Introduction xxxv Part I Networking Chapter 1 Implementing Routing in the Data Center 2 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 2 Foundation Topics 5 Routing Protocols Support on Cisco Nexus Devices 5 OSPF 6 OSPF Link-State Advertisements 7 OSPF Authentication 13 OSPF Configurations and Verifications 13 Border Gateway Protocol 24 BGP Peering 25 BGP Path Selection 26 Multiprotocol BGP 29 BGP Configurations and Verifications 30 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection 37 Rapid Detection of Failures 38 BFD Configurations and Verifications 38 Multicast 42 Internet Group Management Protocol 43 Switch IGMP Snooping 46 Multicast Listener Discovery 46 Multicast Distribution Trees 47 Protocol Independent Multicast 49 Multicast Forwarding 55 Multicast Configurations and Verifications 56 Hot Standby Router Protocol 69 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 73 VRRP Operation 73 VRRP Groups 75 VRRP Router Priority and Preemption 76 VRRP Authentication 77 VRRP Tracking 77 IPv6 First Hop Redundancy 77 HSRP/VRRP Configurations and Verifications 79 Exam Preparation Tasks 87 Chapter 2 Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols 90 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 90 Foundation Topics 93 Spanning Tree Protocols 93 STP Topology 93 STP Port Types 94 STP Extensions 94 Unidirectional Link Detection 97 Rapid PVST+ 98 Spanning Tree Configurations and Verifications 102 Port Channels 117 Port Channel Load Balance 120 Virtual Port Channel 122 vPC Traffic Flows 125 vPC Dual-Control Plane 126 vPC Primary and Secondary Roles 127 vPC Configuration Consistency 128 vPC Duplicate Frames Prevention Mechanism 129 vPC HSRP Gateway Considerations 131 vPC ARP Synchronization 131 vPC Peer Gateway 131 Port Channel Configurations and Verifications 132 Exam Preparation Tasks 146 Chapter 3 Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols 150 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 150 Foundation Topics 151 Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Overview 151 VXLAN Encapsulation and Packet Format 152 VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint 152 Virtual Network Identifier 153 VXLAN Control Plane 154 VXLAN Gateways 157 VXLAN High Availability 157 VXLAN Tenant Routed Multicast 159 VXLAN Configurations and Verifications 159 Exam Preparation Tasks 169 Chapter 4 Describe Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure 172 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 172 Foundation Topics 174 Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview 174 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller 176 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Spine and Leaf Switches for Cisco ACI 179 Cisco ACI Initial Setup, Fabric Discovery, Fabric Upgrade, and Fabric Access Policies 182 Cisco ACI Initial Setup 182 Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery 187 Startup with Cisco ACI Fabric Discovery and Configuration 188 Fabric Upgrade 189 Cisco ACI Fabric Access Policies 190 Cisco ACI Fabric Building Blocks, Policy Model, and VMM Domains 195 ACI Policy Model 197 Cisco ACI Tenants 198 Taboo Contracts 209 vzAny Rule 210 Filters and Subjects 213 Management Tenant 213 In-Band Management Access 214 ACI VXLAN 215 ACI Intersubnet Tenant Traffic 217 Policy Identification and Enforcement 218 ACI Fabric Traffic Storm Control 219 ACI Fabric Traffic Load Balance 219 ACI Fabric Loop Detection 220 ACI Design Best Practices 221 ACI LAB Configurations Example 221 Building ACI Fabric 224 Creating Tenant 227 Creating Contract and Filter 230 Deploying a Three-Tier Application 233 Integrating with vCenter 235 Exam Preparation Tasks 238 Chapter 5 Cisco Cloud Services and Deployment Models 240 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 240 Foundation Topics 242 What Is Cloud Computing? 242 Cloud Service Models 245 Software as a Service 245 Platform as a Service 246 Infrastructure as a Service 246 Cloud Deployment Models 248 Private Cloud 248 Public Cloud 248 Hybrid Cloud 249 Community Cloud 250 Exam Preparation Tasks 250 Chapter 6 Data Center Network Management and Monitoring 252 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 252 Foundation Topics 254 Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software Installation, Updates, and Their Impacts 254 PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) 259 Data Center Infrastructure Software Lifecycle Management 263 Nexus Nondisruptive In-Service Software Upgrade 263 Nexus Disruptive and Nondisruptive Upgrade/Downgrade Procedure 265 Programmable Logical Devices Upgrade 269 Nexus Configuration Management 271 NX-OS