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CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide

Somit Maloo Iskren Nikolov Firas Ahmed

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03 January 2024
Trust the best-selling Official Cert Guide series from Cisco Press to help you learn, prepare, and practice for the CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 exam. Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide, Second Edition helps you master the concepts and techniques that ensure your exam success and is the only self-study resource approved by Cisco. Data center networking experts Somit Maloo, Iskren Nikolov, and Firas Ahmed share preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.

This complete study package includes

A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exam Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which let you decide how much time you need to spend on each section Exam Topic lists that make referencing easy Chapter-ending exercises, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time

Content Update Program:

This fully updated second edition includes the latest topics and additional information covering changes to the latest CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 exam. Visit ciscopress.com/newcerts for information on annual digital updates for this book that align to Cisco exam blueprint version changes.

This official study guide helps you master all the topics on the CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 exam, including

Network Compute Storage network Automation Security

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The companion website contains more than 200 unique practice exam questions, practice exercises, and a study planner

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Also available from Cisco Press for CCNP Advanced Routing study is the CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test, Second Edition This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson Test Prep Practice Test.

This integrated learning package

Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

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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 Interconnect 540 Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect 541 Cisco UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects 543 Fabric Interconnect and Fabric Extender Connectivity 544 Cisco UCS Virtualization Infrastructure 550 Cisco UCS-X System 555 Cisco UCS Initial Setup and Management 557 Fabric Interconnect Connectivity and Configurations 565 Fabric Interconnect Port Modes 567 Fabric Failover for Ethernet: High-Availability vNIC 569 Ethernet Switching Mode 570 UCS Device Discovery 577 Chassis/FEX Discovery 577 Rack Server Discovery Policy 577 Initial Server Setup for Standalone UCS C-Series 578 Cisco UCS Network Management 584 UCS Virtual LAN 584 UCS Identity Pools 591 Service Profiles 596 UCS Server Policies 599 UCS Service Profile Templates 602 Quality of Service 608 Cisco UCS Storage 611 UCS SAN Connectivity 611 UCS SAN Configuration 615 Virtual Storage-Area Networks 616 World Wide Name Pool 621 SAN Connectivity Policies 624 Exam Preparation Tasks 625 Chapter 13 Cisco Unified Computing Infrastructure Monitoring 628 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 628 Foundation Topics 630 Cisco UCS System Monitoring 630 Data Management Engine 631 Application Gateway 631 Northbound Interfaces 631 Cisco UCS Monitoring Events and Logs 632 Cisco UCS Monitoring Policies 634 Traffic Monitoring 640 Cisco Intersight 647 Intersight Management as a Service 648 Intersight as a Telemetry Data Collection 650 Cisco Intersight Supported Software 650 Cisco Intersight Licensing 652 Exam Preparation Tasks 656 Chapter 14 Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management 658 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 658 Foundation Topics 660 Cisco UCS Configuration Management 660 Creating and Running a Backup Operation 661 Backup Policies 666 Backup Policy Configuration 666 Import Backups 668 Enable the Import Operation 669 System Restore 670 Restoring the Configuration for a Fabric Interconnect 671 UCS Firmware and Software Updates 672 Firmware Version Terminology 679 Firmware Upgrades Through Auto Install 680 Direct Upgrade After Auto Install Procedure 684 Install Infrastructure Firmware Procedure 688 Upgrading the Server Firmware with Auto Install 691 Standalone Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware Upgrade Using the Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) 693 Downloading and Preparing the ISO for an Upgrade 694 Exam Preparation Tasks 700 Chapter 15 Cisco HyperFlex Overview 702 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 702 Foundation Topics 704 Cisco HyperFlex Solution and Benefits 704 HyperFlex Benefits 707 HyperFlex as an Edge, Hybrid, and All-Flash Nodes 712 HyperFlex as an Edge Device 712 HyperFlex Hyperconverged Multicloud Platform (Hybrid or All-Flash) 714 HyperFlex All NVMe 715 Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform 716 Exam Preparation Tasks 728 Part IV Automation Chapter 16 Automation and Scripting Tools 730 