CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 Official Cert Guide from Cisco Press enables you to succeed on the exam the first time and is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. A team of leading Cisco data center experts shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.   This complete, official study package includes   --A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exam --“Do I Know This Already?” quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section --Part-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly --The powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Testsoftware, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports --Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time --A final preparation chapter that guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies   Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this official study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success.   The official study guide helps you master topics on the CCNA Data Center DCICT 640-916 exam, including   --Cisco data center concepts: architectures, devices, layers, modular design, vPC, FabricPath, Cisco Nexus switches, and more --Data center unified fabric: FCoE, multihop, VIFs, FEX, and setup --Storage networking: concepts, targets, verification, connectivity, zoning, setup, and configuration --Data center virtualization: servers, devices, and Nexus 1000V, including setup and operations --Cisco Unified Computing: concepts, discovery, connectivity, setup, and UCSM --Data center network services: ACE load balancing, virtual context, HA, management, global/local solutions, and WAAS   The CD-ROM contains more than 450 practice questions for the exam, memory table exercises and answer keys, and a study planner tool.   Includes Exclusive Offer for 70% Off Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test   Pearson IT Certification Practice Test minimum system requirements:   Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7, or Windows 8; Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Client; Pentium class 1GHz processor (or equivalent); 512 MB RAM; 650 MB disk space plus 50 MB for each downloaded practice exam; access to the Internet to register and download exam databases  

Table of Contents:
Introduction xxxix Getting Started 1 Part I Data Center Networking 7 Chapter 1 Data Center Network Architecture 9 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 9 Foundation Topics 14 Modular Approach in Network Design 14 The Multilayer Network Design 14     Access Layer 16     Aggregation Layer 16     Core Layer 17     Collapse Core Design 17     Spine and Leaf Design 18 Port Channel 19     What Is Port Channel? 19     Benefits of Using Port Channels 20     Port Channel Compatibility Requirements 20     Link Aggregation Control Protocol 21     Port Channel Modes 21     Configuring Port Channel 22     Port Channel Load Balancing 23     Verifying Port Channel Configuration 23 Virtual Port Channel 24     What Is Virtual Port Channel? 24     Benefits of Using Virtual Port Channel 26     Components of vPC 26     vPC Data Plane Operation 29     vPC Control Plane Operation 30     vPC Limitations 31     Configuration Steps of vPC 32     Verification of vPC 33 FabricPath 34     Spanning Tree Protocol 34     What Is FabricPath? 35     Benefits of FabricPath 36     Components of FabricPath 36     FabricPath Frame Format 38     FabricPath Control Plane 40     FabricPath Data Plane 41     Conversational Learning 42     FabricPath Packet Flow Example 43         Unknown Unicast Packet Flow 43         Known Unicast Packet Flow 44     Virtual Port Channel Plus 45     FabricPath Interaction with Spanning Tree 46     Configuring FabricPath 47     Verifying FabricPath 48 Exam Preparation Tasks 50 Review All Key Topics 50 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 50 Define Key Terms 51 Chapter 2 Cisco Nexus Product Family 53 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 53 Foundation Topics 56 Describe the Cisco Nexus Product Family 56 Cisco Nexus 9000 Family 57     Cisco Nexus 9500 Family 57         Chassis 59         Supervisor Engine 60         System Controller 60         Fabric Modules 61         Line Cards 62         Power Supplies 64         Fan Trays 65         Cisco QSFP Bi-Di Technology for 40 Gbps Migration 66     Cisco Nexus 9300 Family 66 Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Product Family 67     Cisco Nexus 7004 Series Switch Chassis 70     Cisco Nexus 7009 Series Switch Chassis 71     Cisco Nexus 7010 Series Switch Chassis 72     