Implementing Automation for Cisco Data Center Solutions

The Implementing Automation for Cisco Data Center Solutions (DCAUI) v1.2 course teaches you how to implement Cisco® Data Center automated solutions including programming concepts, orchestration, and automation tools. Through a combination of lessons and hands-on practice, you will manage the tools and learn the benefits of programmability and automation in the Cisco-powered Data Center. You will examine Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI®), Software-Defined Networking (SDN) for data center and cloud networks, Cisco Nexus® (Cisco NX-OS) platforms for device-centric automation, and Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS®) for Data Center compute. You will study their current ecosystem of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), software development toolkits, and relevant workflows along with open industry standards, tools, and APIs, such as Python, Ansible, Git, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Yaml Ain't Markup Language (YAML), Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF), Representational State Transfer Configuration Protocol (RESTCONF), and Yet Another Generation (YANG).

This course prepares you for the 300-635 Automating Cisco Data Center Solutions (DCAUTO) certification exam.

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic programming language concepts
• Basic understanding of virtualization and VMware
• Ability to use Linux and Command Line Interface (CLI) tools, such as Secure Shell (SSH) and bash
• CCNP level data center knowledge
• Foundational understanding of Cisco ACI

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the main characteristics of routing protocols that are used in Service provider environments
• Implement advanced features of multiarea Open Shortest Path First (OSPFv2) running in Service Provider networks
• Implement advanced features of multilevel Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) running in Service Provider networks
• Configure route redistribution
• Configure Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in order to successfully connect the Service Provider network to the customer or upstream Service Provider
• Configure BGP scalability in Service Provider networks
• Implement BGP security options
• Implement advanced features in order to improve convergence in BGP networks
• Troubleshoot OSPF, ISIS, and BGP
• Implement and verify MPLS
• Implement and troubleshoot MPLS traffic engineering
• Implement and verify segment routing technology within an interior gateway protocol
• Describe how traffic engineering is used in segment routing networks
• Implement IPv6 tunneling mechanisms
• Describe and compare core multicast concepts
• Implement and verifying the PIM-SM protocol
• Implement enhanced Protocol-Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) features
• Implement Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) in the interdomain environment
• Implement mechanisms for dynamic Rendezvous Point (RP) distribution

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Please note that a voucher for the exam is NOT included.