DCCOR 

DCCOR (Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies) 

Prerequisites:

To enroll in the DCCOR course, it's recommended that participants have:

· A grasp of Ethernet and TCP/IP networking,

· Familiarity with SANs and the Fibre Channel protocol,

· Knowledge of Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families products,

· An understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture and server system design,

·     Awareness of hypervisor technologies like VMware. Courses like "Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)" and "Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)" are suggested to meet these prerequisites

Course Description:

The DCCOR course is designed to prepare you for the Cisco CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center certifications, catering to advanced-level roles in the data center sphere. It covers the implementation of data center compute, LAN, and SAN infrastructure, along with automation and security essentials. The course provides hands-on experience in deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining Cisco data center infrastructure, including MDS Switches, Nexus Switches, UCS B-Series Blade Servers, and UCS C-Series Rack Servers

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completing the DCCOR course, participants will be able to implement routing and switching protocols in the data center, overlay networks, introduce Cisco ACI concepts, describe cloud services, implement Fibre Channel fabric, security features, software management, and infrastructure monitoring. You'll also gain skills in implementing Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction, among other competencies

Ideal For:

The course is suited for network designers, administrators, engineers, systems engineers, data center engineers, consulting systems engineers, technical solutions architects, field engineers, Cisco integrators and partners, server administrators, and network managers

Course Outline:

The curriculum includes:

· Implementing data center switching and routing protocols,

· Data center overlay protocols,

· Network infrastructure security,

· Cisco ACI,

· Fibre Channel and FCoE unified fabric,

· Storage infrastructure services and security,

·     Cisco UCS server form factors, connectivity, and server abstraction