IC1336: CLDFND - Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals

Course Length: 40 hrs

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)

Price: $2595

Format: Onsite, online

This course provides you with the 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.

Topics Covered:

• 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

Course Outline:

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

Notes: This course prepares you for the Cisco Certified Network Associate - Cloud (CCNA Cloud) exam.