Data Center Virtualization Technology Training

Course Name
Data Center Virtualization Technology Training

Course Overview
This course on Data Center Virtualization Technology training is designed to get hands-on, solution-based courses for building virtualized, cloud-based data centers. Guides how to optimize your network investment through Data Center Virtualization Technology training.

Target Audience

  • Professionals and Students who are working in Storage/Networking/IT Domain
  • Developers, Testers/QA and Verification Engineers who are working on or keen to learn Data Center Virtualization Technology

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Data Center Virtualization Technology Training Course Outline

Virtualization History and Definitions
Data Center Essential Definitions
– Data Center Evolution
– Operational Areas and Data Center Architecture
The Origins of Data Center Virtualization
– Virtual Memory
– Mainframe Virtualization
– Hot Standby Router Protocol
– Defining Virtualization
– Data Center Virtualization Timeline
Classifying Virtualization Technologies
– A Virtualization Taxonomy
– Virtualization Scalability
– Technology Areas
– Classification Examples
Data Center Network Evolution
Ethernet Protocol: Then and Now
– Ethernet Media
– Coaxial Cable
– Twisted-Pair
– Optical Fiber
– Direct-Attach Twinaxial Cables
– Ethernet Data Rate Timeline
Data Center Network Topologies
– Data Center Network Layers
– Design Factors for Data Center Networks
– Physical Network Layout Considerations
– The ANSI/TIA-942 Standard
Network Virtualization Benefits
– Network Logical Partitioning
– Network Simplification and Traffic Load Balancing
– Management Consolidation and Cabling Optimization
– Network Extension
The Humble Beginnings of Network Virtualization
Network Partitioning
Concepts from the Bridging World
Defining VLANs
– VLAN Trunks
Two Common Misconceptions About VLANs
– Misconception Number 1: A VLAN Must Be Associated to an IP Subnet
– Misconception Number 2: Layer 3 VLANs
Spanning Tree Protocol and VLANs
– Spanning Tree Protocol at Work
– Port States
– Spanning Tree Protocol Enhancements
– Spanning Tree Instances
Private VLANs
VLAN Specifics
– Native VLAN
– Reserved VLANs IDs
– Resource Sharing
– Control and Management Plane
Concepts from the Routing World
Overlapping Addresses in a Data Center
Defining and Configuring VRFs
VRFs and Routing Protocols
VRFs and the Management Plane
– VRF-Awareness
VRF Resource Allocation Control
Use Case: Data Center Network Segmentation
An Army of One: ACE Virtual Contexts
Application Networking Services
The Use of Load Balancers
– Load-Balancing Concepts
– Layer 4 Switching Versus Layer 7 Switching
– Connection Management
– Address Translation and Load Balancing
– Server NAT
– Dual NAT
– Port Redirection
– Transparent Mode
– Other Load-Balancing Applications
– Firewall Load Balancing
– Reverse Proxy Load Balancing
– Offloading Servers
– SSL Offload
– TCP Offload
– HTTP Compression
Load Balancer Proliferation in the Data Center
– Load Balancer Performance
– Security Policies
– Suboptimal Traffic
– Application Environment Independency
ACE Virtual Contexts
– Application Control Engine Physical Connections
– Connecting an ACE Appliance
– Connecting an ACE Module
– Creating and Allocating Resources to Virtual Contexts
– Integrating ACE Virtual Contexts to the Data Center Network
– Routed Design
– Bridged Design
– One-Armed Design
– Managing and Configuring ACE Virtual Contexts
– Allowing Management Traffic to a Virtual Context
– Allowing Load Balancing Traffic Through a Virtual Context
– Controlling Management Access to Virtual Contexts
– ACE Virtual Context Additional Characteristics
