Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing
| Exam Number | 642-998 DCUCD |
|---|---|
| Associated Certifications | CCNP Data Center Certification Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist |
| Duration | 90 minutes (65-75 questions) |
| Available Languages | English Japanese |
| Register | Pearson VUE |
| Exam Policies | Read current policies and requirements |
| Exam Tutorial | Review type of exam questions |
The 642-998 DCUCD Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing exam is associated with the CCNP DC certification and with the Cisco Unified Computing Design Specialist. This exam tests a candidate's knowledge of designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing, including design concept in a server virtualization environment, scalability, reliability, performances, management.
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.
Describe the Design Methodology
- Describe developing business trends
- Identify business requirements driving the Data Center design
- Determine the requirements needed to create a Data Center solution
- Describe the tools/process to characterize an existing Data Center
- Describe the top down approach to network design
Describe Data Center structure and modularity
- Describe network architectures for the Data Center(LAN,SAN)
- Describe the Modular Approach in Network Design
- Describe the data center core layer
- Describe the data center aggregation layer
- Describe the data center access layer
- Identify Design Considerations for connectivity between Data Centers
- Identify the environments that use a Cisco data center virtualization solution
- Identify the migration plan from existing to new infrastructure
Describe the technologies used within the Data Center
- Describe switching protocols used in a data center network
- Describe IPv4/IPv6 Addressing
- Identify Routing Protocol Considerations in an Data Center
- Describe how various data center protocols impact the design of a data center network
- Describe data center server deployment topologies
- Describe how traffic flows may impact the design of a data center network
- Describe methods for deploying a Energy Efficient Data Center
- Describe Data Center virtualization technologies
- Determine when to use each technology within a Data Center solution
- Describe high availability design in the data center
Design the access layer of a Data Center
- Select appropriate platforms and modules in the data center access layer
- Identify scalability, availability, performance and connectivity requirements in the Data Center access layer
- Design for traffic flows in the Data Center access layer
- Design a cabling plan and topology for the Data Center access layer
- Design virtualization into the data center access layer
Design virtualization solution using Cisco UCS
- Gather historical performance characteristics for the network, compute and storage components of the Data center
- Given a particular set of data center applications and servers, identify the number of physical machines necessary to create a Cisco virtualized data center solution
- Given a particular set of data center applications and servers, identify the networking requirements to create a Cisco virtualized data center solution
- Describe the deployment of Pass thru switching (PTS) and Integration with vCenter
- Specify the infrastructure needed to deploy a specified Cisco data center virtualization solution
- Deploy operating systems
- Specify the UCS components of solution design
- Identify Cisco technologies to mitigate security vulnerabilities
- Secure Data center network connectivity
- Secure the Data center infrastructure
Design network management considerations into a Data Center
- Describe the common industry and Cisco-specific data center network management tools
- Design a network data collection strategy for a data center
The following course is the recommended training for this exam.
- Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD)
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