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CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide







CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide from Cisco Press enables you to succeed on the exam the first time and is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. A team of leading Cisco data center experts shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.

 

This complete, official study package includes

 

--A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exam

--Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section

--Part-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly

--The powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Testsoftware, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports

--Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time

--A final preparation chapter that guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies

 

Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success.

 

The official study guide helps you master topics on the CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 exam, including

 

--Cisco data center concepts: architectures, devices, layers, modular design, vPC, FabricPath, Cisco Nexus switches, and more

--Data center unified fabric: FCoE, multihop, VIFs, FEX, and setup

--Storage networking: concepts, targets, verification, connectivity, zoning, setup, and configuration

--Data center virtualization: servers, devices, and Nexus 1000V, including setup and operations

--Cisco Unified Computing: concepts, discovery, connectivity, setup, and UCSM

--Data center network services: ACE load balancing, virtual context, HA, management, global/local solutions, and WAAS

 

The CD-ROM contains more than 450 practice questions for the exam, memory table exercises and answer keys, and a study planner tool.

 

Includes Exclusive Offer for 70% Off Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test

 

Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements:

 

Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7, or Windows 8; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client; Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent); 512 MB RAM; 650 MB disk space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam; access to the Internet to register and download exam databases

 
Introduction xxxix
Getting Started 1(6)
A Brief Perspective on the CCNA Data Center Certification Exam
1(1)
Suggestions for How to Approach Your Study with This Book
1(4)
This Book Is Compiled from 20 Short Read-and-Review Sessions
2(1)
Practice, Practice, Practice-Did I Mention: Practice?
2(1)
In Each Part of the Book You Will Hit a New Milestone
3(1)
Use the Final Review
Chapter to Refine Skills
4(1)
Set Goals and Track Your Progress
4(1)
Other Small Tasks Before Getting Started
5(2)
Part I Data Center Networking 7(208)
Chapter 1 Data Center Network Architecture
9(44)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
9(5)
Foundation Topics
14(1)
Modular Approach in Network Design
14(1)
The Multilayer Network Design
14(5)
Access Layer
16(1)
Aggregation Layer
16(1)
Core Layer
17(1)
Collapse Core Design
17(1)
Spine and Leaf Design
18(1)
Port Channel
19(5)
What Is Port Channel?
19(1)
Benefits of Using Port Channels
20(1)
Port Channel Compatibility Requirements
20(1)
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
21(1)
Port Channel Modes
21(1)
Configuring Port Channel
22(1)
Port Channel Load Balancing
23(1)
Verifying Port Channel Configuration
23(1)
Virtual Port Channel
24(10)
What Is Virtual Port Channel?
24(2)
Benefits of Using Virtual Port Channel
26(1)
Components of vPC
26(3)
vPC Data Plane Operation
29(1)
vPC Control Plane Operation
30(1)
vPC Limitations
31(1)
Configuration Steps of vPC
32(1)
Verification of vPC
33(1)
FabricPath
34(16)
Spanning Tree Protocol
34(1)
What Is FabricPath?
35(1)
Benefits of FabricPath
36(1)
Components of FabricPath
36(2)
FabricPath Frame Format
38(2)
FabricPath Control Plane
40(1)
FabricPath Data Plane
41(1)
Conversational Learning
42(1)
FabricPath Packet Flow Example
43(1)
Unknown Unicast Packet Flow
43(1)
Known Unicast Packet Flow
44(1)
Virtual Port Channel Plus
45(1)
FabricPath Interaction with Spanning Tree
46(1)
Configuring FabricPath
47(1)
Verifying FabricPath
48(2)
Exam Preparation Tasks
50(1)
Review All Key Topics
50(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
50(1)
Define Key Terms
51(2)
Chapter 2 Cisco Nexus Product Family
53(66)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
53(3)
Foundation Topics
56(1)
Describe the Cisco Nexus Product Family
56(1)
Cisco Nexus 9000 Family
57(10)
Cisco Nexus 9500 Family
57(2)
Chassis
59(1)
Supervisor Engine
60(1)
System Controller
60(1)
Fabric Modules
61(1)
Line Cards
62(2)
Power Supplies
64(1)
Fan Trays
65(1)
Cisco QSFP Bi-Di Technology for 40 Gbps Migration
66(1)
Cisco Nexus 9300 Family
66(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Product Family
67(22)
Cisco Nexus 7004 Series Switch Chassis
70(1)
Cisco Nexus 7009 Series Switch Chassis
71(1)
Cisco Nexus 7010 Series Switch Chassis
72(1)
Cisco Nexus 7018 Series Switch Chassis
72(1)
Cisco Nexus 7706 Series Switch Chassis
73(1)
Cisco Nexus 7710 Series Switch Chassis
74(1)
Cisco Nexus 7718 Series Switch Chassis
74(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Supervisor Module
75(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Supervisor 1 Module
