DCICN - Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking v1.0

• Understanding the Functions of Networking
• Understanding the Host-to-Host Communications Model
• Describing Ethernet Connections
• Describing Ethernet Communications Standards
• Describing OSI Network Layer Addressing
• Describing the TCP/IP Transport Layer
• Describing the Packet Delivery Process

• Describing Switching
• Describing the Packet Delivery Process
• Describing Cisco NX-OS Software
• Operating Cisco NX-OS Software
• Implementing VLANs and Trunks
• Building a Redundant Switched Topology

• Describing an IP Addressing Scheme
• Transitioning to IPv6

• Exploring the Packet Delivery Process
• Exploring the Routing Process on Cisco Nexus Switches
• Exploring Routing Protocols on Cisco Nexus Switches
• Exploring ACLs on Cisco Nexus Switches

• Using Windows Applications as Network Tools
• Observing the TCP Three-Way Handshake
• Observing Extended PC Network Information
• Connecting to Cisco Nexus Switches
• Configuring Cisco Nexus Switches
• Configuring VLANs and Trunks
• Verifying and Configuring Spanning Tree
• Configuring EtherChannel
• Converting Decimal to Binary and Binary to Decimal
• Classifying Network Addressing
• Computing Usable Subnetworks and Hosts
• Calculating Subnet Masks
• Configuring Multilayer Switching

The following courses are recommended for further study: