CLDFND – Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals v1.0

CLDFND - Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals v1.0

COURSE OUTLINE:

Description

This course provides you with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform foundational tasks related to cloud computing, and helps prepare you for the CCNA Cloud certification, an associate-level certification specializing in cloud technologies.

Audience

Cloud operations engineers
Cloud technical administrators
Cloud infrastructure architects

Prerequisites

An understanding of network fundamentals (routing, switching, VLAN)
An understanding of compute fundamentals (servers, operating systems)
An understanding of storage fundamentals (basics of FC, FCoE, VSAN)

Learning Objectives

Common cloud characteristics
Cloud service models
Compare cloud deployment models
Illustrate key features of UCS
Server virtualization
Network architectures for the data center
Cisco ACI
Infrastructure virtualization
Virtual networking services
Virtual Application Containers
Analyze storage provisioning concepts
Basic SAN storage concepts
Basic NAS storage concepts
Compare the difference between all the storage access technologies
Various Cisco storage network devices
Various reference architectures for converged infrastructure

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing

Introducing Cloud Computing Basic Concepts
Describing Cloud Service Models
Comparing Cloud Deployment Models
Exploring the Cisco Intercloud Solution

2. Cloud Networking

Describing Cisco Data Center Network Architecture
Exploring Virtual Networking
Identifying Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches
Define and Analyze Cisco Virtual Networking Service Appliances
Define and Analyze Software Defined Network Fundamentals
Describing the Cisco ACI Solution

3. Cloud Storage

Comparing Storage
Describing Fibre Channel Storage Networking Concepts
Exploring NAS Storage Basic Concepts
Identifying Cisco MDS and UCS Invicta Products

4. Cloud Compute

Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Product Family
Identifying Cisco UCS B-Series Product Family
Explaining Cisco UCS Blade Provisioning
Defining Server Virtualization

5. Cloud Automation and Reference Architectures

Exploring Reference Architecture for Converged Infrastructure
Describing Cloud Automation, Provisioning, and Management Platforms

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