• Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
o Spanning Tree Protocol
o Port Channels Overview
• Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
o Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) Overview
o Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) Overview
• Implementing Routing in Data Center*
o Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v2 and Open Settlement Protocol (OSP) v3
o Border Gateway Protocol
• Implementing Multicast in Data Center*
o IP Multicast in Data Center Networks
o Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD)
• Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
o Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization
o Virtual Extensible LAN
• Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*
o User Accounts and Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
o Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and SSH on Cisco NX-OS
• Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
o Cisco ACI Overview, Initialization, and Discovery
o Cisco ACI Management
• Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
o Tenant-Based Components
o Cisco ACI Endpoints and Endpoint Groups (EPG)
• Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
o Data Center Traffic Flows
o Packet Flow in Cisco Nexus Switches
• Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
o Cloud Architectures
o Cloud Deployment Models
• Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
o Time Synchronization
o Network Configuration Management
• Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts*
o Need for Network Assurance
o Cisco Streaming Telemetry Overview
• Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
o Fibre Channel Basics
o Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) Overview
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
o Distributed Device Aliases
o Zoning