76(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Supervisor 2 Module
76(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Fabric Modules
77(2)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Licensing
79(3)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Line Cards
82(2)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series Power Supply Options
84(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series 3.0-KW AC Power Supply Module
85(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series 3.0-KW DC Power Supply Module
85(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 6.0-KW and 7.5-KW AC Power Supply Module
86(1)
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 6.0-KW DC Power Supply Module
87(2)
Cisco Nexus 6000 Product Family
89(4)
Cisco Nexus 6001P and Nexus 6001T Switches and Features
89(1)
Cisco Nexus 6004 Switches Features
90(1)
Cisco Nexus 6000 Switches Licensing Options
91(2)
Cisco Nexus 5500 and Nexus 5600 Product Family
93(5)
Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP Switches Features
94(1)
Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T Switches Features
94(1)
Cisco Nexus 5500 Products Expansion Modules
95(3)
Cisco Nexus 5600 Product Family
98(4)
Cisco Nexus 5672UP Switch Features
99(1)
Cisco Nexus 56128P Switch Features
100(1)
Cisco Nexus 5600 Expansion Modules
100(1)
Cisco Nexus 5500 and Nexus 5600 Licensing Options
101(1)
Cisco Nexus 3000 Product Family
102(6)
Cisco Nexus 3000 Licensing Options
106(2)
Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders Product Family
108(5)
Cisco Dynamic Fabric Automation
113(1)
Summary
113(2)
Exam Preparation Tasks
115(1)
Review All Key Topics
115(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
116(1)
Define Key Terms
116(3)
Chapter 3 Virtualizing Cisco Network Devices
119(26)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
119(2)
Foundation Topics
121(1)
Describing VDCs on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch
121(11)
VDC Deployment Scenarios
122(1)
Horizontal Consolidation Scenarios
123(1)
Vertical Consolidation Scenarios
124(1)
VDCs for Service Insertion
124(1)
Understanding Different Types of VDCs
125(2)
Interface Allocation
127(1)
VDC Administration
127(1)
VDC Requirements
128(1)
Verifying VDCs on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch
129(3)
Describing Network Interface Virtualization
132(9)
Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Terminology
132(1)
Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Connectivity
133(1)
VN-Tag Overview
134(1)
Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Packet Flow
135(1)
Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Port Connectivity
136(2)
Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Configuration on the Nexus 7000 Series
138(3)
Summary
141(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
142(1)
Review All Key Topics
142(1)
Define Key Terms
142(3)
Chapter 4 Data Center Interconnect
145(22)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
145(2)
Foundation Topics
147(1)
Introduction to Overlay Transport Virtualization
147(2)
OTV Terminology
149(2)
OTV Control Plane
151(2)
Multicast Enabled Transport Infrastructure
151(1)
Unicast-Enabled Transport Infrastructure
152(1)
Data Plane for Unicast Traffic
153(2)
Data Plane for Multicast Traffic
155(2)
Failure Isolation
157(2)
STP Isolation
157(1)
Unknown Unicast Handling
157(1)
ARP Optimization
158(1)
OTV Multihoming
158(1)
First Hop Redundancy Protocol Isolation
158(1)
OTV Configuration Example with Multicast Transport
159(3)
OTV Configuration Example with Unicast Transport
162(2)
Summary
164(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
165(1)
Review All Key Topics
165(1)
Define Key Terms
165(2)
Chapter 5 Management and Monitoring of Cisco Nexus Devices
167(43)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
167(4)
Foundation Topics
171(1)
Operational Planes of a Nexus Switch
171(8)
Data Plane
171(1)
Store-and-Forward Switching
172(1)
Cut-Through Switching
172(1)
Nexus 5500 Data Plane Architecture
172(2)
Control Plane
174(1)
Nexus 5500 Control Plane Architecture
174(2)
Control Plane Policing
176(2)
Control Plane Analyzer
178(1)
Management Plane
178(1)
Nexus Management and Monitoring Features
179(13)
Out-of-Band Management
180(1)
Console Port
181(1)
Connectivity Management Processor
181(1)
Management Port (mgmt0)
182(1)
In-band Management
182(1)
Role-Based Access Control
183(1)
User Roles
183(1)
Rules
184(1)
User Role Policies
184(1)
RBAC Characteristics and Guidelines
184(1)
Privilege Levels
185(1)
Simple Network Management Protocol
185(1)
SNMP Notifications
186(1)
SNMPv3
186(1)
Remote Monitoring
187(1)
RMON Alarms
187(1)
RMON Events
188(1)
Syslog
188(1)
Embedded Event Manager
189(1)
Event Statements
189(1)
Action Statements
189(1)
Policies
190(1)
Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD)
190(1)
Smart Call Home
191(1)
Nexus Device Configuration and Verification
192(17)
Perform Initial Setup
192(3)
In-Service Software Upgrade
195(1)
ISSU on the Cisco Nexus 5000
196(1)
ISSU on the Cisco Nexus 7000
197(2)
Important CLI Commands
199(1)
Command-Line Help
199(1)
Automatic Command Completion
200(1)
Entering and Exiting Configuration Context
200(1)
Display Current Configuration
201(1)
Command Piping and Parsing
202(1)
Feature Command
203(1)
Verifying Modules
204(1)
Verifying Interfaces
205(2)
Viewing Logs
207(1)
Viewing NVRAM logs
208(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
209(1)
Review All Key Topics
209(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
209(1)
Define Key Terms
209(1)
Part I Review
210(5)
Part II Data Center Storage-Area Networking 215(236)
Chapter 6 Data Center Storage Architecture
217(66)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
217(3)
Foundation Topics
220(1)
What Is a Storage Device?
220(4)
What Is a Storage-Area Network?
224(2)
How to Access a Storage Device
226(12)
Block-Level Protocols
227(9)
File-Level Protocols
236(2)
Putting It All Together
238(1)
Storage Architectures
238(3)
Scale-up and Scale-out Storage
239(1)
Tiered Storage
239(2)
SAN Design
241(11)
SAN Design Considerations
244(1)
1 Port Density and Topology Requirements
244(1)
2 Device Performance and Oversubscription Ratios
245(2)
3 Traffic Management
247(1)
4 Fault Isolation
247(1)
5 Control Plane Scalability
248(1)
SAN Topologies
249(3)
Fibre Channel
252(17)
FC-0: Physical Interface
253(1)
FC-1: Encode/Decode
254(1)
Encoding and Decoding
255(1)
Ordered Sets
255(1)
FC-2: Framing Protocol
256(2)
Fibre Channel Service Classes
258(1)
Fibre Channel Flow Control
258(2)
FC-3: Common Services
260(1)
Fibre Channel Addressing
261(1)
Switched Fabric Address Space
262(1)
Fibre Channel Link Services
263(2)
Fibre Channel Fabric Services
265(1)
FC-4: ULPs-Application Protocols
266(1)
Fibre Channel-Standard Port Types
267(2)
Virtual Storage-Area Network
269(3)
Dynamic Port VSAN Membership
271(1)
Inter-VSAN Routing
271(1)
Fibre Channel Zoning and LUN Masking
272(5)
Device Aliases Versus Zone-Based (FC) Aliases
276(1)
Reference List
277(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
278(1)
Review All Key Topics
278(2)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
280(1)
Define Key Terms
280(3)
Chapter 7 Cisco MDS Product Family
283(64)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
283(3)
Foundation Topics
286(1)
Once Upon a Time There Was a Company Called Andiamo
286(10)
The Secret Sauce of Cisco MDS: Architecture
288(1)
A Day in the Life of a Fibre Channel Frame in MDS 9000
289(7)
Lossless Networkwide In-Order Delivery Guarantee
296(1)
Cisco MDS Software and Storage Services
296(16)
Flexibility and Scalability
296(1)
Common Software Across All Platforms
296(1)
Multiprotocol Support
296(1)
Virtual SANS
297(1)
Intelligent Fabric Applications
297(1)
Network-Assisted Applications
297(1)
Cisco Data Mobility Manager
298(1)
I/O Accelerator
298(1)
XRC Acceleration
299(1)
Network Security
299(1)
Switch and Host Authentication
299(1)
IP Security for FCIP and iSCSI
299(1)
Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel Link Encryption
300(1)
Role-Based Access Control
300(1)
Port Security and Fabric Binding
300(1)
Zoning
300(1)
Availability
301(1)
Nondisruptive Software Upgrades
301(1)
Stateful Process Failover
301(1)
ISL Resiliency Using Port Channels
301(1)
iSCSI, FCIP, and Management-Interface High Availability
302(1)
Port Tracking for Resilient SAN Extension
302(1)
Manageability
302(1)
Open APIs
303(1)
Configuration and Software-Image Management
303(1)
N-Port Virtualization
303(1)
Autolearn for Network Security Configuration
304(1)
FlexAttach
304(1)
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Server Federation
304(1)
Network Boot for iSCSI Hosts
304(1)
Internet Storage Name Service
304(1)
Proxy iSCSI Initiator
304(1)
iSCSI Server Load Balancing
305(1)
IPv6
305(1)
Traffic Management
305(1)
Quality of Service
305(1)
Extended Credits
305(1)
Virtual Output Queuing
305(1)
Fibre Channel Port Rate Limiting
306(1)
Load Balancing of Port Channel Traffic
306(1)
iSCSI and SAN Extension Performance Enhancements
306(1)
FCIP Compression
306(1)
FCIP Tape Acceleration
306(1)
Serviceability, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics
307(1)
Cisco Switched Port Analyzer and Cisco Fabric Analyzer
307(1)
SCSI Flow Statistics
307(1)
Fibre Channel Ping and Fibre Channel Traceroute
307(1)
Call Home
308(1)
System Log
308(1)
Other Serviceability Features
308(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Software License Packages
309(3)
Cisco MDS Multilayer Directors
312(16)
Cisco MDS 9700
312(3)
Cisco MDS 9500
315(4)
Cisco MDS 9000 Cisco MDS 9700-MDS 9500 Supervisor and Crossbar Switching Modules
319(3)
Cisco MDS 9000 48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module
322(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module
323(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM)
323(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Storage Services Node (SSN) Module
324(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
324(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 8-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module
325(1)
Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module
325(1)
Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module
326(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers
326(2)
Cisco MDS Multiservice and Multilayer Fabric Switches
328(7)
Cisco MDS 9148
329(1)
Cisco MDS 9148S
329(1)
Cisco MDS 9222i
330(2)
Cisco MDS 9250i
332(3)
Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Blade Switches
335(2)
Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager
337(5)
Cisco DCNM SAN Fundamentals Overview
338(1)
DCNM-SAN Server
339(1)
Licensing Requirements for Cisco DCNM-SAN Server
339(1)
Device Manager
339(1)
DCNM-SAN Web Client
340(1)
Performance Manager
