Like most of my peers, I have a love-hate relationship with training, knowledge is power so I love that but I don’t like exams. with that in mind, it has become time again to get some professional qualification I have chosen Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR) with the look at getting a CCNP which is (DCCOR exam + Consentation exam) and if I have time push for the CCIE which is (DCCOR exam + practical LAB) many of my friends haven’t passed the LAB first time around so we will see.
Exam topics
high level overview of the exam topics
| # | Name | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Network | 25% |
| 2.0 | Compute | 25% |
| 3.0 | Storage Networks | 20% |
| 4.0 | Automation | 15% |
| 5.0 | Security | 15% |
lets break them down further
- Network
1.1 Apply routing protocols- OSPFv2, OSPFv3
- MP-BGP
- PIM
- FHRP
1.3 Apply overlay protocols such as VXLAN EVPN and OTV
1.4 Apply ACI concepts- Fabric setup
- Access policies
- VMM
- Tenant policies
1.6 Analyze Cloud service and deployment models (NIST 800-145)
1.7 Describe software updates and their impacts- Disruptive / nondisruptive
- EPLD
- Patches
1.9 Implement infrastructure monitoring such as NetFlow and SPAN
1.10 Explain network assurance concepts such as streaming telemetry - Compute
2.1 Implement Cisco Unified Compute System Rack Servers
2.2 Implement Cisco Unified Compute System Blade Chassis- Initial setup
- Infrastructure management
- Network management (VLANs, pools and policies, templates, QoS)
- Storage management (SAN connectivity, Fibre Channel zoning, VSANs, WWN pools, SAN policies, templates)
- Server management (Server pools and boot policies)
2.4 Describe firmware and software updates and their impacts on B-Series and C-Series servers
2.5 Implement compute configuration management (Backup and restore)
2.6 Implement infrastructure monitoring such as SPAN and Intersight - Storage Network
3.1 Implement Fibre Channel- Switch fabric initialization
- Port channels
- FCID
- CFS
- Zoning
- FCNS
- Device alias
- NPV and NPIV
- VSAN
3.3 Describe NFS and NAS concepts
3.4 Describe software updates and their impacts (Disruptive/nondisruptive and EPLD)
3.5 Implement infrastructure monitoring - Automation
4.1 Implement automation and scripting tools- EEM
- Scheduler
- Bash Shell and Guest Shell for NX-OS
- REST API
- JSON and XML encodings
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Python
- POAP
- DCNM
- UCSD
- PowerShell
- Security
5.1 Apply network security- AAA and RBAC
- ACI contracts and microsegmentation
- First-hop security features such as dynamic ARP inspection (DAI), DHCP snooping, and port security
- CoPP
- AAA and RBAC
- Keychain authentication
- AAA and RBAC
- Port security
- Fabric binding
Format of the Exam
100-110 multipole-choice question in 120 minutes about 65-70 seconds a question, the exam also has fill-in-the-blank list-in-order and Simulated-labs
I will be linking my blog pages when they are created about the subjects above.