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    CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Second Edition Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002 Iskren Nikolov, CCIE No. 20164, CCSI No. 32481 Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967 Cisco Press A NOTE FOR EARLY RELEASE READERS With Early Release eBooks, you get books in their earliest form-the author's raw and unedited content as they write-so you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. If you have comments about how we might improve the content and/or examples in this book, or if you notice missing material within this title, please reach out to Pearson at PearsonITAcademics@pearson.com

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    CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Somit Maloo & Firas Ahmed Copyright © 2024 Cisco Systems, Inc. Published by: Cisco Press All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in areview. ScoutAutomatedPrintCode Library of Congress Control Number: 2020930073 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-644962-1 ISBN-10: 0-13-644962-X Warning and Disclaimer This book discusses the content and skills needed to pass the 350-601 CCNP Data Center Core certification exam, which is the prerequisite for CCNP as well as CCIE certification. Every effort has been made to make this book as

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    complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. The information is provided on an “as is” basis. The authors, Cisco Press, and Cisco Systems, Inc. shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or from the use of the discs or programs that may accompany it. The opinions expressed in this book belong to the authors and are not necessarily those of Cisco Systems, Inc. Trademark Acknowledgments All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Cisco Press or Cisco Systems, Inc., cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Special Sales For information about buying this title in bulk quantities, or for special sales opportunities (which may include electronic versions; custom cover designs; and content particular to your business, training goals, marketing focus, or branding interests), please contact our corporate sales department at corpsales@pearsoned.com or (800) 382-3419. Study)

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    Senior Editor: James Manly Managing Editor: Sandra Schroeder Development Editor: Ellie Bru Senior Project Editor: Tonya Simpson Copy Editor: Chuck Hutchinson Technical Editor: Donald S. Bacha Editorial Assistant: Cindy Teeters Cover Designer: Chuti Prasertsith Composition: codeMantra Indexer: Ken Johnson Proofreader: Charlotte Kughen Americas Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA

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    About the Authors Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002, is a content architect from the data center team in the Learning & Certifications’ organization. He holds a master’s degree in telecommunication networks and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering. He is also a penta CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, wireless, security, and data center technologies. Somit holds various industry-leading certifications, including CCDE, PMP, RHCSA, and VMware VCIX6 in Data Center and Network Virtualization. Somit has extensive experience in designing and developing various data center courses for the official Cisco curriculum. He started his career as a Cisco TAC engineer. Somit has more than 13 years of experience in the networking industry, working mostly with data center networks. You can reach Somit on Twitter: @somitmaloo. Iskren Nikolov, CCIE No.20164, CCSI N0.32481, MCT Alumni, Content architect, engineer, and developer with the Cisco Learning & Certifications’ Data Center & Cloud team. He is responsible for designing, developing, reviewing Data Center Official Learning Cisco courses, including lab infrastructures and exercises. He holds a master’s degree in computer systems and management from the Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria. Iskren has more than twenty-six years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting solutions based on the Data Center, Security, Storage, Wide Area Networks, Software-Defined Networks, Cloud, Hybrid and Multi-cloud technologies, including eleven years of teaching, and developing Cisco Data

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    Center & Cloud and Microsoft Azure courses. The huge experience across technologies from multiple vendors such as Cisco Systems, VMware, Microsoft, Barracuda, combined with the different perspectives gained from the different roles in his work and working with customers from different industries, allow Iskren to have a unique view of the current Data center technologies and the future trends. You can reach Iskren on LinkedIn: https://www .linkedin.com/in/iskrennikolov Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967, is a solution architect from the enterprise data center team at Cisco Customer Experience (CX). He completed a master’s degree in systems and control engineering following a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Firas holds CCIE certificates in routing and switching, collaboration, wireless, security, and data center technologies in addition to industry-based certifications, including CISSP, PMP, VMware VCP6.5-DCV, ITIL, and GICSP. Firas has more than 15 years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting various data centers for enterprise and IoT customers. Firas has additional experience as a seasonal instructor in a number of community colleges in Toronto, where he taught various computer networking courses. You can reach Firas on Twitter: @dccor_firas.