340(1)
Authentication in DCNM-SAN Client
341(1)
Cisco Traffic Analyzer
341(1)
Network Monitoring
341(1)
Performance Monitoring
341(1)
Reference List
342(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
343(1)
Review All Key Topics
343(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
344(1)
Define Key Terms
344(3)
Chapter 8 Virtualizing Storage
347(28)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
347(3)
Foundation Topics
350(1)
What Is Storage Virtualization?
350(1)
How Storage Virtualization Works
351(1)
Why Storage Virtualization?
351(1)
What Is Being Virtualized?
352(12)
Block Virtualization-RAID
353(6)
Virtualizing Logical Unit Numbers
359(1)
Tape Storage Virtualization
360(1)
Virtualizing Storage-Area Networks
361(1)
N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
362(1)
N-Port Virtualizer (NPV)
362(1)
Virtualizing File Systems
362(1)
File/Record Virtualization
363(1)
Where Does the Storage Virtualization Occur?
364(6)
Host-Based Virtualization
364(1)
Network-Based (Fabric-Based) Virtualization
365(3)
Array-Based Virtualization
368(2)
Reference List
370(2)
Exam Preparation Tasks
372(1)
Review All Key Topics
372(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
372(1)
Define Key Terms
372(3)
Chapter 9 Fibre Channel Storage-Area Networking
375(71)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
375(4)
Foundation Topics
379(1)
Where Do I Start?
379(4)
The Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility-Back to Basics
383(9)
The Power On Auto Provisioning
392(2)
Licensing Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Software Features
394(6)
License Installation
394(3)
Verifying the License Configuration
397(1)
On-Demand Port Activation Licensing
397(2)
Making a Port Eligible for a License
399(1)
Acquiring a License for a Port
399(1)
Moving Licenses Among Ports
399(1)
Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade
400(6)
Upgrading to Cisco NX-OS on an MDS 9000 Series Switch
402(2)
Downgrading Cisco NX-OS Release on an MDS 9500 Series Switch
404(2)
Configuring Interfaces
406(7)
Graceful Shutdown
407(1)
Port Administrative Speeds
407(1)
Frame Encapsulation
407(1)
Bit Error Thresholds
407(1)
Local Switching
408(1)
Dedicated and Shared Rate Modes
408(1)
Slow Drain Device Detection and Congestion Avoidance
409(1)
Management Interfaces
410(1)
VSAN Interfaces
410(3)
Verify Initiator and Target Fabric Login
413(8)
VSAN Configuration
413(1)
Port VSAN Membership
414(7)
Verify Fibre Channel Zoning on a Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch
421(11)
About Smart Zoning
423(1)
About LUN Zoning and Assigning LUNs to Storage Subsystems
423(1)
About Enhanced Zoning
424(8)
VSAN Trunking and Setting Up ISL Port
432(10)
Trunk Modes
433(1)
Port Channel Modes
434(8)
Reference List
442(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
443(1)
Review All Key Topics
443(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
444(1)
Define Key Terms
444(2)
Part II Review
446(5)
Part III Data Center Unified Fabric 451(110)
Chapter 10 Unified Fabric Overview
453(34)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
453(3)
Foundation Topics
456(1)
Challenges of Today's Data Center Networks
456(2)
Cisco Unified Fabric Principles
458(16)
Convergence of Network and Storage
458(5)
Scalability and Growth
463(6)
Security and Intelligence
469(5)
Inter-Data Center Unified Fabric
474(10)
Fibre Channel over IP
475(2)
Overlay Transport Virtualization
477(4)
Locator ID Separation Protocol
481(3)
Reference List
484(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
485(1)
Review All Key Topics
485(1)
Define Key Terms
485(2)
Chapter 11 Data Center Bridging and FCoE
487(48)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
487(3)
Foundation Topics
490(1)
Data Center Bridging
490(4)
Priority Flow Control
490(1)
Enhanced Transmission Selection
491(1)
Data Center Bridging Exchange
492(1)
Quantized Congestion Notification
492(2)
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
494(9)
FCoE Logical Endpoint
495(1)
FCoE Port Types
495(1)
FCoE ENodes
496(1)
Fibre Channel Forwarder
497(1)
FCoE Encapsulation
498(2)
FCoE Initialization Protocol
500(1)
Converged Network Adapter
501(1)
FCoE Speed
502(1)
FCoE Cabling Options for the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
503(8)
Optical Cabling
503(2)
Transceiver Modules
505(1)
SFP Transceiver Modules
505(1)
SFP+ Transceiver Modules
506(1)
QSFP Transceiver Modules
507(4)
Unsupported Transceiver Modules
511(1)
Delivering FCoE Using Cisco Fabric Extender Architecture
511(21)
FCoE and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
513(1)
FCoE and Straight-Through Fabric Extender Attachment Topology
514(4)
FCoE and vPC Fabric Extender Attachment Topology
518(4)
FCoE and Server Fabric Extenders
522(1)
Adapter-FEX
522(1)
Virtual Ethernet Interfaces
523(2)
FCoE and Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces
525(1)
Virtual Interface Redundancy
526(2)
FCoE and Cascading Fabric Extender Topologies
528(1)
Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in vPC Topology
528(2)
Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in Straight-Through Topology with vPC
530(1)
Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in Straight-Through Topology
531(1)
Reference List
532(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
533(1)
Review All Key Topics
533(1)
Define Key Terms
533(2)
Chapter 12 Multihop Unified Fabric
535(21)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
535(3)
Foundation Topics
538(1)
First Hop Access Layer Consolidation
538(2)
Aggregation Layer FCoE Multihop
540(7)
FIP Snooping
540(2)
FCoE-NPV
542(2)
Full Fibre Channel Switching
544(2)
Dedicated Wire Versus Unified Wire
546(1)
Cisco FabricPath FCoE Multihop
547(6)
Dynamic FCoE FabricPath Topology
548(1)
Dynamic FCoE Virtual Links
549(1)
Dynamic Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces
550(1)
Redundancy and High Availability
551(2)
Reference List
553(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
554(1)
Review All Key Topics
554(1)
Define Key Terms
554(2)
Part III Review
556(5)
Part IV Cisco Unified Computing 561(174)
Chapter 13 Cisco Unified Computing System Architecture
563(58)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
564(4)
Foundation Topics
568(1)
Evolution of Server Computing in a Nutshell
568(3)
What Is a Socket?
569(1)
What Is a Core?
569(1)
What Is Hyperthreading?
570(1)
Understanding Server Processor Numbering
570(1)
Value of Cisco UCS in the Data Center
571(5)
One Unified System
572(1)
Unified Fabric
573(1)
Unified Management and Operations
573(1)
Cisco UCS Stateless Computing
574(1)
Intelligent Automation, Cloud-Ready Infrastructure
575(1)
Describing the Cisco UCS Product Family
576(28)
Cisco UCS Computer Hardware Naming
577(1)
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
578(2)
What Is a Unified Port?
580(1)
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect-Expansion Modules
580(1)
Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
580(1)
Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis-Power Supply and Redundancy Modes
581(1)
Cisco UCS I/O Modules (FEX)
582(1)
Cisco UCS B-series Blade Servers
583(2)
Cisco UCS B-series Best Practices for Populating DRAM
585(1)
Cisco Adapters (Mezzanine Cards) for UCS B-series Blade Servers
586(1)
Cisco Converged Network Adapters (CNA)
587(1)
Cisco Virtual Interface Cards
587(1)
Cisco UCS Port Expander for VIC 1240
588(1)
What Is Cisco Adapter FEX?
589(1)
What Is Cisco Virtual Machine-Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)?
589(1)
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters
589(1)
Cisco UCS C-series Rackmount Servers
590(2)
Cisco UCS C-series Best Practices for Populating DRAM
592(1)
Cisco Adapters for UCS C-series Rackmount Servers
593(1)
Cisco UCS C-series RAID Adapter Options
593(3)
Cisco UCS C-series Virtual Interface Cards and OEM CNA Adapters
596(1)
What Is SR-IOV (Single Root-IO Virtualization)?
597(1)
Cisco UCS C-series Network Interface Card
598(1)
Cisco UCS C-series Host Bus Adapter
599(1)
What Is N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)?
600(1)
Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters
601(1)
Cisco UCS E-series Servers
602(1)
Cisco UCS "All-in-One"
603(1)
Cisco UCS Invicta Series-Solid State Storage Systems
603(1)
Cisco UCS Software
604(2)
Cisco UCS Manager
604(1)
Cisco UCS Central
605(1)
Cisco UCS Director
605(1)
Cisco UCS Platform Emulator
605(1)
Cisco goUCS Automation Tool
605(1)
Cisco UCS Connectivity Architecture
606(9)
Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis to Fabric Interconnect Physical Connectivity
606(1)
Cisco UCS C-series Rackmount Server Physical Connectivity
607(2)
Cisco UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnect to LAN, SAN Connectivity
609(1)
Ethernet Switching Mode
609(1)
Fibre Channel Switching Mode
610(1)
Cisco UCS I/O Module and Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
611(2)
Cisco UCS I/O Module Architecture
613(1)
Fabric and Adapter Port Channel Architecture
614(1)
Cisco Integrated Management Controller Architecture
615(1)
Reference List
616(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
617(1)
Review All Key Topics
617(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
618(1)
Define Key Terms
618(3)
Chapter 14 Cisco Unified Computing System Manager
621(32)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
622(3)
Foundation Topics
625(1)
Cabling a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect HA Cluster
625(8)
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect HA Architecture
625(1)
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Connectivity
626(1)
Initial Setup Script for Primary Fabric Interconnect
627(1)
Initial Setup Script for Subordinate Secondary Fabric Interconnect
628(1)
Verify Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Setup
629(2)
Changing Cluster Addressing via Command-Line Interface
631(1)
Command Modes
631(1)
Changing Cluster IP Addresses via Command-Line Interface
631(1)
Changing Static IP Addresses via Command-Line Interface
632(1)
Cisco UCS Manager Operations
633(11)
Cisco UCS Manager Functions
633(3)
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Layout
636(2)
Cisco UCS Manager: Navigation Pane-Tabs
638(1)
Equipment Tab
638(1)
Servers Tab
639(1)
LAN Tab
640(1)
SAN Tab
641(1)
VM Tab
642(1)
Admin Tab
643(1)
Device Discovery in Cisco UCS Manager
644(6)
Basic Port Personalities in the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
644(3)
Verifying Device Discovery in Cisco UCS Manager
647(3)
Reference List
650(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
651(1)
Review All Key Topics
651(1)
Define Key Terms
651(2)
Chapter 15 Cisco Unified Computing System Pools, Policies, Templates, and Service Profiles
653(38)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