Cisco Nexus 7018 Series Switch Chassis 72     Cisco Nexus 7706 Series Switch Chassis 73     Cisco Nexus 7710 Series Switch Chassis 74     Cisco Nexus 7718 Series Switch Chassis 74     Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Supervisor Module 75         Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Supervisor 1 Module 76         Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Supervisor 2 Module 76     Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Fabric Modules 77     Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Licensing 79     Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Line Cards 82     Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series Power Supply Options 84         Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series 3.0-KW AC         Power Supply Module 85         Cisco Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700 Series 3.0-KW DC         Power Supply Module 85         Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 6.0-KW and 7.5-KW AC         Power Supply Module 86         Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 6.0-KW DC Power Supply Module 87 Cisco Nexus 6000 Product Family 89     Cisco Nexus 6001P and Nexus 6001T Switches and Features 89     Cisco Nexus 6004 Switches Features 90     Cisco Nexus 6000 Switches Licensing Options 91 Cisco Nexus 5500 and Nexus 5600 Product Family 93     Cisco Nexus 5548P and 5548UP Switches Features 94     Cisco Nexus 5596UP and 5596T Switches Features 94     Cisco Nexus 5500 Products Expansion Modules 95 Cisco Nexus 5600 Product Family 98     Cisco Nexus 5672UP Switch Features 99     Cisco Nexus 56128P Switch Features 100     Cisco Nexus 5600 Expansion Modules 100     Cisco Nexus 5500 and Nexus 5600 Licensing Options 101 Cisco Nexus 3000 Product Family 102     Cisco Nexus 3000 Licensing Options 106 Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders Product Family 108 Cisco Dynamic Fabric Automation 113 Summary 113 Exam Preparation Tasks 115 Review All Key Topics 115 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 116 Define Key Terms 116 Chapter 3 Virtualizing Cisco Network Devices 119 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 119 Foundation Topics 121 Describing VDCs on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch 121     VDC Deployment Scenarios 122         Horizontal Consolidation Scenarios 123         Vertical Consolidation Scenarios 124         VDCs for Service Insertion 124     Understanding Different Types of VDCs 125     Interface Allocation 127     VDC Administration 127     VDC Requirements 128     Verifying VDCs on the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch 129 Describing Network Interface Virtualization 132     Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Terminology 132     Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Connectivity 133     VN-Tag Overview 134     Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Packet Flow 135     Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Port Connectivity 136     Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX Configuration on the Nexus 7000 Series 138 Summary 141 Exam Preparation Tasks 142 Review All Key Topics 142 Define Key Terms 142 Chapter 4 Data Center Interconnect 145 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 145 Foundation Topics 147 Introduction to Overlay Transport Virtualization 147 OTV Terminology 149 OTV Control Plane 151     Multicast Enabled Transport Infrastructure 151     Unicast-Enabled Transport Infrastructure 152 Data Plane for Unicast Traffic 153 Data Plane for Multicast Traffic 155 Failure Isolation 157     STP Isolation 157     Unknown Unicast Handling 157     ARP Optimization 158     OTV Multihoming 158     First Hop Redundancy Protocol Isolation 158 OTV Configuration Example with Multicast Transport 159 OTV Configuration Example with Unicast Transport 162 Summary 164 Exam Preparation Tasks 165 Review All Key Topics 165 Define Key Terms 165 Chapter 5 Management and Monitoring of Cisco Nexus Devices 167 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 167 Foundation Topics 171 Operational Planes of a Nexus Switch 171     Data Plane 171         Store-and-Forward Switching 172         Cut-Through Switching 172         Nexus 5500 Data Plane Architecture 172         Control Plane 174         Nexus 5500 Control Plane Architecture 174         Control Plane Policing 176         Control Plane Analyzer 178     Management Plane 178 Nexus Management and Monitoring Features 179     Out-of-Band Management 180         Console Port 181         Connectivity