– Sharing VLANs Among Contexts
– Virtual Context Fault Tolerance
– Use Case: Multitenant Data Center
Instant Switches: Virtual Device Contexts
Extending Device Virtualization
Why Use VDCs?
VDCs in Detail
Creating and Configuring VDCs
– VDC Names and CLI Prompts
– Virtualization Nesting
Allocating Resources to VDCs
Using Resource Templates
Managing VDCs
– VDC Operations
– Processes Failures and VDCs
– VDC Out-of-Band Management
– Role-Based Access Control and VDCs
Global Resources
Use Case: Data Center Security Zones
Fooling Spanning Tree
Spanning Tree Protocol and Link Utilization
Link Aggregation
– Server Connectivity and NIC Teaming
Cross-Switch PortChannels
Virtual PortChannels
– Virtual PortChannel Definitions
– Configuring Virtual PortChannels
– Step 1: Defining the Domain
– Step 2: Establishing Peer Keepalive Connectivity
– Step 3: Creating the Peer Link
– Step 4: Creating the Virtual PortChannel
– Spanning Tree Protocol and Virtual PortChannels
– Peer Link Failure and Orphan Ports
– First-Hop Routing Protocols and Virtual PortChannels
Layer 2 Multipathing and vPC+
– FabricPath Data Plane
– FabricPath Control Plane
– FabricPath and Spanning Tree Protocol
– Virtual PortChannel Plus
Use Case: Evolution of Network PODs
Virtualized Chassis with Fabric Extenders
Server Access Models
Understanding Fabric Extenders
– Fabric Extender Options
– Connecting a Fabric Extender to a Parent Switch
– Fabric Extended Interfaces and Spanning Tree Protocol
– Fabric Interfaces Redundancy
Fabric Extender Topologies
– Straight-Through Topologies
– Dual-Homed Topologies
Use Case: Mixed Access Data Center
A Tale of Two Data Centers
A Brief History of Distributed Data Centers
The Cold Age (Mid-1970s to 1980s)
The Hot Age (1990s to Mid-2000s)
The Active-Active Age (Mid-2000s to Today)
The Case for Layer 2 Extensions
– Challenges of Layer 2 Extensions
Ethernet Extensions over Optical Connections
– Virtual PortChannels
– FabricPath
Ethernet Extensions over MPLS
– MPLS Basic Concepts
– Ethernet over MPLS
– Virtual Private LAN Service
Ethernet Extensions over IP
– MPLS over GRE
– Overlay Transport Virtualization
– OTV Terminology
– OTV Basic Configuration
– OTV Loop Avoidance and Multihoming
– Migration to OTV
– OTV Site Designs
VLAN Identifiers and Layer 2 Extensions
Internal Routing in Connected Data Centers
Use Case: Active-Active Greenfield Data Centers
Storage Evolution
Data Center Storage Devices
– Hard Disk Drives
– Disk Arrays
– Tape Drives and Libraries
Accessing Data in Rest
– Block-Based Access
– Small Computer Systems Interface
– Mainframe Storage Access
– Advanced Technology Attachment
– File Access
– Network File System
– Common Internet File System
– Record Access
Storage Virtualization
– Virtualizing Storage Devices
– Virtualizing LUNs
– Virtualizing File Systems
– Virtualizing SANs
Islands in the SAN
Some Fibre Channel Definitions
– Fibre Channel Layers
– Fibre Channel Topologies and Port Types
– Fibre Channel Addressing
– Frames, Sequences, and Exchanges
– Flow Control
– Classes of Service
Fabric Processes
– Fabric Initialization
– Fabric Shortest Path First
– Register State Change Notification
– Fibre Channel Logins
– Zoning
Defining and Exploring VSANs
– SAN Islands
– VSAN Creation
– VSAN Trunking
– Zoning and VSANs
– FSPF and VSANs
– VSAN Scoping
Use Case: SAN Consolidation
Secret Identities
Fibre Channel over IP
– FCIP High Availability
– Use Case: SAN Extension with Traffic Engineering
Inter-VSAN Routing
– IVR Infrastructure
– IVR Zoning
Use Case: Transit VSAN
N_Port Virtualization
– Configuring N_Port Virtualization
– NPV Traffic Management
– Deploying Port WWN Virtualization on NPV
– Use Case: Blade Server Hosting Data Center