653(4)
Foundation Topics
657(1)
Cisco UCS Service Profiles
657(5)
Cisco UCS Hardware Abstraction and Stateless Computing
657(2)
Contents of a Cisco UCS Service Profile
659(2)
Other Benefits of Cisco UCS Service Profiles
661(1)
Ease of Incremental Deployments
661(1)
Plan and Preconfigure Cisco UCS Solutions
661(1)
Ease of Server Replacement
662(1)
Right-Sized Server Deployments
662(1)
Cisco UCS Templates
662(5)
Organizational Awareness with Service Profile Templates
663(1)
Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates
664(1)
Cisco UCS vNIC Templates
665(1)
Cisco UCS vHBA Templates
666(1)
Cisco UCS Logical Resource Pools
667(4)
UUID Identity Pools
668(1)
MAC Address Identity Pools
669(1)
WWN Address Identity Pools
670(1)
WWNN Pools
670(1)
WWPN Pools
671(1)
Cisco UCS Physical Resource Pools
671(3)
Server Pools
671(1)
Cisco UCS Server Qualification and Pool Policies
672(1)
Server Auto-Configuration Policies
673(1)
Creation of Policies for Cisco UCS Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates
674(6)
Commonly Used Policies Explained
674(1)
Equipment Tab-Global Policies
674(1)
BIOS Policy
675(1)
Boot Policy
676(1)
Local Disk Configuration Policy
676(1)
Maintenance Policy
677(1)
Scrub Policy
678(1)
Host Firmware Packages
678(1)
Adapter Policy
679(1)
Cisco UCS Chassis and Blade Power Capping
680(2)
What Is Power Capping?
680(1)
Cisco UCS Power Capping Strategies
680(1)
Static Power Capping (Explicit Blade Power Cap)
680(1)
Dynamic Power Capping (Implicit Chassis Power Cap)
681(1)
Power Cap Groups (Explicit Group)
681(1)
Utilizing Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates
682(4)
Creating Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates
682(1)
Modifying a Cisco UCS Service Profile Template
683(1)
Utilizing Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates for Different Workloads
684(1)
Creating Service Profiles from Templates
685(1)
Reference List
686(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
687(1)
Review All Key Topics
687(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
688(1)
Define Key Terms
688(3)
Chapter 16 Administration, Management, and Monitoring of Cisco Unified Computing System
691(39)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
691(4)
Foundation Topics
695(1)
Cisco UCS Administration
695(13)
Organization and Locales
695(2)
Role-Based Access Control
697(1)
Authentication Methods
698(1)
LDAP Providers
698(1)
LDAP Provider Groups
699(1)
Domain, Realm, and Default Authentication Settings
700(1)
Communication Management
701(1)
UCS Firmware, Backup, and License Management
701(1)
Firmware Terminology
702(1)
Firmware Definitions
702(1)
Firmware Update Guidelines
703(1)
Host Firmware Packages
704(1)
Cross-Version Firmware Support
704(1)
Firmware Auto Install
704(2)
UCS Backups
706(1)
Backup Automation
706(1)
License Management
707(1)
Cisco UCS Management
708(8)
Operational Planes
708(1)
In-Band Versus Out-of-Band Management
709(1)
Remote Accessibility
710(1)
Direct KVM Access
710(1)
Advanced UCS Management
711(1)
Cisco UCS Manager XML API
711(1)
goUCS Automation Toolkit
712(2)
Using the Python SDK
714(2)
Multi-UCS Management
716(1)
Cisco UCS Monitoring
716(12)
Cisco UCS System Logs
716(1)
Fault, Event, and Audit Logs (Syslogs)
716(3)
System Event Logs
719(1)
UCS SNMP
720(1)
UCS Fault Suppression
721(1)
Collection and Threshold Policies
722(3)
Call Home and Smart Call Home
725(3)
Reference List
728(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
729(1)
Review All Key Topics
729(1)
Define Key Terms
729(1)
Part IV Review
730(5)
Part V Data Center Server Virtualization 735(70)
Chapter 17 Server Virtualization Solutions
737(20)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
737(3)
Foundation Topics
740(1)
Brief History of Server Virtualization
740(1)
Server Virtualization Components
741(3)
Hypervisor
741(1)
Virtual Machines
742(1)
Virtual Switching
743(1)
Management Tools
743(1)
Types of Server Virtualization
744(3)
Full Virtualization
745(1)
Paravirtualization
745(1)
Operating System Virtualization
746(1)
Server Virtualization Benefits and Challenges
747(6)
Server Virtualization Benefits
748(1)
Server Virtualization Challenges
749(4)
Reference List
753(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
754(1)
Review All Key Topics
754(1)
Define Key Terms
754(3)
Chapter 18 Cisco Nexus 1000V and Virtual Switching
757(48)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
758(3)
Foundation Topics
761(1)
Evolution of Virtual Switching
761(14)
Before Server Virtualization
761(2)
Server Virtualization with Static VMware vSwitch
763(1)
Virtual Network Components
764(2)
Virtual Access Layer
766(1)
Standard VMware vSwitch Overview
766(1)
Standard VMware vSwitch Operations
767(2)
Standard VMware vSwitch Configuration
769(1)
VMware vDS Overview
770(2)
VMware vDS Configuration
772(1)
VMware vDS Enhancements
773(1)
VMware vSwitch and vDS
774(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Networking Solution
775(11)
Cisco Nexus 1000V System Overview
776(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Salient Features and Benefits
777(3)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Virtual Switch Architecture
780(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisory Module
780(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module
781(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Component Communication