Configuration Save and Backup 272 Nexus Config Rollback and Checkpoint 272 Network Time Management 274 Network Time Protocol 275 Precision Time Protocol 280 Network Infrastructure Monitoring 284 NX-OS System Message Logging 284 NX-OS Simple Network Management Protocol 286 Nexus Smart Call Home 292 Nexus NetFlow 293 Switched Port Analyzer 298 Streaming Telemetry 306 Network Assurance Concept 310 Exam Preparation Tasks 312 Chapter 7 Describe Cisco Nexus Dashboard 314 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 314 Foundation Topics 316 Cisco Nexus Dashboard 316 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights 318 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator 323 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller 325 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker 335 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Platforms 337 Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Nodes 339 Cisco Nexus Dashboard External Networks 341 Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI Overview 342 One View Page 343 Admin Console Page 343 Exam Preparation Tasks 348 Part II Storage Chapter 8 Implement Fibre Channel 352 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 353 Foundation Topics 356 Cisco MDS 9000 Series Hardware 356 Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors 356 Cisco MDS 9300 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches 360 Cisco MDS 9200 Series Multiservice Switches 361 Cisco MDS 9100 Series Multilayer Fabric Switches 362 Fibre Channel Basics 365 Fibre Channel Topologies 365 Fibre Channel Port Types 368 Fibre Channel Addressing 371 Flow Control 372 Switched Fabric Initialization 373 Device Registration: FLOGI, PLOGI, PRLI 378 FLOGI and FCNS Databases 378 CFS 380 CFS Features 381 CFS Fabric Lock 382 CFSoIP and CFSoFC 382 CFS Merge 384 CFS Regions 384 VSAN 386 VSAN Features 386 VSAN Attributes 387 VSAN Advantages 388 Dynamic Port VSAN Membership (DPVM) 388 VSAN Trunking 389 SAN Port Channels 396 Types of SAN Port Channels 396 Port Channel Load Balancing 398 Port Channel Modes 399 Zoning 404 Zoning Features 404 Zone Enforcement 406 Full and Active Zone Set 407 Autozone 410 Zone Merge 410 Smart Zoning 411 Enhanced Zoning 412 Device Alias 418 Device Alias Features 419 Device Alias Modes 419 Device Alias Distribution 420 Zone Aliases (FC Aliases) Versus Device Aliases 421 NPIV and NPV 424 Exam Preparation Tasks 431 Chapter 9 Implement FCoE Unified Fabric 434 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 434 Foundation Topics 436 FCoE Overview 436 Ethernet Enhancements 438 FCoE Frame Format 442 Virtual Fibre Channel (VFC) 444 FCoE Elements and Port Types 445 FCoE Addressing and Forwarding 447 FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) 448 Benefits of FCoE 451 FCoE Topology Options 451 FCoE Single-Hop Topology 451 FCoE Multi-Hop Topology 454 FCoE Implementations 455 FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches 456 FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 458 FCoE Configuration on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches 459 FCoE over FEX 461 FCoE NPV 463 FCoE Verification 466 Exam Preparation Tasks 475 Chapter 10 Describe NFS and NAS Concepts 478 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 478 Foundation Topics 479 Describe NFS Concepts 479 Describe NAS Concepts 481 NAS Benefits 483 Cisco UCS S-Series Storage Servers 483 Exam Preparation Tasks 485 Chapter 11 Describe Software Management and Infrastructure Monitoring 488 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 488 Foundation Topics 490 Cisco MDS NX-OS Setup Utility 490 Cisco MDS NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade 498 Nondisruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 500 Disruptive Upgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 505 Nondisruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 508 Disruptive Downgrade on a Cisco MDS Fabric Switch 513 EPLD Upgrade on Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches 515 Infrastructure Monitoring 521 System Messages 521 Call Home 521 Embedded Event Manager 522 RMON 523 SPAN 523 Exam Preparation Tasks 528 Part III Compute Chapter 12 Cisco Unified Computing Systems Overview 530 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 530 Foundation Topics 532 Cisco UCS Architecture 532 Cisco UCS Components and Connectivity 534 Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis 536 UCS Blade Servers 536 Cisco UCS Rack Servers 537 Cisco UCS Storage Servers 537 Cisco UCS Mini 539 Cisco UCS Fabric Infrastructure 539 Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric.