Description

The Implementing the Cisco 5000 Switch and 2000 Fabric Extender course is a two-day instructor-led course with lab exercises that are intended to prepare students to install, configure and support the Cisco Nexus 5000 Switch and 2000 Fabric Extender. The course schedule consists of approximately 50 percent lecture and 50 percent lab exercises. The lab for this course is accessed using a remote access procedure coupled with a GUI application that provides connectivity to all lab devices.

Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Deploy, configure and troubleshoot data center networks using the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 products.
• Understand the enhancements associated with the Cisco NX-OS Software
• Understand product placement for the Cisco Nexus Platform Family
• Describe the migration of data center architectures, including unified I/O and unified fabric

Prerequisites

The recommended prerequisites for students attending the Implementing the Cisco 5000 and 2000 course are:

• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND1) or equivalent
• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND2) or equivalent
• Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks (BCMSN) or equivalent

Who Should Attend

The primary audience is those individuals involved in the technical handling of Cisco platforms and solutions, namely installing, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting Data Center equipment, specifically the Nexus 5000 Switch and Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender. In this course, the target audience will be referred to generically as technicians.

• Channel Partners/Resellers (pre- and post-sales professionals)
• Customer
• Employee

• Module 1: Implementing the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 2000 in Data Center Networks
  • Lesson 1: Overview of the Cisco Nexus 5000 and Cisco Nexus 2000
  • Lesson 2: Understanding Fibre Channel
  • Lesson 3: Understanding Converged Network Adapters (CNA)
  • Lesson 4: Implementing an FCoE Network Using Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
  • Lesson 5: Implementing QoS on the Nexus 5000 and 2000
  • Lesson 6: Understanding Virtual Port Channels (VPC)
  • Lesson 7: Integrating the Nexus 5000 into a SAN Environment (Issues, Evolving Standards, etc.)

Lab Outline

• Lab Exercise 1: Cisco Nexus 5000 Hardware Platform
• Lab Exercise 2: Configuring the Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender
• Lab Exercise 3: Using Fibre Channel HBAs
• Lab Exercise 4: Configuring FCoE on the Nexus 5000 and FC on the Cisco 9124
• Lab Exercise 5: Implementing CNAs and FCoE on the VMware server
• Lab Exercise 6: Configuring VSANs and Zoning in the Nexus DC environment
• Lab Exercise 7: Cisco Nexus Product Family Solution Example
• Lab Exercise 8: Implementing QoS in the Nexus 5000, 2000 and VMware environment
• Lab Exercise 9: Configuring N_Port Virtualization on the Cisco Nexus 5000