782(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Management Communication
782(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Port Profiles
783(1)
Types of Port Profiles in Cisco Nexus 1000V
784(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Administrator View and Roles
784(2)
Cisco Nexus 1000V Verifying Initial Configuration
786(11)
Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM Installation Methods
786(1)
Initial VSM Configuration Verification
787(1)
Verifying VMware vCenter Connectivity
788(1)
Verify Nexus 1000V Module Status
789(1)
Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM Installation Methods
790(1)
Initial VEM Status on ESX or ESXi Host
790(1)
Verifying VSM Connectivity from vCenter Server
790(1)
Verifying VEM Agent Running
791(1)
Verifying VEM Uplink Interface Status
791(1)
Verifying VEM Parameters with VSM Configuration
792(1)
Validating VM Port Groups and Port Profiles
793(1)
Verifying Port Profile and Groups
794(1)
Key New Technologies Integrated with Cisco Nexus 1000V
795(1)
What Is the Difference Between VN-Link and VN-Tag?
795(1)
What Is VXLAN?
795(1)
What Is vPath Technology?
796(1)
Reference List
797(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
798(1)
Review All Key Topics
798(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
798(1)
Define Key Terms
799(1)
Part V Review
800(5)
Part VI Data Center Network Services 805(72)
Chapter 19 Cisco ACE and GSS
807(40)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
807(3)
Foundation Topics
810(1)
Server Load-Balancing Concepts
810(3)
What Is Server Load Balancing?
810(1)
Benefits of Server Load Balancing
811(1)
Methods of Server Load Balancing
812(1)
ACE Family Products
813(8)
ACE Module
814(2)
Control Plane
816(1)
Data Plane
817(1)
ACE 4710 Appliances
818(1)
Global Site Selector
819(2)
Understanding the Load-Balancing Solution Using ACE
821(10)
Layer 3 and Layer 4 Load Balancing
822(1)
Layer 7 Load Balancing
823(1)
TCP Server Reuse
824(1)
Real Server
825(1)
Server Farm
825(1)
Server Health Monitoring
826(1)
In-band Health Monitoring:
826(1)
Out-of-band Health Monitoring (Probes)
826(1)
Load-Balancing Algorithms (Predictor)
827(1)
Stickiness
828(1)
Sticky Groups
829(1)
Sticky Methods
829(1)
Sticky Table
829(1)
Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing
830(1)
Class Maps
830(1)
Policy Map
830(1)
Configuration Steps
831(1)
ACE Deployment Modes
831(4)
Bridge Mode
832(1)
Routed Mode
832(1)
One-Arm Mode
833(2)
ACE Virtualization
835(2)
Contexts
835(1)
Domains
836(1)
Role-Based Access Control
836(1)
Resource Classes
836(1)
ACE High Availability
837(2)
Management of ACE
839(1)
Remote Management
839(1)
Simple Network Management Protocol
839(1)
XML Interface
839(1)
ACE Device Manager
839(1)
ANM
840(1)
Global Load Balancing Using GSS and ACE
840(4)
Exam Preparation Tasks
844(1)
Review All Key Topics
844(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
844(1)
Define Key Terms
844(3)
Chapter 20 Cisco WAAS and Application Acceleration
847(25)
"Do I Know This Already?" Quiz
847(3)
Foundation Topics
850(1)
Wide-Area Network Optimization
850(5)
Characteristics of Wide-Area Networks
851(1)
Latency
851(2)
Bandwidth
853(1)
Packet Loss
853(1)
Poor Link Utilization
854(1)
What Is WAAS?
854(1)
WAAS Product Family
855(4)
WAVE Appliances
855(1)
Router-Integrated Form Factors
856(1)
Virtual Appliances (vWAAS)
857(1)
WAAS Express (WAASx)
857(1)
WAAS Mobile
858(1)
WAAS Central Manager
858(1)
WAAS Architecture
859(1)
WAAS Solution Overview
860(2)
Key Features and Benefits of Cisco WAAS
862(4)
Cisco WAAS WAN Optimization Techniques
866(5)
Transport Flow Optimization
866(1)
TCP Window Scaling
867(1)
TCP Initial Window Size Maximization
867(1)
Increased Buffering
867(1)
Selective Acknowledgement
867(1)
Binary Increase Congestion TCP
868(1)
Compression
868(1)
Data Redundancy Elimination
868(1)
LZ Compression
868(1)
Application-Specific Acceleration
869(1)
Virtualization
870(1)
Exam Preparation Tasks
871(1)
Review All Key Topics
871(1)
Complete Tables and Lists from Memory
871(1)
Define Key Terms
871(1)
Part VI Review
872(5)
Part VII Final Preparation 877(14)
Chapter 21 Final Review
879(12)
Advice About the Exam Event
879(3)
Learn the Question Types Using the Cisco Certification Exam Tutorial
879(1)
Think About Your Time Budget Versus the Number of Questions
880(1)
A Suggested Time-Check Method
881(1)
Miscellaneous Pre-Exam Suggestions
881(1)
Exam-Day Advice
882(1)
Exam Review
882(9)
Take Practice Exams
883(1)
Practicing Taking the DCICT Exam
884(1)
Advice on How to Answer Exam Questions
884(1)
Taking Other Practice Exams
885(1)
Find Knowledge Gaps Through Question Review
886(3)
Practice Hands-On CLI Skills
889(1)
Other Study Tasks
889(1)
Final Thoughts
889(2)
Part VIII Appendices 891(22)
Appendix A Answers to the "Do I Know This Already?" Questions
893(20)
Glossary 913(31)
Index 944
Navaid Shamsee, CCIE No.12625, is a senior solutions architect in the Cisco Services organization. He holds a masters degree in telecommunication and a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. He also holds a triple CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, and data center technologies. Navaid has extensive experience in designing and implementing many large-scale enterprise and service provider data centers. In Cisco, Navaid is focused on security of data center, cloud, and software-defined networking technologies. You can reach Navaid on Twitter: @NavaidShamsee.