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 730 Foundation Topics 733 EEM Overview 733 Policies 733 Event Statements 734 Action Statements 734 Configuring EEM 735 Verifying the EEM Configuration 736 Scheduler 736 Configuring Scheduler 737 Verifying Scheduler Configuration 739 Bash Shell for Cisco NX-OS 740 Managing Feature RPMs 742 Managing Patch RPMs 742 Guest Shell for Cisco NX-OS 743 Accessing the Guest Shell 743 Resources Used for the Guest Shell 744 Capabilities in the Guest Shell 744 Managing the Guest Shell 746 XML 748 Example 749 XML Syntax 750 JSON 751 Rest API 752 Authentication 753 Response 754 NX-API 755 NX-API Request and Response Elements 757 NX-API Developer Sandbox 759 Exam Preparation Tasks 760 Chapter 17 Evaluate Automation and Orchestration Technologies 762 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 762 Foundation Topics 764 Ansible 764 Ansible Components 765 Important Ansible Concepts 766 Ansible CLI Tools 767 Cisco NX-OS and Ansible Example 767 Python 768 Python Package for Cisco 769 Using the CLI Command APIs 771 Python in Interactive Mode 772 Python in Noninteractive Mode 773 UCS Manager Python SDK 775 Convert to UCS Python 777 PowerOn Auto Provisioning (POAP) 777 Limitations of POAP 778 Network Requirements for POAP 778 POAP Configuration Script 778 POAP Process 779 Configuring a Switch Using POAP 782 HashiCorp Terraform 783 Terraform Concept 784 Terraform Components 784 Terraform Commands 786 PowerShell 789 Exam Preparation Tasks 795 Part V Security Chapter 18 Network Security 798 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 798 Foundation Topics 801 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting 801 AAA Service Configuration Options 802 Authentication and Authorization User Login Process 803 AAA NX-OS Configurations 804 Role-Based Access Control 807 NX-OS User Roles and Rules 809 NX-OS RBAC Configurations 811 Nexus First-Hop Security 815 Nexus Dynamic ARP Inspection 816 NX-OS DAI Configurations 819 NX-OS DHCP Snooping 827 Port Security 832 Nexus Port Secure MAC Address Maximum and Dynamic Address Aging 833 Port Security Violations and Actions 834 Nexus Port Types and Port Security 835 NX-OS Port Security Configuration 835 Nexus Control Plane Policing 837 Control Plane Packet 839 Classification for CoPP 840 NX-OS CoPP Configuration 844 Cisco ACI Contracts 851 Cisco ACI Contract Configuration Parameters 853 Create, Modify, or Remove Regular Contracts 854 Apply or Remove VRF Contracts 856 Inter-Tenant Contracts 857 Inter-Private Network Contracts Communication 858 Single Contract Bidirectional Reverse Filter 859 Single Contract Unidirectional with Multiple Filters 859 Multiple Contracts Unidirectional Single Filter 860 ACI Microsegmentation 860 Example: ACI Microsegmentation with VMs from a Single Application EPG 862 Example: ACI Microsegmentation with VMs in Different Application EPGs 863 ACI Microsegmentation Configurations 864 Keychain Authentication 868 NX-OS Keychain Configurations 868 Key Selection 871 Exam Preparation Tasks 872 Chapter 19 Compute Security 874 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 874 Foundation Topics 875 Securing UCS Management Using Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting 875 User RADIUS and TACACS+ Attributes 876 Two-Factor Authentication 879 UCS Web Session Refresh and Session Timeout Period 879 UCS LDAP Providers and Groups 879 RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication Configurations 888 UCS Remote Users Role Policy 892 Multiple Authentication Services Configuration 894 Exam Preparation Tasks 895 Chapter 20 Storage Security 896 “Do I Know This Already?” Quiz 896 Foundation Topics 898 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting 898 Authentication 899 Authorization 899 Accounting 900 Server Groups 900 AAA Service Configuration Options 900 AAA Server Monitoring 900 Remote AAA Services 901 Local AAA Services 911 AAA Authentication and Authorization Process 912 AAA Server Distribution 913 Merging RADIUS and TACACS+ Configurations 914 User Accounts and RBAC 914 User Roles 915 Rules 915 User Role Policies 917 RBAC Sample Configuration 918 Port Security 919 Port Security Configuration 921 Verification of Port Security 924 Fabric Binding 926 Fabric Binding Configuration 926 Port Security Versus Fabric Binding 928 Exam Preparation Tasks 929 Chapter 21 Final Preparation 932 Getting Ready 932 Tools for Final Preparation 933 Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Software and Questions on the Website 933 How to Access the Pearson Test Prep (PTP) App 933 Customizing Your Exams 934 Updating Your Exams 935 Chapter-Ending Review Tools 935 Learn the Question Types Using the Cisco Certification Exam Tutorial 935 Suggested Plan for Final Review/Study 940 Summary 940 Chapter 22 CCNP and CCIE Data Center Core DCCOR 350-601 Official Cert Guide Exam Updates 942 The Purpose of This Chapter 942 About Possible Exam Updates 943 Impact on You and Your Study Plan 943 News About the Next Exam Release 944 Updated Technical Content 944 Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes 946 Glossary 961 Online Elements Appendix B Memory Tables Appendix C Memory Tables Answer Key Appendix D Study Planner Glossary 9780138228088 TOC 11/7/2023