Management Processor 181         Management Port (mgmt0) 182     In-band Management 182     Role-Based Access Control 183         User Roles 183         Rules 184         User Role Policies 184         RBAC Characteristics and Guidelines 184         Privilege Levels 185     Simple Network Management Protocol 185         SNMP Notifications 186         SNMPv3 186     Remote Monitoring 187         RMON Alarms 187         RMON Events 188     Syslog 188     Embedded Event Manager 189         Event Statements 189         Action Statements 189         Policies 190     Generic Online Diagnostics (GOLD) 190     Smart Call Home 191 Nexus Device Configuration and Verification 192     Perform Initial Setup 192     In-Service Software Upgrade 195         ISSU on the Cisco Nexus 5000 196         ISSU on the Cisco Nexus 7000 197     Important CLI Commands 199         Command-Line Help 199         Automatic Command Completion 200         Entering and Exiting Configuration Context 200         Display Current Configuration 201         Command Piping and Parsing 202         Feature Command 203         Verifying Modules 204         Verifying Interfaces 205         Viewing Logs 207         Viewing NVRAM logs 208 Exam Preparation Tasks 209 Review All Key Topics 209 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 209 Define Key Terms 209 Part I Review 210 Part II Data Center Storage-Area Networking 215 Chapter 6 Data Center Storage Architecture 217 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 217 Foundation Topics 220 What Is a Storage Device? 220 What Is a Storage-Area Network? 224 How to Access a Storage Device 226     Block-Level Protocols 227     File-Level Protocols 236     Putting It All Together 238 Storage Architectures 238     Scale-up and Scale-out Storage 239     Tiered Storage 239 SAN Design 241     SAN Design Considerations 244         1. Port Density and Topology Requirements 244         2. Device Performance and Oversubscription Ratios 245         3. Traffic Management 247         4. Fault Isolation 247         5. Control Plane Scalability 248     SAN Topologies 249 Fibre Channel 252     FC-0: Physical Interface 253     FC-1: Encode/Decode 254         Encoding and Decoding 255         Ordered Sets 255     FC-2: Framing Protocol 256     Fibre Channel Service Classes 258     Fibre Channel Flow Control 258     FC-3: Common Services 260     Fibre Channel Addressing 261         Switched Fabric Address Space 262     Fibre Channel Link Services 263     Fibre Channel Fabric Services 265     FC-4: ULPs–Application Protocols 266     Fibre Channel–Standard Port Types 267     Virtual Storage-Area Network 269         Dynamic Port VSAN Membership 271         Inter-VSAN Routing 271     Fibre Channel Zoning and LUN Masking 272         Device Aliases Versus Zone-Based (FC) Aliases 276 Reference List 277 Exam Preparation Tasks 278 Review All Key Topics 278 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 280 Define Key Terms 280 Chapter 7 Cisco MDS Product Family 283 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 283 Foundation Topics 286 Once Upon a Time There Was a Company Called Andiamo 286     The Secret Sauce of Cisco MDS: Architecture 288     A Day in the Life of a Fibre Channel Frame in MDS 9000 289     Lossless Networkwide In-Order Delivery Guarantee 296 Cisco MDS Software and Storage Services 296     Flexibility and Scalability 296         Common Software Across All Platforms 296         Multiprotocol Support 296     Virtual SANs 297     Intelligent Fabric Applications 297         Network-Assisted Applications 297         Cisco Data Mobility Manager 298         I/O Accelerator 298         XRC Acceleration 299     Network Security 299         Switch and Host Authentication 299         IP Security for FCIP and iSCSI 299         Cisco TrustSec Fibre Channel Link Encryption 300         Role-Based Access Control 300         Port Security and Fabric Binding 300         Zoning 300     Availability 301         Nondisruptive Software Upgrades 301         Stateful Process Failover 301         ISL Resiliency Using Port Channels 301         iSCSI, FCIP, and Management-Interface High Availability 302         Port Tracking for Resilient SAN Extension 302     Manageability 302     Open APIs 303     Configuration and Software-Image Management 303         N-Port Virtualization 303         Autolearn for Network Security Configuration 304         FlexAttach 304         Cisco Data Center Network Manager Server Federation 304         Network Boot for iSCSI Hosts 304         Internet Storage Name Service 304         Proxy iSCSI Initiator 304         iSCSI Server