Data Center, Professional (JNCIP-DC)

Data Center Deployment or Management

Describe data center deployment concepts:

• Zero Touch provisioning
• DHCP
• Implementation

Describe data center management concepts:

• Monitoring
• Analytics

Layer 3 Fabrics

Describe IP Fabric concepts:

• IP Fabric architecture
• IP Fabric routing
• IP Fabric scaling
• IP Fabric best practices

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting IP Fabrics

VXLAN

Describe VXLAN concepts:

• VXLAN control planes
• Data plane

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting VXLAN

EVPN VXLAN Signaling

Describe EVPN concepts:

• Route types
• EVPN multicast
• Multiprotocol BGP
• EVPN architectures, including Centrally-Routed Bridging (CRB) and Edge-Routed Bridging (ERB)
• MAC Learning

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting EVPNs

Data Center Interconnect

Describe DCI concepts:

• Interconnect network types
• Layer 2 to L3 stretching
• Stitching
• EVPN-signaled VXLAN for DCI

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting DCI

Data Center Architecture and Security

Describe single-tenant and multi-tenant architectures:

• Traffic isolation
• Multitenancy (routing instances)

Describe data center security concepts:

• Filter-based forwarding