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350-080 CCIE DC

CCIE Data Center Exam

Exam Number 350-080 CCIE Data Center
Associated Certifications CCIE Data Center
Duration 120 minutes (90 - 110 questions)
Available Languages English
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The CCIE Data Center written exam validates an engineer's ability to design scalable, reliable, and intelligent Data Center Virtualization solutions.

Exam Topics

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Cisco Data Center Architecture

  • Describe the Cisco Data Center Architecture
  • Describe the products used in the Cisco Data Center Architecture
  • Describe Cisco unified I/O solution in access layer
  • Determine which platform to select for use in the data center different layers

Cisco Data Center Infrastructure - NX-OS

  • Describe NX-OS features
  • Design and implement NX-OS Layer 2 and Layer 3 functionality
  • Describe Multicast
  • Describe basic NX-OS Security features
  • Implement NX-OS high availability features
  • Implement NX-OS management

Cisco Storage Networking

  • Describe Standard-based SAN Protocols
  • Implement Fiber Channel Protocols features
  • Implement IP Storage based solution
  • Design and describe NX-OS Unified Fabric features
  • Design high availability features in a standalone server environment
  • Implement SAN management

Cisco Data Center Virtualization

  • Implement Data Center Virtualization with Nexus1000v

Cisco Unified Computing

  • Unified Computing System components and architecture
  • Describe LAN connectivity in a Cisco Unified Computing environment
  • Describe Implement SAN connectivity in a Cisco Unified Computing environment
  • Describe Cisco Unified Computing Server resources
  • Describe role-based Access Control Management Groups
  • Cisco Unified Computing troubleshooting and maintenance

Cisco Application Networking Services - ANS

  • Data center application high availability and load balancing
  • Global load balancing

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