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Chapter 1 Data Center Architectures |
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Standards for Data Center Infrastructure |
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3 | (1) |
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Cisco Unified Data Center Platform |
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4 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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Data Center Network Infrastructure |
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Three-Tier Network: Core, Aggregation, and Access |
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9 | (1) |
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Data Center Storage Infrastructure |
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10 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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Data Center Computing Infrastructure |
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Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) |
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Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software |
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Cisco Nexus Data Center Product Overview |
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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches |
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Cisco Nexus 9500 Platform Switches |
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22 | (2) |
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Cisco Nexus 9300 Platform Switches |
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24 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 9200 Platform Switches |
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25 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches |
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26 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform Switches |
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27 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 7700 Platform Switches |
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28 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 2200 Platform Fabric Extenders |
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31 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus 2300 Platform Fabric Extenders |
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32 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus B22 Blade Fabric Extender |
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33 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Cisco UCS Fabric Extenders |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (9) |
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36 | (1) |
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End-of-Row (EoR) Deployment Model |
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36 | (1) |
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Top-of-Rack (ToR) Deployment Model |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Virtual Network Tag (VN-Tag) |
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42 | (2) |
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Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture |
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44 | (4) |
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Cisco NX-OS Modular Architecture |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (2) |
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Exploring Cisco NX-OS CLI |
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48 | (13) |
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Exploring NX-OS Command Modes |
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48 | (3) |
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Exploring Special Characters and Keystroke Shortcuts |
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51 | (4) |
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Exploring Command Abbreviations |
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55 | (1) |
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Exploring the no Form of a Command |
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56 | (1) |
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Exploring Cisco Nexus Device Configuration |
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56 | (2) |
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Exploring Command Aliases |
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58 | (1) |
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Exploring Device Hardware and Software |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Describing Layer 3 First-Hop Redundancy |
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65 | (22) |
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Default Gateway Redundancy |
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65 | (3) |
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Hot Standby Router Protocol |
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68 | (10) |
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69 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (6) |
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol |
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78 | (4) |
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79 | (1) |
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VRRP Router Priority and Preemption |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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Gateway Load Balancing Protocol |
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82 | (4) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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Chapter 4 Port Channels and vPCs |
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87 | (40) |
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88 | (5) |
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89 | (2) |
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Port Channel Compatibility Requirements |
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91 | (1) |
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Port Channel Load Balancing |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (31) |
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Vpc Topology Implementations |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (3) |
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Vpc Data Plane Traffic Flow |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (18) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Switch Visualization |
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127 | (52) |
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Cisco Nexus Switch Functional Planes |
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127 | (5) |
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Cisco Nexus Switch Process Separation and Restartability |
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132 | (2) |
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Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) |
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134 | (10) |
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144 | (33) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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Communicating Between VDCs |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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Scaling Resources Using VDCs |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (2) |
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Out-of-Band VDC Management |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (11) |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Nexus Switch Routing |
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179 | (78) |
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179 | (11) |
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Optimal Path Determination |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Static Routes and Dynamic Routing Protocols |
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184 | (1) |
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Interior and Exterior Gateway Protocols |
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185 | (1) |
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Distance Vector and Link-State Protocols |
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185 | (3) |
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Cisco NX-OS Forwarding Architecture |
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188 | (1) |
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Hardware Forwarding and Software Forwarding |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (8) |
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198 | (12) |
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210 | (17) |
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227 | (13) |
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Multicast Distribution Trees |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Bidirectional Shared Trees |
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229 | (2) |
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231 | (1) |
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Multicast Control Protocols |
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232 | (1) |
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) |
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232 | (2) |
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Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) |
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234 | (2) |
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Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (2) |
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Multicast Configuration on NX-OS |
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240 | (14) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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Chapter 7 Network Virtualization |
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257 | (38) |
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Overlay Network Protocols |
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257 | (29) |
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Network Virtualization Using GRE |
