Overview
The CCIE Data Center Certification equips professionals with the advanced skills needed to plan, design, deploy, operate, and optimize complex data center networks. This certification showcases your expertise in the end-to-end lifecycle of data center technologies, enabling you to lead and innovate in modern data center environments.
Objectives
By the end of this course, leaner will be able to:
- Recommended five to seven years of experience in designing and managing data center technologies.
- Familiarity with networking protocols and concepts.
- Understanding of virtualization technologies and their applications in data centers.
- Experience with storage technologies and their integration in data center architectures.
- Proficiency in automation tools and programming languages relevant to data center operations.
Prerequisites
- Master data center architecture, focusing on integrating networking, compute, and storage components.
- Gain expertise in designing and managing network overlays using Cisco ACI and VXLAN EVPN.
- Build networks optimized for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads.
- Demonstrate automation and programmability in data center fabrics using automated tools and programming concepts.
- Prepare for and successfully pass the CCIE Data Center core and lab exams.
Course Outline
- Overview of data center design principles and components.
- Strategies for integrating compute, storage, and networking.
- Design and deployment of Cisco ACI.
- Implementation of VXLAN EVPN for flexible data center networking.
- Techniques for creating networks that support high-performance AI and ML workloads.
- Understanding low-latency network design.
- Tools and frameworks for automating data center operations.
- Best practices for implementing programmable data center fabrics.
- Overview of the core and lab exams.
- Study materials, practice tests, and community resources for exam success.