Load Balancing 305     IPv6 305     Traffic Management 305         Quality of Service 305         Extended Credits 305         Virtual Output Queuing 305         Fibre Channel Port Rate Limiting 306         Load Balancing of Port Channel Traffic 306     iSCSI and SAN Extension Performance Enhancements 306         FCIP Compression 306         FCIP Tape Acceleration 306     Serviceability, Troubleshooting, and Diagnostics 307         Cisco Switched Port Analyzer and Cisco Fabric Analyzer 307         SCSI Flow Statistics 307         Fibre Channel Ping and Fibre Channel Traceroute 307         Call Home 308         System Log 308         Other Serviceability Features 308     Cisco MDS 9000 Family Software License Packages 309 Cisco MDS Multilayer Directors 312     Cisco MDS 9700 312     Cisco MDS 9500 315     Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Components 319         Cisco MDS 9700—MDS 9500 Supervisor and Crossbar Switching Modules 319         Cisco MDS 9000 48-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module 322         Cisco MDS 9000 32-Port 8-Gbps Advanced Fibre Channel Switching Module 323         Cisco MDS 9000 18/4-Port Multiservice Module (MSM) 323         Cisco MDS 9000 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Storage Services Node (SSN) Module 324         Cisco MDS 9000 4-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module 324         Cisco MDS 9000 8-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module 325         Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel Switching Module 325         Cisco MDS 9700 48-Port 10-Gbps Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Module 326         Cisco MDS 9000 Family Pluggable Transceivers 326 Cisco MDS Multiservice and Multilayer Fabric Switches 328     Cisco MDS 9148 329     Cisco MDS 9148S 329     Cisco MDS 9222i 330     Cisco MDS 9250i 332 Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Blade Switches 335 Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager 337     Cisco DCNM SAN Fundamentals Overview 338         DCNM-SAN Server 339         Licensing Requirements for Cisco DCNM-SAN Server 339         Device Manager 339         DCNM-SAN Web Client 340         Performance Manager 340         Authentication in DCNM-SAN Client 341         Cisco Traffic Analyzer 341         Network Monitoring 341         Performance Monitoring 341 Reference List 342 Exam Preparation Tasks 343 Review All Key Topics 343 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 344 Define Key Terms 344 Chapter 8 Virtualizing Storage 347 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 347 Foundation Topics 350 What Is Storage Virtualization? 350     How Storage Virtualization Works 351 Why Storage Virtualization? 351 What Is Being Virtualized? 352     Block Virtualization–RAID 353     Virtualizing Logical Unit Numbers 359     Tape Storage Virtualization 360     Virtualizing Storage-Area Networks 361     N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) 362     N-Port Virtualizer (NPV) 362     Virtualizing File Systems 362     File/Record Virtualization 363 Where Does the Storage Virtualization Occur? 364     Host-Based Virtualization 364     Network-Based (Fabric-Based) Virtualization 365     Array-Based Virtualization 368 Reference List 370 Exam Preparation Tasks 372 Review All Key Topics 372 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 372 Define Key Terms 372 Chapter 9 Fibre Channel Storage-Area Networking 375 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 375 Foundation Topics 379 Where Do I Start? 379 The Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility–Back to Basics 383 The Power On Auto Provisioning 392 Licensing Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Software Features 394     License Installation 394         Verifying the License Configuration 397         On-Demand Port Activation Licensing 397         Making a Port Eligible for a License 399         Acquiring a License for a Port 399         Moving Licenses Among Ports 399 Cisco MDS 9000 NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade 400     Upgrading to Cisco NX-OS on an MDS 9000 Series Switch 402     Downgrading Cisco NX-OS Release on an MDS 9500 Series Switch 404 Configuring Interfaces 406     Graceful Shutdown 407     Port Administrative Speeds 407     Frame Encapsulation 407     Bit Error Thresholds 407     Local Switching 408     Dedicated and Shared Rate Modes 408     Slow Drain Device Detection and Congestion Avoidance 409     Management Interfaces 410     VSAN Interfaces 410 Verify Initiator and Target Fabric Login 413     