Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies v1.3

Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*

• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port Channels Overview
• Virtual Port Channels Overview

Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*

• Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
• First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) for IPv6

Implementing Routing in Data Center*

• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
• Border Gateway Protocol

Implementing Multicast in Data Center*

• IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
• Multicast Distribution Trees and Routing Protocols
• IP Multicast on Cisco Nexus Switches

Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols

• Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
• Virtual Extensible LAN

Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*

• User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
• Keychain Authentication
• First Hop Security
• Media Access Control Security
• Control Plane Policing

Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure

• Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
• Cisco ACI Management
• Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies

Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration

• Tenant-Based Components
• Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
• Controlling Traffic Flow with Contracts
• Virtual Switches and Cisco ACI VMM Domains
• VMM Domain EPG Association
• Cisco ACI Integration with Hypervisor Solutions

Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*