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260 | (2) |
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Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization |
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262 | (5) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (10) |
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280 | (6) |
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Network Interface Virtualization Using FEX |
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286 | (1) |
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VMware vSphere Virtual Switches |
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287 | (4) |
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VMware vSphere Standard Switch |
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287 | (2) |
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VMware vSphere Distributed Switch |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Describing Cisco ACI |
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295 | (38) |
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295 | (4) |
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Cisco ACI Building Blocks |
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299 | (4) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (2) |
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Cisco ACI Deployment Models |
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303 | (4) |
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303 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator / Cisco Multi-Site |
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303 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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Cisco ACI Physical Remote Leaf |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (6) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (13) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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Bridge Domains and Subnets |
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320 | (1) |
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Attachable Entity Profile |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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Labels, Filters, and Subjects |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
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324 | (3) |
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Packet Forwarding within the ACI Fabric |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Operating Cisco ACI |
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333 | (28) |
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Cisco ACI External Connectivity Options |
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333 | (6) |
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Cisco ACI Layer 3 Out (L3Out) |
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334 | (3) |
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Cisco ACI Layer 2 Out (L2Out) |
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337 | (2) |
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Cisco ACI and VMM Integration |
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339 | (3) |
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Cisco ACI and L4-L7 Integration |
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342 | (1) |
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Cisco ACI Management and Automation |
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343 | (9) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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Application Programming Interface |
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346 | (1) |
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Logical and Concrete Models |
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347 | (1) |
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Management Information Tree |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (2) |
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Cisco ACI Programmability |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (4) |
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Cisco ACI and Cisco SD-WAN integration |
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353 | (1) |
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Cisco ACI and AppDynamics integration |
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354 | (1) |
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Cisco ACI and Cisco SD-Access Integration |
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355 | (1) |
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Cisco ACI and Kubernetes Anywhere Integration |
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356 | (1) |
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356 | (2) |
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator |
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358 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights |
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358 | (1) |
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Data Center Storage Concepts |
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361 | (42) |
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Storage Connectivity Options in the Data Center |
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361 | (15) |
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363 | (3) |
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Network File System (NFS) |
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366 | (2) |
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Server Message Block (SMB)ZCommon Internet File System (CIFS) |
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368 | (2) |
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Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) |
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370 | (2) |
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Network Storage Systems Designs |
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372 | (1) |
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Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) |
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372 | (1) |
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Network-Attached Storage (NAS) |
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373 | (1) |
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Storage Area Network (SAN) |
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374 | (2) |
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Fibre Channel Storage Networking |
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376 | (7) |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (1) |
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382 | (1) |
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Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) |
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383 | (2) |
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NVM Express and NVM Express over Fabrics |
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385 | (4) |
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Cisco MDS Product Overview |
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389 | (12) |
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Cisco MDS 9700 Series 64Gbps Ready Directors |
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394 | (2) |
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Cisco MDS 9000 Series 32Gbps Fabric Switches |
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396 | (1) |
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Cisco MDS 9000 Series 16Gbps Fabric Switches |
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397 | (1) |
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Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Fabric Switch |
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398 | (3) |
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401 | (1) |
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402 | (1) |
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Chapter 11 Fibre Channel Protocol Fundamentals |
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403 | (22) |
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Fibre Channel Layered Model |
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403 | (9) |
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Fibre Channel Protocol Port Types |
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406 | (2) |
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Fibre Channel Physical Addressing |
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408 | (2) |
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410 | (2) |
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Building the Switched Fabric |
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412 | (7) |
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413 | (4) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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Fibre Channel Flow Control |
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419 | (2) |
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Fabric Shortest Path First |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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Chapter 12 Describing VSANs and Fibre Channel Zoning |
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425 | (30) |
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425 | (5) |
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430 | (9) |
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439 | (2) |
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441 | (7) |
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448 | (3) |
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451 | (2) |
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453 | (2) |
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Chapter 13 Storage Virtualization |
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455 | (16) |
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Cisco Fibre Channel NPIV Feature |
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456 | (4) |
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Cisco Fibre Channel NPV Mode |
