Cisco Nexus 1000v & Edge Virtualisation Services (VSA)

This course provides a detailed understanding of the current VMware virtual server switching concepts exploited at the Cisco Data Center Edge by the Cisco Nexus 1000v and also examines emerging virtual service features and concepts supported by the Nexus 1000v product family and explains how they integrate into a Cisco Data Center.

Course Objectives
After completing this course, students should be able to:

• Explain the concepts and principles employed by the Cisco 1000v within an ESX Server, understand the advantages of using the Nexus 1010 and describe the benefits of virtual firewalling and wan acceleration techniques.
  

Prerequisites
Course attendees should possess an introductory knowledge of switching, routing and data center architectures and protocols, as well as a basic understanding of server virtualization technology.


Who should attend
This course is aimed at technical and non-technical audiences (Account Managers, Sales Engineers and Field Engineers). Anyone that requires clarification, positioning and understanding of Cisco Systems support of Data Center Edge Virtualization concepts and complementary technologies (Firewalling, Wan Acceleration).
Course outlineDay 1

• Comparison of Catalyst & Nexus Feature
  • Access
  • Aggregation
  • Core
• Nexus 7000 & Network Services Integration
  • Service Integration Overview
  • Hierarchical Topology with Services Chassis
  • Hierarchical Topology with Service Application
  • High Availability Considerations
• Nexus 5000 Deployment & Provisioning
  • Nexus 5000 Series Features & Capability
  • Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
  • Fabric Extension Modules (Nexus 2000)
• Cisco Virtual Switching
  • Catalyst Virtual Switching System (VSS)
  • Virtual Port Channels (vPC's)
  • Cisco 7000 Series Virtual Device Contexts (VCD)
• Cisco Data Center Advantage Access Layer Solutions
  • Catalyst, 4900 Series
  • Nexus, 5000 Series vs 2000
  • Fabric Extension Modules
  • Cisco Nexus 1000v
  • High Density Blade Racks
  • Cisco Blade Switches
  • Server Virtualisation
  • VMware Virtual Machines
    • ESX & ESXi Servers
    • VMware vSwitch
  • Cisco Unified Computing
• Data Center Architecture Overview
  • Where does the 1000v fit in?
• Introducing the Cisco Nexus 1000V
  • Data Center Access Layer Networks
  • Virtual Environment Overview
  • Cisco Virtual Switching Overview
  • Feature Overview
  • Interaction with external switches
  • Management & Operation
• Packaging & Pricing
  • Licensing
  • Licence Bundles
  • Evaluation Copies & Periods
  • Current Promotions
• Sales Positioning
  • Feature Differences
  • vSwitch, 1000v, VMware Distributed Switch
  • Customer questions & Objections

Day 2

• VMware Networking
  • Virtual Access Layer
  • vSwitchConfiguration
  • vSwitch Security
  • Distributed Virtual Switch
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture
  • Architectural Overview
  • Installation and Operation
• General Product Information
  • Virtual Ethernet Modules
  • Virtual Supervisor Modules
  • Scalability
  • Comparison with VMWare DRS
  • Integration with vCenter
• Nexus 1000v Switching Overview
  • 1000v & Nexus 1010
  • Features of the Nexus 1010
• Nexus 1010 Appliance
  • VSM Appliance
  • Security Services Gateway
  • Network Analysis
  • Netflow
  • vWAAS Application Acceleration
• Moving Virtual Machines
  • vMotion within a DC Pod
  • Switching within the Hypervisor
• Nexus 1000v Design Examples
  • Capabilities & Limitations
  • Switching within the Switch Fabric
  • VNTag
  • vMotion between DC's
  • Optimised Transport Virtualisation

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