One Cable to Unite Us All
The Case for Data Center Networking Convergence
Data Center Bridging
– Priority-Based Flow Control
– Enhanced Transmission Selection
– Data Center Bridging eXchange Protocol
– Congestion Notification
Introducing Fibre Channel over Ethernet
– FCoE Elements
– FCoE Initialization Protocol
Deploying Unified Server Access
– Configuring Unified Server Access on Single-Context Switches
– Configuring Unified Server Access with Storage VDCs
Configuring Multihop FCoE
– Configuring Virtual Fibre Channel PortChannels
– FCoE N_Port Virtualization
Unified Fabric Designs
– Server Access Layer Unified Designs
– FCoE and Virtual PortChannels
– FCoE and Blade Servers
– Beyond the Access Layer
– Converged Access Model
– Converged Aggregation Model
FCoE and SAN Extension
Use Case: LAN and SAN Management Separation
Server Evolution
Server Architectures
– Mainframes
– RISC Servers
– x86 Servers
x86 Hardware Evolution
– CPU Evolution
– Memory Evolution
– Expansion Bus Evolution
– Physical Format Evolution
Introducing x86 Server Virtualization
– Virtualization Unleashed
Unified Computing
Changing Personalities
Server Provisioning Challenges
– Server Domain Operations
-Infrastructure Domain Operations
Unified Computing and Service Profiles
Building Service Profiles
– Identifying a Service Profile
– Storage Definitions
– Network Definitions
– Virtual Interface Placement
– Server Boot Order
– Maintenance Policy
– Server Assignment
– Operational Policies
– Configuration
– External IPMI Management Configuration
– Management IP Address
– Additional Policies
– Associating a Service Profile to a Server
– Installing an Operating System
Verifying Stateless Computing
Using Policies
– BIOS Setting Policies
Firmware Policies
Industrializing Server Provisioning
– Cloning
– Pools
– Service Profile Templates
– Server Pools
Use Case: Seasonal Workloads
Transcending the Rack
Introduction to Virtual Networking
– Virtual Switch Challenges
Cisco Nexus 1000V Architecture
Nexus 1000V Communication Modes
Port Profiles and Dynamic Interface Provisioning
Deploying Nexus 1000V
External Connectivity and Link Aggregation
NX-OS Features in the Virtual World
– MAC Address Table
– Access Lists
Online Migrations and Nexus 1000V
Virtual Extensible Local Area Networks
Introducing Virtual Machine Fabric Extender
Deploying VM-FEX
– Enabling Dynamic vNICs on a UCS Service Profile
– Preparing VMware vSphere Host to Deploy VM-FEX
– Using the UCS Manager VMware Integration Wizard
– Migrating Virtual Machines to VM-FEX
Online Migrations and VM-FEX
VM-FEX High-Performance Mode
Use Case: Data Center Merging
Moving Targets
Virtual Network Services Definitions
Virtual Network Services Data Path
vPath-Enabled Virtual Network Services
– Cisco Virtual Security Gateway: Compute Virtual Firewall
– Installing Virtual Security Gateway
– Creating Security Policies
– Sending Data Traffic to VSG
– Virtual Machine Attributes and Virtual Zones
– Cisco ASA 1000V: Edge Virtual Firewall
– Installing ASA 1000V
– Sending Data Traffic to ASA 1000V
– Configuring Security Policies on ASA 1000V
– Application Acceleration
– WAN Acceleration and Online Migration
Routing in the Virtual World
Site Selection and Server Virtualization
– Route Health Injection
– Global Server Load Balancing
– Location/ID Separation Protocol
Use Case: Virtual Data Center
The Virtual Data Center and Cloud Computing
The Virtual Data Center
Automation and Standardization
What Is Cloud Computing?
Cloud Implementation Example
Journey to the Cloud
Networking in the Clouds
Software-Defined Networks
OpenStack
Network Overlays
Cisco Open Network Environment

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