VSAN Configuration 413     Port VSAN Membership 414 Verify Fibre Channel Zoning on a Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switch 421     About Smart Zoning 423     About LUN Zoning and Assigning LUNs to Storage Subsystems 423     About Enhanced Zoning 424 VSAN Trunking and Setting Up ISL Port 432     Trunk Modes 433     Port Channel Modes 434 Reference List 442 Exam Preparation Tasks 443 Review All Key Topics 443 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 444 Define Key Terms 444 Part II Review 446 Part III Data Center Unified Fabric 451 Chapter 10 Unified Fabric Overview 453 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 453 Foundation Topics 456 Challenges of Today’s Data Center Networks 456 Cisco Unified Fabric Principles 458     Convergence of Network and Storage 458     Scalability and Growth 463     Security and Intelligence 469 Inter-Data Center Unified Fabric 474     Fibre Channel over IP 475     Overlay Transport Virtualization 477     Locator ID Separation Protocol 481 Reference List 484 Exam Preparation Tasks 485 Review All Key Topics 485 Define Key Terms 485 Chapter 11 Data Center Bridging and FCoE 487 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 487 Foundation Topics 490 Data Center Bridging 490     Priority Flow Control 490     Enhanced Transmission Selection 491     Data Center Bridging Exchange 492     Quantized Congestion Notification 492 Fibre Channel Over Ethernet 494     FCoE Logical Endpoint 495     FCoE Port Types 495     FCoE ENodes 496     Fibre Channel Forwarder 497     FCoE Encapsulation 498     FCoE Initialization Protocol 500     Converged Network Adapter 501     FCoE Speed 502 FCoE Cabling Options for the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 503     Optical Cabling 503     Transceiver Modules 505         SFP Transceiver Modules 505         SFP+ Transceiver Modules 506         QSFP Transceiver Modules 507         Unsupported Transceiver Modules 511 Delivering FCoE Using Cisco Fabric Extender Architecture 511     FCoE and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 513         FCoE and Straight-Through Fabric Extender Attachment Topology 514         FCoE and vPC Fabric Extender Attachment Topology 518     FCoE and Server Fabric Extenders 522         Adapter-FEX 522         Virtual Ethernet Interfaces 523         FCoE and Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces 525         Virtual Interface Redundancy 526     FCoE and Cascading Fabric Extender Topologies 528         Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in vPC Topology 528         Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in Straight-Through Topology with vPC 530         Adapter-FEX and FCoE Fabric Extenders in Straight-Through Topology 531 Reference List 532 Exam Preparation Tasks 533 Review All Key Topics 533 Define Key Terms 533 Chapter 12 Multihop Unified Fabric 535 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 535 Foundation Topics 538 First Hop Access Layer Consolidation 538 Aggregation Layer FCoE Multihop 540     FIP Snooping 540     FCoE-NPV 542     Full Fibre Channel Switching 544     Dedicated Wire Versus Unified Wire 546 Cisco FabricPath FCoE Multihop 547     Dynamic FCoE FabricPath Topology 548     Dynamic FCoE Virtual Links 549     Dynamic Virtual Fibre Channel Interfaces 550     Redundancy and High Availability 551 Reference List 553 Exam Preparation Tasks 554 Review All Key Topics 554 Define Key Terms 554 Part III Review 556 Part IV Cisco Unified Computing 561 Chapter 13 Cisco Unified Computing System Architecture 563 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 564 Foundation Topics 568 Evolution of Server Computing in a Nutshell 568     What Is a Socket? 569     What Is a Core? 569     What Is Hyperthreading? 570     Understanding Server Processor Numbering 570 Value of Cisco UCS in the Data Center 571     One Unified System 572     Unified Fabric 573     Unified Management and Operations 573     Cisco UCS Stateless Computing 574     Intelligent Automation, Cloud-Ready Infrastructure 575 Describing the Cisco UCS Product Family 576     Cisco UCS Computer Hardware Naming 577     Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 578         What Is a Unified Port? 580     Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect–Expansion Modules 580     Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis 580     Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis–Power Supply and Redundancy Modes 581     Cisco UCS I/O Modules (FEX) 582     Cisco UCS B-series Blade Servers 583     Cisco UCS B-series Best Practices for Populating DRAM 585     Cisco Adapters (Mezzanine Cards) for UCS B-series Blade Servers 586         Cisco Converged Network Adapters (CNA) 587         Cisco Virtual Interface Cards 587         Cisco UCS Port Expander for VIC 1240 588         What Is Cisco Adapter FEX? 589         What Is Cisco Virtual Machine-Fabric Extender (VM-FEX)? 