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    About the Technical Reviewer Donald Bacha is an Infrastructure Manager with a health research organization in New York City. He’s the technical lead responsible for designing and implementing network, compute, virtualization, storage, and disaster recovery solutions. During the past 18 years, Donald has supported Cloud Services Provider, Enterprise, and Data Center environments contributing to complex routing and switching, data center, storage, and virtualization projects in both greenfield and brownfield deployments. Donald's certifications include CCNP Data Center, CCNP Enterprise, and VCAP-DCV. Donald holds a Master of Science in Network Engineering from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Lyle School of Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from the Commonwealth of Learning/University of Guyana. You can reach Donald on Twitter: @donald_bacha.

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    Dedications Somit: To my loving wife, Renuka, for her unending love and support. To my wonderful parents, who supported me in every phase of my life. To Navya and Namit, who agreed not to fight while Papa was working on the book. To my aunt, Tara, for being the guiding angel in my life. Iskren Nikolov: To my loving family, my wife Petya and my kids Diana and Valentin — for their continued support and unconditional love! Firas: To my amazing wife, Nora, who has been extremely supportive throughout this process. Thanks for letting me spend long hours on my computer once again! To Ibrahim and Maryam, you are growing so fast. Never give up on what you want. If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. I love you more than anything!

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    To my parents, you are still the guiding light that keeps me on the right path.

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    Acknowledgments Somit Maloo: I would like to thank my co-author, Iskren Nikolov and Firas Ahmed, for working as a team to complete this book. Without their support, this book would not have been possible. I am thankful to all our professional editors, especially James Manly, and Ellie Bru, for their patience and guidance at every step of the book process. I would also like to thank our technical editor, Donald Bacha, for his keen attention to detail and for agreeing to review the book, taking time out of her busy schedule. Firas Ahmed: I would like to thank my co-author, Somit Maloo, for taking the initiative to form this partnership and for his dedication in putting together the outline of this book. Thank you for your valuable input and continuous support throughout the process. Thanks to the Cisco Press team, especially James Manly, for believing in us, and Ellie Bru, for her guidance and extreme patience while editing and amending the chapters of the book. A special credit to Hazim Dahir, distinguished engineer at Cisco Systems, for his help and support with the technical review of the book.

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    In addition, I want to thank my colleague Naveen Chapa for reviewing and providing constructive feedback that helped enhance the ACI chapter. Iskren Nikolov: I would like to thank my co-author Somit Maloo — it’s not that often to work effortlessly as a team with someone. I am thankful to the whole production team, special mentioning of James Manly and Ellie Bru, for their professionalism and endless patience with me! Special thanks also to our technical editor, Donald Bacha, for providing this precious other perspective on how we can tell a better story about the technology!

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    Contents at a Glance Part I Networking 1 Implementing Routing in the Data Center 2 Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols 3 Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols 4 Describe Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure 5 Cisco Cloud Services and Deployment Models (direct pickup - there are NO changes from the previous edition) 6 Data Center Network Management and Monitoring 7 Describe Cisco Nexus Dashboard Part II Storage 8 Implement Fibre Channel 9 Implement FCoE Unified Fabric 10 Describe NFS and NAS Concepts 11 Describe Software Management and Infrastructure Monitoring Part III Compute 12 Cisco Unified Computing Systems Overview 13 Cisco Unified Computing Infrastructure Monitoring 14 Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management 15 Cisco HyperFlex Overview Part IV Automation 16 Automation and Scripting Tools 17 Evaluate Automation and Orchestration Technologies

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    Part V Security 18 Network Security 19 Compute Security 20 Storage Security 21 Final Preparation 22 CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Exam Updates A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes Glossary Online Elements B Memory Tables C Memory Tables Answer Key D Study Planner