 

David Klebanov, CCIE No.13791 (Routing and Switching) is a technical solutions architect with Cisco Systems. David has more than 15 years of diverse industry experience architecting and deploying complex network environments. In his work, David influences strategic development of the industry-leading data center switching platforms, which lay the foundation for the next generation of data center fabrics. David also takes great pride in speaking at industry events, releasing publications, and working on patents. You can reach David on Twitter: @DavidKlebanov.

 

Hesham Fayed, CCIE No.9303 (Routing and Switching/Data Center), is a consulting systems engineer for data center and virtualization based in California. Hesham has been with Cisco for more than 9 years and has 18 years of experience in the computer industry, working with service providers and large enterprises. His main focus is working with customers in the western region of the United States to address their challenges by doing end-to-end data center architectures.

 

Ahmed Afrose is a solutions architect with the Cisco Cloud and IT Transformation (CITT) services organization. He is responsible for providing architectural design guidance and leading complex multitech service deliveries. Furthermore, he is involved in demonstrating the Cisco value propositions in cloud software, application automation, software-defined data centers, and Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). He is experienced in server operating systems and virtualization technologies and holds various certifications. Ahmed has a bachelors degree in Information Systems. He started his career with Sun Microsystem-based technologies and has 15 years of diverse experience in the industry. He was also directly responsible for setting up Cisco UCS Advanced Services delivery capabilities while evangelizing the product in the region.

 

Ozden Karakok, CCIE No. 6331, is a technical leader from the data center products and technologies team in the Technical Assistant Center (TAC). Ozden has been with Cisco Systems for 15 years and specializes in storage area and data center networks. Prior to joining Cisco, Ozden spent five years working for a number of Ciscos large customers in various telecommunication roles. Ozden is a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert in routing and switching, SNA/IP, and storage. She holds VCP and ITIL certifications and is a frequent speaker at Cisco and data center events. She holds a degree in computer engineering from Istanbul Bogazici University. Currently, she works on Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and enjoys being a mother of two wonderful kids.