The 646-971 Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure Design exam tests a candidate's knowledge of the skills needed by a sales engineer to design and articulate a Cisco Data Center networking infrastructure solution to a customer.
The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the Remote Access exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.
Describe the technologies used with Data Center Network Infrastructure
- Describe the data center network architecture
- Describe layer 2 path selection in a data center environment
- Describe routing protocols that are used in a data center
- Describe how various data center protocols impact the design of an IP network
- Describe data center server deployment topologies
- Describe how multicast may impact the design of an IP network
- Describe methods for deploying a Green data center
Describe the products used with Data Center Network Infrastructure
- Describe the Catalyst 6500 data center product set
- Describe the Catalyst 49xx
- Describe the Nexus 7000 platform
- Describe Ethernet blade switches
- Describe server fabric switches
- Describe security components for data center infrastructure
- Describe the data center network management and monitoring products
Design the core layer of a data center infrastructure
- Describe the data center core layer
- Select the appropriate platforms and modules for use in the data center core layer
- Design a data center core layer to meet customer scalability, availability, and performance requirements
- Design a data center core layer to meet customer security requirements
- Design network managing and monitoring functionality into the data center core layer
- Design for traffic flows in the core
Design the aggregation layer of a data center infrastructure
- Describe the data center aggregation layer
- Select appropriate platforms and modules in the data center aggregation layer
- Design a data center aggregation layer to meet customer scalability, availability, and performance requirements
- Design a data center aggregation layer to meet customer security requirements
- Design for traffic flows in the data center aggregation layer
- Design network managing and monitoring functionality into the data center aggregation layer
- Design virtualization into the data center aggregation layer
Design the access layer of a data center infrastructure
- Describe the data center access layer
- Select appropriate platforms and modules in the data center access layer
- Design an access layer to meet customer scalability, availability, and performance requirements
- Design an access layer to meet customer security requirements
- Design network managing and monitoring functionality into the data center access layer
- Design for traffic flows in the access layer
The following course is recommended for this exam.
Designing Cisco Data Center Network Infrastructure (DCNID)
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