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460 | (9) |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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Chapter 14 Describing Data Center Ethernet Enhancements |
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471 | (8) |
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IEEE Data Center Bridging |
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472 | (1) |
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472 | (3) |
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Enhanced Transmission Selection |
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475 | (1) |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (1) |
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478 | (1) |
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Chapter 15 Describing FCoE |
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479 | (18) |
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479 | (3) |
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482 | (6) |
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FCoE Initialization Protocol |
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488 | (2) |
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490 | (5) |
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Switch Preparation for FCoE |
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491 | (1) |
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492 | (1) |
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493 | (1) |
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Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces |
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493 | (1) |
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494 | (1) |
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495 | (1) |
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496 | (1) |
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Chapter 16 Describing Cisco UCS Components |
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497 | (34) |
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497 | (6) |
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Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Product Overview |
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503 | (3) |
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506 | (3) |
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Cisco IOM Product Overview |
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509 | (1) |
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Cisco UCS B-Series Servers |
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510 | (4) |
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511 | (2) |
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513 | (1) |
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Cisco UCS C-Series Servers and the Cisco IMC Supervisor |
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514 | (7) |
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Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Server |
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521 | (3) |
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Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform |
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524 | (3) |
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Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System |
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527 | (2) |
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529 | (1) |
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530 | (1) |
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Chapter 17 Describing Cisco UCS Abstraction |
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531 | (38) |
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Cisco UCS Manager Overview |
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532 | (11) |
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Exploring the Cisco UCS Server Environment |
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543 | (5) |
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Identity and Resource Pools for Hardware Abstraction |
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548 | (4) |
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Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates |
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552 | (3) |
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Cisco UCS Polices for Use in Service Profiles |
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555 | (1) |
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Cisco UCS Service Profile Configuration |
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556 | (8) |
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Cisco UCS Central Overview |
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564 | (2) |
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566 | (2) |
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568 | (1) |
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Chapter 18 Server Visualization |
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569 | (44) |
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569 | (5) |
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Virtual Machine Components |
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570 | (2) |
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572 | (1) |
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Virtual Machine vs. Container |
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573 | (1) |
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574 | (1) |
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575 | (1) |
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576 | (6) |
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577 | (1) |
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577 | (1) |
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578 | (1) |
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Vsphere High Availability |
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579 | (1) |
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580 | (1) |
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581 | (1) |
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581 | (1) |
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582 | (10) |
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VMware vCenter Installation |
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592 | (19) |
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611 | (1) |
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612 | (1) |
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613 | (18) |
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Common Programmability Protocols and Methods |
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613 | (11) |
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Configuring Cisco NX-OS with APIs |
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624 | (2) |
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Exploring the Cisco UCS Manager XML API Management Information Tree |
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626 | (3) |
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629 | (1) |
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629 | (2) |
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Chapter 20 Automating the Data Center |
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631 | (14) |
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631 | (3) |
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Automation and Orchestration Technologies |
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634 | (8) |
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634 | (2) |
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636 | (1) |
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637 | (1) |
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638 | (1) |
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639 | (1) |
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640 | (1) |
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Cisco NX-OS and Terraform |
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640 | (1) |
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641 | (1) |
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Choosing the Automation Toolset |
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642 | (1) |
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643 | (1) |
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644 | (1) |
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Chapter 21 Cloud Computing |
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645 | (28) |
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645 | (8) |
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Cloud Computing Definition |
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647 | (2) |
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Cloud Computing Characteristics |
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649 | (1) |
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650 | (1) |
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650 | (1) |
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651 | (1) |
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652 | (1) |
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652 | (1) |
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653 | (7) |
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) |
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654 | (1) |
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Platform as a Service (PaaS) |
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655 | (1) |
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Software as a Service (SaaS) |
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656 | (1) |
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Cloud Computing Components |
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657 | (3) |
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660 | (6) |
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660 | (2) |
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662 | (1) |
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663 | (2) |
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665 | (1) |
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666 | (1) |
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666 | (3) |
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