589         Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters 589     Cisco UCS C-series Rackmount Servers 590     Cisco UCS C-series Best Practices for Populating DRAM 592     Cisco Adapters for UCS C-series Rackmount Servers 593         Cisco UCS C-series RAID Adapter Options 593         Cisco UCS C-series Virtual Interface Cards and OEM CNA Adapters 596         What Is SR-IOV (Single Root-IO Virtualization)? 597         Cisco UCS C-series Network Interface Card 598         Cisco UCS C-series Host Bus Adapter 599         What Is N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)? 600         Cisco UCS Storage Accelerator Adapters 601     Cisco UCS E-series Servers 602     Cisco UCS “All-in-One” 603     Cisco UCS Invicta Series–Solid State Storage Systems 603 Cisco UCS Software 604     Cisco UCS Manager 604     Cisco UCS Central 605     Cisco UCS Director 605     Cisco UCS Platform Emulator 605     Cisco goUCS Automation Tool 605 Cisco UCS Connectivity Architecture 606     Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis to Fabric Interconnect Physical Connectivity 606     Cisco UCS C-series Rackmount Server Physical Connectivity 607     Cisco UCS 6200 Fabric Interconnect to LAN, SAN Connectivity 609         Ethernet Switching Mode 609         Fibre Channel Switching Mode 610     Cisco UCS I/O Module and Fabric Interconnect Connectivity 611     Cisco UCS I/O Module Architecture 613     Fabric and Adapter Port Channel Architecture 614 Cisco Integrated Management Controller Architecture 615 Reference List 616 Exam Preparation Tasks 617 Review All Key Topics 617 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 618 Define Key Terms 618 Chapter 14 Cisco Unified Computing System Manager 621 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 622 Foundation Topics 625 Cabling a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect HA Cluster 625     Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect HA Architecture 625     Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Connectivity 626     Initial Setup Script for Primary Fabric Interconnect 627     Initial Setup Script for Subordinate Secondary Fabric Interconnect 628     Verify Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Setup 629     Changing Cluster Addressing via Command-Line Interface 631         Command Modes 631         Changing Cluster IP Addresses via Command-Line Interface 631         Changing Static IP Addresses via Command-Line Interface 632 Cisco UCS Manager Operations 633     Cisco UCS Manager Functions 633     Cisco UCS Manager GUI Layout 636     Cisco UCS Manager: Navigation Pane–Tabs 638         Equipment Tab 638         Servers Tab 639         LAN Tab 640         SAN Tab 641         VM Tab 642         Admin Tab 643 Device Discovery in Cisco UCS Manager 644     Basic Port Personalities in the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 644     Verifying Device Discovery in Cisco UCS Manager 647 Reference List 650 Exam Preparation Tasks 651 Review All Key Topics 651 Define Key Terms 651 Chapter 15 Cisco Unified Computing System Pools, Policies, Templates, and Service Profiles 653 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 653 Foundation Topics 657 Cisco UCS Service Profiles 657     Cisco UCS Hardware Abstraction and Stateless Computing 657     Contents of a Cisco UCS Service Profile 659     Other Benefits of Cisco UCS Service Profiles 661         Ease of Incremental Deployments 661         Plan and Preconfigure Cisco UCS Solutions 661         Ease of Server Replacement 662         Right-Sized Server Deployments 662 Cisco UCS Templates 662     Organizational Awareness with Service Profile Templates 663     Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates 664     Cisco UCS vNIC Templates 665     Cisco UCS vHBA Templates 666 Cisco UCS Logical Resource Pools 667     UUID Identity Pools 668     MAC Address Identity Pools 669     WWN Address Identity Pools 670         WWNN Pools 670         WWPN Pools 671 Cisco UCS Physical Resource Pools 671     Server Pools 671     Cisco UCS Server Qualification and Pool Policies 672     Server Auto-Configuration Policies 673 Creation of Policies for Cisco UCS Service Profiles and Service Profile Templates 674     Commonly Used Policies Explained 674         Equipment Tab–Global Policies 674         BIOS Policy 675         Boot Policy 676         Local Disk Configuration Policy 676         Maintenance Policy 677         Scrub Policy 678         Host Firmware Packages 678         Adapter Policy 679 Cisco UCS Chassis and Blade Power Capping 680     What Is Power Capping? 