Learn how to implement and troubleshoot the routing and switching infrastructure in the Cisco Enterprise Data Center Architecture with the next-generation Cisco Nexus 5000, 7000, and 2000 series fabric extenders. After receiving a strong technical overview of the Cisco Nexus version 5.x platform architecture, you will cover:

• Deployment and operations
• Advanced power management and planning
• Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs)
• Advanced virtual PortChannels (vPC), including troubleshooting and recovery scenarios
• Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) and Mutltihomed OTV
• Cisco FabricPath (Layer 2 multipathing)
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 features
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Security

Through our hands-on labs, you will explore the features of Cisco NX-OS Software and the Cisco Nexus platform, gaining a realistic understanding of day-to-day operations of these products, including Layer 2 and 3 multipathing, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and converged network adapters (CNAs) in today's data center.

The labs you'll perform will prepare you to lead a new implementation or a migration to the Nexus from a Catalyst 6500 environment.

In addition, you'll find expanded coverage of advanced troubleshooting methods used by the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).