Somit Maloo, CCIE No. 28603, CCDE No. 20170002, is a content architect from the data center team in the Learning & Certifications’ organization. He holds a master’s degree in telecommunication networks and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering. He is also a penta CCIE in routing and switching, service provider, wireless, security, and data center technologies. Somit holds various industry-leading certifications, including CCDE, PMP, RHCSA, and VMware VCIX6 in Data Center and Network Virtualization. Somit has extensive experience in designing and developing various data center courses for the official Cisco curriculum. He started his career as a Cisco TAC engineer. Somit has more than 13 years of experience in the networking industry, working mostly with data center networks. You can reach Somit on Twitter: @somitmaloo. Iskren Nikolov, CCIE No. 20164, CCSI No. 32481, MCT Alumni, content architect, engineer, and developer with the Cisco Learning & Certifications’ Data Center & Cloud team. He is responsible for designing, developing, and reviewing Data Center Official Learning Cisco courses, including lab infrastructures and exercises. He holds a master’s degree in computer systems and management from the Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria. Iskren has more than 26 years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting solutions based on the data center, security, storage, wide area networks, software-defined networks, cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud technologies, including 11 years of teaching, and developing Cisco Data Center & Cloud and Microsoft Azure courses. The huge experience across technologies from multiple vendors such as Cisco Systems, VMware, Microsoft, and Barracuda, combined with the different perspectives gained from the different roles in his work and experience with customers from different industries, allow Iskren to have a unique view of the current data center technologies and the future trends. You can reach Iskren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iskrennikolov. Firas Ahmed, CCIE No. 14967, is a solution architect on the data center technologies team at Nile. He completed a master’s degree in systems and control engineering following a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. Firas holds CCIE certificates in routing and switching, collaboration, wireless, security, and data center technologies in addition to industry-based certifications, including CISSP, PMP, VMware VCP6.5-DCV, ITIL, and GICSP. Firas has more than 18 years of experience in designing, developing, and supporting various data centers for enterprise and IoT customers. Firas has additional experience as a seasonal instructor in a number of community colleges in Toronto, where he taught various computer networking courses. You can reach Firas on Twitter: @dccor_firas.

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