680     Cisco UCS Power Capping Strategies 680         Static Power Capping (Explicit Blade Power Cap) 680         Dynamic Power Capping (Implicit Chassis Power Cap) 681         Power Cap Groups (Explicit Group) 681 Utilizing Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates 682     Creating Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates 682     Modifying a Cisco UCS Service Profile Template 683     Utilizing Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates for Different Workloads 684     Creating Service Profiles from Templates 685 Reference List 686 Exam Preparation Tasks 687 Review All Key Topics 687 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 688 Define Key Terms 688 Chapter 16 Administration, Management, and Monitoring of Cisco Unified Computing System 691 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 691 Foundation Topics 695 Cisco UCS Administration 695     Organization and Locales 695     Role-Based Access Control 697     Authentication Methods 698         LDAP Providers 698         LDAP Provider Groups 699         Domain, Realm, and Default Authentication Settings 700     Communication Management 701     UCS Firmware, Backup, and License Management 701         Firmware Terminology 702         Firmware Definitions 702         Firmware Update Guidelines 703         Host Firmware Packages 704         Cross-Version Firmware Support 704         Firmware Auto Install 704         UCS Backups 706         Backup Automation 706         License Management 707 Cisco UCS Management 708     Operational Planes 708     In-Band Versus Out-of-Band Management 709     Remote Accessibility 710     Direct KVM Access 710     Advanced UCS Management 711         Cisco UCS Manager XML API 711         goUCS Automation Toolkit 712         Using the Python SDK 714     Multi-UCS Management 716 Cisco UCS Monitoring 716     Cisco UCS System Logs 716         Fault, Event, and Audit Logs (Syslogs) 716         System Event Logs 719     UCS SNMP 720     UCS Fault Suppression 721     Collection and Threshold Policies 722     Call Home and Smart Call Home 725 Reference List 728 Exam Preparation Tasks 729 Review All Key Topics 729 Define Key Terms 729 Part IV Review 730 Part V Data Center Server Virtualization 735 Chapter 17 Server Virtualization Solutions 737 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 737 Foundation Topics 740 Brief History of Server Virtualization 740 Server Virtualization Components 741     Hypervisor 741     Virtual Machines 742     Virtual Switching 743     Management Tools 743 Types of Server Virtualization 744     Full Virtualization 745     Paravirtualization 745     Operating System Virtualization 746 Server Virtualization Benefits and Challenges 747     Server Virtualization Benefits 748     Server Virtualization Challenges 749 Reference List 753 Exam Preparation Tasks 754 Review All Key Topics 754 Define Key Terms 754 Chapter 18 Cisco Nexus 1000V and Virtual Switching 757 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 758 Foundation Topics 761 Evolution of Virtual Switching 761     Before Server Virtualization 761     Server Virtualization with Static VMware vSwitch 763         Virtual Network Components 764         Virtual Access Layer 766     Standard VMware vSwitch Overview 766         Standard VMware vSwitch Operations 767         Standard VMware vSwitch Configuration 769     VMware vDS Overview 770         VMware vDS Configuration 772         VMware vDS Enhancements 773         VMware vSwitch and vDS 774 Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Networking Solution 775     Cisco Nexus 1000V System Overview 776     Cisco Nexus 1000V Salient Features and Benefits 777     Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Virtual Switch Architecture 780         Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Supervisory Module 780         Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module 781         Cisco Nexus 1000V Component Communication 782         Cisco Nexus 1000V Management Communication 782         Cisco Nexus 1000V Port Profiles 783         Types of Port Profiles in Cisco Nexus 1000V 784     Cisco Nexus 1000V Administrator View and Roles 784 Cisco Nexus 1000V Verifying Initial Configuration 786     Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM Installation Methods 786     Initial VSM Configuration Verification 787         Verifying VMware vCenter Connectivity 788         Verify Nexus 1000V Module Status 789     Cisco Nexus 1000V VEM Installation Methods 790         Initial VEM Status on ESX or ESXi Host 790         Verifying VSM Connectivity from vCenter Server 790         Verifying VEM Agent Running 791         Verifying VEM Uplink Interface Status 791         Verifying VEM Parameters with VSM Configuration 792         Validating VM Port Groups and Port Profiles 793         Verifying Port Profile and Groups 794     Key New Technologies Integrated with Cisco Nexus 1000V 795         What Is the Difference Between VN-Link and VN-Tag? 795         What Is VXLAN? 795         What Is vPath Technology? 796 Reference List 797 Exam Preparation Tasks 798 Review All Key Topics 798 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 798 Define Key Terms 799 Part V Review 800 Part VI Data Center Network Services 805 Chapter 19 Cisco ACE and GSS 807 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 807 Foundation Topics 810 Server Load-Balancing Concepts 810     What Is Server Load Balancing? 810     Benefits of Server Load Balancing 811     Methods of Server Load Balancing 812 ACE Family Products 813     ACE Module 814         Control Plane 816         Data Plane 817     ACE 4710 Appliances 818     Global Site Selector 819 Understanding the Load-Balancing Solution Using ACE 821     Layer 3 and Layer 4 Load Balancing 822     Layer 7 Load Balancing 823     TCP Server Reuse 824     Real Server 825     Server Farm 825     Server Health Monitoring 826         In-band Health Monitoring: 826         Out-of-band Health Monitoring (Probes) 826     Load-Balancing Algorithms (Predictor) 827     Stickiness 828         Sticky Groups 829         Sticky Methods 829         Sticky Table 829     Traffic Policies for Server Load Balancing 830         Class Maps 830         Policy Map 830     Configuration Steps 831 ACE Deployment Modes 831     Bridge Mode 832     Routed Mode 832     One-Arm Mode 833 ACE Virtualization 835     Contexts 835     Domains 836     Role-Based Access Control 836     Resource Classes 836 ACE High Availability 837 Management of ACE 839     Remote Management 839     Simple Network Management Protocol 839     XML Interface 839     ACE Device Manager 839     ANM 840 Global Load Balancing Using GSS and ACE 840 Exam Preparation Tasks 844 Review All Key Topics 844 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 844 Define Key Terms 844 Chapter 20 Cisco WAAS and Application Acceleration 847 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 847 Foundation Topics 850 Wide-Area Network Optimization 850     Characteristics of Wide-Area Networks 851         Latency 851         Bandwidth 853         Packet Loss 853         Poor Link Utilization 854     What Is WAAS? 854 WAAS Product Family 855     WAVE Appliances 855     Router-Integrated Form Factors 856     Virtual Appliances (vWAAS) 857     WAAS Express (WAASx) 857     WAAS Mobile 858     WAAS Central Manager 858 WAAS Architecture 859 WAAS Solution Overview 860 Key Features and Benefits of Cisco WAAS 862 Cisco WAAS WAN Optimization Techniques 866     Transport Flow Optimization 866         TCP Window Scaling 867         TCP Initial Window Size Maximization 867         Increased Buffering 867         Selective Acknowledgement 867         Binary Increase Congestion TCP 868     Compression 868         Data Redundancy Elimination 868         LZ Compression 868     Application-Specific Acceleration 869     Virtualization 870 Exam Preparation Tasks 871 Review All Key Topics 871 Complete Tables and Lists from Memory 871 Define Key Terms 871 Part VI Review 872 Part VII Final Preparation 877 Chapter 21 Final Review 879 Advice About the Exam Event 879     Learn the Question Types Using the Cisco Certification Exam Tutorial 879     Think About Your Time Budget Versus the Number of Questions 880     A Suggested Time-Check Method 881     Miscellaneous Pre-Exam Suggestions 881     Exam-Day Advice 882 Exam Review 882     Take Practice Exams 883         Practicing Taking the DCICT Exam 884         Advice on How to Answer Exam Questions 884         Taking Other Practice Exams 885     Find Knowledge Gaps Through Question Review 886     Practice Hands-On CLI Skills 889     Other Study Tasks 889     Final Thoughts 889 Part VIII Appendices 891 Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Questions 893 Glossary 913   On the CD: Appendix B Memory Tables Appendix C Memory Tables Answer Key Appendix D Study Planner     9781587144226   TOC   1/29/2015