service Software Upgrade 295

Nexus Disruptive and Nondisruptive Upgrade/Downgrade Procedure 299

Nexus Configuration Management 303

NX-OS Configuration Save and Backup 303

Nexus Config Rollback and Checkpoint 303

Network Infrastructure Monitoring 306

NX-OS System Message Logging 306

Network Time Management 307

Network Time Protocol 307

Precision Time Protocol 313

NX-OS Simple Network Management Protocol 317

Nexus Smart Call Home 324

Nexus NetFlow 325

Switched Port Analyzer 330

Streaming Telemetry 337

Network Assurance Concept 341

Exam Preparation Tasks 344

Part II Storage

Chapter 7 Implement Fibre Channel 346

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 346

Foundation Topics 349

Fibre Channel Basics 349

Fibre Channel Topologies 350

Fibre Channel Port Types 353

E Port 353

F Port 354

NP Ports 354

TE Port 354

TF Port 354

TNP Port 354

Fx Port 354

Auto Mode 354

Fibre Channel Addressing 355

Flow Control 356

Switched Fabric Initialization 358

Principal Switch Selection 358

Domain ID Distribution 360

FCID Allocation 362

Fabric Reconfiguration 362

Device Registration: FLOGI, PLOGI, PRLI 362

FLOGI and FCNS Databases 363

CFS 364

CFS Features 365

CFS Fabric Lock 366

CFSoIP and CFSoFC 367

CFS Merge 368

CFS Regions 369

VSAN 370

VSAN Features 370

VSAN Attributes 372

VSAN Advantages 373

Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (DPVM) 373

VSAN Trunking 374

SAN Port Channels 381

Types of SAN Port Channels 381

Port Channel Load Balancing 383

Port Channel Modes 384

Zoning 389

Zoning Features 389

Zone Enforcement 391

Full and Active Zone Set 392

Autozone 395

Zone Merge 395

Smart Zoning 396

Enhanced Zoning 397

Device Alias 403

Device Alias Features 403

Device Alias Modes 404

Device Alias Distribution 405

Zone Aliases (FC Aliases) Versus Device Aliases 406

NPIV and NPV 409

Exam Preparation Tasks 416

Chapter 8 Implement FCoE Unified Fabric 418

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 418

Foundation Topics 420

FCoE Overview 420

Ethernet Enhancements 422

Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC) 422

Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) 423

Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) 424

FCoE Frame Format 426

Virtual Fibre Channel (VFC) 428

FCoE Elements and Port Types 429

FCoE Addressing and Forwarding 431

FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) 432

Benefits of FCoE 435

FCoE Topology Options 435

FCoE Single-Hop Topology 435

FCoE Direct-Attached Topology 436

FCoE FEX Topology 437

FCoE Remote-Attached Topology 438

FCoE Multi-Hop Topology 438

FCoE Implementations 439

FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches 440

Miscellaneous FCoE Configuration 441

FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 442

FCoE over FEX 444

FCoE NPV 445

FCoE Verification 448

Exam Preparation Tasks 457

Chapter 9 Describe NFS and NAS Concepts 460

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 460

Foundation Topics 461

Describe NFS Concepts 461

Describe NAS Concepts 463

NAS Benefits 465

Cisco NSS3000 Series Network Storage System 465

Exam Preparation Tasks 467

Chapter 10 Describe Software Management and Infrastructure Monitoring 470

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 470

Foundation Topics 472

Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility 472

Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade 480

Nondisruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 482

Disruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 487

Nondisruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 490

Disruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 495

EPLD Upgrade on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches 498

Infrastructure Monitoring 503

System Messages 503

Call Home 504

Embedded Event Manager 505

RMON 505

SPAN 505

SPAN Configuration Example 508

Remote SPAN 509

Exam Preparation Tasks 511

Part III Compute

Chapter 11 Cisco Unified Computing Systems Overview 514

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 514

Foundation Topics 516

Cisco UCS Architecture 516

Cisco UCS Components and Connectivity 518

Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis 520

UCS Blade Servers 520

Cisco UCS Rack Servers 521

Cisco UCS Storage Servers 521

Cisco UCS Mini 523

Cisco UCS Fabric Infrastructure 524

Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect 524

Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects 526

Fabric Interconnect and Fabric Extender Connectivity 527

Cisco UCS Virtualization Infrastructure 533

Cisco UCS Initial Setup and Management 536

Fabric Interconnect Connectivity and Configurations 544

Uplink Connectivity 546

Downlink Connectivity 546

Fabric Interconnect Port Modes 547

Fabric Failover for Ethernet: High-Availability vNIC 549

Ethernet Switching Mode 550

UCS Device Discovery 556

Chassis /FEX Discovery 556

Rack Server Discovery Policy 557

Initial Server Setup for Standalone UCS C-Series 557

Network Management 563

UCS Virtual LAN 563

Named VLANs 566

Private VLANs 570

UCS Identity Pools 571

Universally Unique Identifier Suffix Pools 572

MAC Pools 573

IP Pools 574

Server Pools 576

Service Profiles 577

UCS Server Policies 580

UCS Service Profile Templates 583

Quality of Service 589

QoS System Classes 589

QoS System Classes Configurations 590

Configuring Quality of Service Policies 591

UCS Storage 592

UCS SAN Connectivity 592

UCS SAN Configuration 596

Virtual Storage-Area Networks 597

Named VSANs Configurations 597

Zones and Zone Sets 599

World Wide Name Pool 603

SAN Connectivity Policies 605

Exam Preparation Tasks 606

Chapter 12 Cisco Unified Computing Infrastructure Monitoring 610

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 610

Foundation Topics 612

Cisco UCS System Monitoring 612

Data Management Engine 612

Application Gateway 613

Northbound Interfaces 614

Cisco UCS Monitoring Events and Logs 614

Cisco UCS Monitoring Policies 616

Cisco UCS Simple Network Management Protocol 618

Cisco UCS Call Home and Smart Call Home 619

Cisco UCS Manager Database Health and Hardware Monitoring 620

Cisco UCS NetFlow Monitoring 620

Traffic Monitoring 622

Traffic Monitoring Across Ethernet 623

Traffic Monitoring Across Fibre Channel 624

Cisco Intersight 629

Intersight Management as a Service 630

Intersight as a Telemetry Data Collection 632

Cisco Intersight Supported Software 632

Cisco Intersight Licensing 632

Exam Preparation Tasks 637

Chapter 13 Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management 640

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 640

Foundation Topics 642

Cisco UCS Configuration Management 642

Creating and Running a Backup Operation 643

Backup Policies 648

Backup Policy Configuration 648

Import Backups 650

Enable the Import Operation 651

System Restore 652

Restoring the Configuration for a Fabric Interconnect 653

UCS Firmware and Software Updates 654

Firmware Version Terminology 661

Firmware Upgrades Through Auto Install 662

Direct Upgrade After Auto Install Procedure 666

Install Infrastructure Firmware Procedure 670

Upgrading the Server Firmware with Auto Install 673

Standalone Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware Upgrade Using the Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) 675

Downloading and Preparing the ISO for an Upgrade 676

Exam Preparation Tasks 682

Chapter 14 Cisco HyperFlex Overview 684

Do I Know This Already? Quiz 684

Foundation Topics 686

Cisco HyperFlex Solution and Benefits 686

HyperFlex Benefits 689

Intelligent End-to-End Automation 690

Unified Management for All Workloads 691

Independent Resource Scaling 692

Superior Virtual Machine Density with Lower and Consistent Latency 693

HyperFlex as an Edge, Hybrid, and All-Flash Nodes 694

HyperFlex as an Edge Device 694

HyperFlex Hyperconverged Multicloud Platform (Hybrid or All-Flash) 696

HyperFlex All NVMe 697

Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform 698

HX Storage Cluster Physical Components 699

HX Data Platform High Availability 700

HX Data Platform Cluster Tolerated Failures 701

HX Data Platform Ready Clones 701

HX Data Platform Native Snapshots 701

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