
This Virtual Training Services (VTS) offering "Configuring the Cisco Nexus Data Center for Virtual Machines (CCNDC-V) Version 1.0" is an educational session that includes lecture by a Cisco subject matter expert and hands-on practice exercises that focus on designing and configuring a data center network to support a virtual computing environment (VCE).
Using both the Cisco Nexus and Cisco MDS families of products, you will learn how to connect VMware vSphere ESX-based virtual machines to a highly available data center infrastructure that can be used to provide virtualized cloud-based services. Topics covered include the configuration of a data center unified fabric using both Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet as well as the configuration of the VMware vSphere virtual switch to a Cisco Nexus based data center network. In addition, the lecture and labs will cover how to configure both VMware VMotion and storage VMotion in the data center environment.
Configure a Cisco Nexus unified fabric data center network using Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Configure a Cisco MDS-based Fibre Channel data center storage area network
Connect VMware vSphere ESX-based virtual machines using redundant connections to a Cisco Nexus based unified data center fabric
Configure a data center network to enable virtual machine migration using VMware VMotion and storage VMotion technologies
This session is intended for network or data center professionals who are involved in the design, implementation, or support of virtualized and/or cloud compute data centers.
This VTS supports a maximum of 12 students in a single session.
Introductory level understanding of data center architectures and virtualization concepts