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    Contents Part I Networking 1 Implementing Routing in the Data Center “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Routing Protocols Support on Cisco Nexus Devices OSPF Border Gateway Protocol Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Multicast Hot Standby Router Protocol Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References 2 Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Spanning Tree Protocols Port Channels Virtual Port Channel

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    Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References 3 Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Overview Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 4 Describe Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview Cisco ACI Initial Setup, Fabric Discovery, Fabric Upgrade and Fabric Access Policies Cisco ACI Fabric Building Blocks, Policy Model and VMM domains ACI LAB Configurations Example Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics

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    Define Key Terms References 5 Cisco Cloud Services and Deployment Models (direct pickup - there are NO changes from the previous edition) “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics What Is Cloud Computing? Cloud Service Models Cloud Deployment Models Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 6 Data Center Network Management and Monitoring “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software Installation, Updates, and Their Impacts Nexus Configuration Management Network Time Management Network Infrastructure Monitoring Streaming Telemetry Network Assurance Concept Exam Preparation Tasks

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    Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References 7 Describe Cisco Nexus Dashboard “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cisco Nexus Dashboard Platforms Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Nodes Cisco Nexus Dashboard External Networks Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI Overview Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms Glossary: References Part II Storage 8 Implement Fibre Channel “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco MDS 9000 Series Hardware Fibre Channel Basics

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    CFS VSAN SAN Port Channels Zoning Device Alias NPIV and NPV Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References 9 Implement FCoE Unified Fabric “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics FCoE Overview FCoE Topology Options FCoE Implementations Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References 10 Describe NFS and NAS Concepts “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz

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    Foundation Topics Describe NFS Concepts Describe NAS Concepts Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 11 Describe Software Management and Infrastructure Monitoring “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Infrastructure Monitoring Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References Part III Compute 12 Cisco Unified Computing Systems Overview “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco UCS Architecture Cisco UCS Initial Setup and Management Cisco UCS Network Management

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    Cisco UCS Storage Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 13 Cisco Unified Computing Infrastructure Monitoring “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco UCS System Monitoring Cisco Intersight Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 14 Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco UCS Configuration Management UCS Firmware and Software Updates Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 15 Cisco HyperFlex Overview

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    “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Cisco HyperFlex Solution and Benefits HyperFlex as an Edge, Hybrid, and All-Flash Nodes Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References Part IV Automation 16 Automation and Scripting Tools “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics EEM Overview Scheduler Bash Shell for Cisco NX-OS Guest Shell for Cisco NX-OS XML JSON Rest APL Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References

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    17 Evaluate Automation and Orchestration Technologies “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Ansible Ansible CLI Tools Python PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) HashiCorp Terraform PowerShell Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables Define Key Terms References Part V Security 18 Network Security “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting AAA NX-OS Configurations Role-Based Access Control Nexus First-Hop Security DHCP Snooping Trusted and Untrusted Sources Nexus Control Plane Policing

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    Cisco ACI Contracts Inter-Private Network Contracts Communication ACI Microsegmentation Example: ACI Microsegmentation with VMs from a Single Application EPG Example: ACI Microsegmentation with VMs in Different Application EPGs Keychain Authentication Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 19 Compute Security “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics Securing UCS Management Using Authentication. Authorization, and Accounting Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Define Key Terms References 20 Storage Security “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz Foundation Topics

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    Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting User Accounts and RBAC Port Security Fabric Binding Exam Preparation Tasks Review All Key Topics Memory Tables and Lists Define Key Terms References 21 Final Preparation Getting Ready Tools for Final Preparation Learn the Question Types Using the Cisco Certification Exam Tutorial Suggested Plan for Final Review/Study Summary 22 CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Exam Updates The Purpose of This Chapter News about the Next Exam Release Updated Technical Content A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes Glossary Online Elements

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