CCIE Data Center (V3.0)
Syllabus
Cisco 400-151 Exam Topics:
Cisco Data Center L2/L3 Connectivity
1. Design, implement, and troubleshoot Layer 2
technologies
1.
Link aggregation
2.
Tagging/trunking
3.
Spanning Tree Protocol
2. Design, implement, and troubleshoot overlays
1. VXLAN
2.
EVPN
3.
OTV
3. Design, implement, and troubleshoot routing
protocols and features
1.
OSPF
2.
IS-IS
3.
BGP
4.
BFD
5.
FHRP
4. Design, implement, and troubleshoot multicast
protocols
1.
PIM
2.
IGMP
5. Describe interfabric connectivity
1.
Multipod
2.
Multisite
6. Design, implement, and troubleshoot external
fabric connectivity
1.
L2/L3Out
2.
VRF-Lite
7. Design, implement, and troubleshoot traffic
management
1.
Queueing
2.
Policing
3.
Classification/marking
4.
RoCE
Cisco Data Center Network Services
1. Design, implement, and troubleshoot network
services insertion and redirection
1.
Policy-based routing
2.
Policy-based redirection
3.
VRF stitching
4.
BD/VLAN stitching
2. Design, implement, and troubleshoot services
1.
PTP
2.
NTP
3.
DNS
4.
DHCP
3. Design, implement, and troubleshoot RBAC
1.
RADIUS
2.
TACACS+
3.
LDAP
4.
AAA
4. Design, implement, and troubleshoot
maintenance tasks
1.
Backup and restore
2.
Firmware upgrades and downgrades
5. Design, implement, and troubleshoot
monitoring services
1.
Flow export
2.
SPAN
3.
SNMP
4.
Syslog
6. Design, implement, and troubleshoot security
features
1.
CoPP
2.
Storm control
3.
ACLs
4.
First-hop security
5.
Contracts
6.
Port security
7.
MACsec
8.
Private VLANs
Data Center Storage Networking and Compute
1. Describe, configure, and troubleshoot
infrastructure to support block storage protocols
1.
Fibre Channel
2.
FCoE
3.
iSCSI
2. Design, implement, and troubleshoot data
center storage networking features
1.
Zoning
2.
NPV/NPIV
3. Design, implement, and troubleshoot compute
policies and profiles
1.
Cisco UCS Manager
2.
Cisco Intersigh
4. Design, implement, and troubleshoot data
center connectivity
1.
SAN/LAN uplinks
2.
Rack server integration
3.
Fabric ports
4.
Appliance ports
Data Center Automation and Orchestration
1. Implement and troubleshoot data center
tasks using provided Python scripts
1.
Create, read, update, delete using RESTful APIs
2.
Deploy and modify configurations
3.
Data collection and statistics
2. Describe and design data center orchestration
using tools
1.
Cisco Intersight
2.
Cisco UCS Director
3.
Cisco CloudCenter
Evolving Technologies v1.1
1. Cloud - Compare and contrast public,
private, hybrid, and multicloud design considerations
1.
Infrastructure, platform, and software as a service (XaaS)
2.
Performance, scalability, and high availability
3.
Security implications, compliance, and policy
4.
Workload migration
- Describe cloud infrastructure and operations
1.
Compute virtualization (containers and virtual machines)
2.
Connectivity (virtual switches, SD-WAN and SD-Access)
3.
Virtualization functions (NFVi, VNF, and L4/L6)
4.
Automation and orchestration tools (CloudCenter, DNA-center, and Kubernetes)
2.
Network programmability (SDN)
-
Describe architectural and operational considerations for a programmable
network
1.
Data models and structures (YANG, JSON and XML)
2.
Device programmability (gRPC, NETCONF and RESTCONF)
3.
Controller based network design (policy driven configuration and northbound/
southbound APIs)
4.
Configuration management tools (agent and agentless) and version control
systems (Git and SVN)
3.
Internet of things (IoT)
-
Describe architectural framework and deployment considerations for IoT
1.
IoT technology stack (IoT Network Hierarchy, data acquisition and flow)
2.
IoT standards and protocols (characteristics within IT and OT environment)
3.
IoT security (network segmentation, device profiling, and secure remote access)
4.
IoT edge and fog computing (data aggregation and edge intelligence)
Data Center Fabric Infrastructure
1. Configure and troubleshoot physical fabric
components
1.
Fabric discovery
2.
Controllers/network managers
3.
Switches
2. Design, implement, and troubleshoot fabric
policies
1.
Access policies
2.
Layer 2/Layer 3 multitenancy
3.
Troubleshooting policies
4.
Monitoring policies
3. Design, implement, and troubleshoot tenant
policies
1.
Application profiles
2.
Networking
3.
Security
4. Analyze and troubleshoot logical fabric
elements
1.
Faults
2.
Events
3.
Health indicators
5. Design, implement, and troubleshoot virtual
networking
1.
Cisco AVE
2.
vSphere Distributed Switch
3.
Hyper-V switch
