
This lecture covers the following:
Who is the instructor?
What will you learn in this course? (Agenda).
Course resources.
This lecture covers the IP routing process overview:
Routing
Switching
Encapsulation
This lecture covers:
Static routing
Tracking object
Lab demo
This lecture covers the Prefix-lists tool, with a lab demo.
This lecture covers the Route-Map tool, with a lab demo.
This lecture covers the VRF-lite briefly, with a simple lab demo.
This lecture covers the NX-OS BFD with a full LAB demo.
This lecture covers the PBR feature.
This lecture covers the PBR LAB demo in Cisco NX-OS.
In this lecture is an introduction to the OSPF protocol and it covers:
OSPF features.
OSPF link state logic.
OSPF router-id
OSPF tables.
This lecture covers the OSPF packet types and their formats:
OSPF Hello
OSPF Database Description (DD).
OSPF Link State Request (LSR).
OSPF Link State Update (LSU).
OSPF Link State Ack (LSAck).
This lecture covers the OSPF states (FSM).
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF adjacency requirements.
OSPF network types.
OSPF DR and BDR Operation.
OSPF DR and BDR election.
This lecture covers the configuration and verification steps and commands for OSPF configuration in NX-OS
This lecture covers the hands-on example (Lab demo) for OSPF configuration in NX-OS.
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF areas overview.
OSPF router types.
OSPF link types.
OSPF Route types.
OSPF LSA types.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA Type-1 (Router LSA):
OSPF LSA type-1 usage.
OSPF LSA header format.
OSPF LSA type-1 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-1 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA type-2 (Network LSA):
OSPF LSA type-2 usage.
OSPF LSA type-2 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-2 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA type-3 (Summary LSA):
OSPF LSA type-3 usage.
OSPF LSA type-3 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-3 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA type-4 (ASBR-Summary LSA):
OSPF LSA type-4 usage.
OSPF LSA type-4 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-4 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA type-5 (External LSA):
OSPF LSA type-5 usage.
OSPF LSA type-5 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-5 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following for the OSPF LSA type-7 (NSSA LSA):
OSPF LSA type-7 usage.
OSPF LSA type-7 format.
LAB demo, showing LSA type-7 in the CLI.
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF scalability overview.
OSPF Topology summarization vs. Route Summarization.
OSPF Internal summarization on ABRs.
LAB demo.
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF External summarization on ASBRs.
LAB demo.
This lecture covers OSPF's default route (0.0.0.0/0) and its configuration with a LAB demo.
This lecture covers the OSPF Stub Area Types overview and goes deep with:
OSPF Stubby Area
OSPF Totally Stubby Area
LAB Demo
This lecture follows the previous one and covers the following:
OSPF NSSA Area
OSPF Totally NSSA Area
LAB demo
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF Intra-Area Routes Selection
OSPF Inter-Area Routes Selection
OSPFInter-Area Routes Split Horizon Rule.
OSPFIntra-Area & Inter-Area routes selection LAB demo.
OSPF External Routes Selection.
This lecture covers the following:
OSPF External Routes Selection (LAB).
OSPF Traffic Engineering and Route Tuning.
This lecture covers OSPF filtering in NX-OS with a LAB demo.
This lecture covers the OSPF Authentication types, their configuration, and verification with a LAB demo.
This lecture covers the Route Redistribution in OSPF and shows how to set metrics on the Redistributed OSPF Routes
This lecture covers the OSPF Redistribution LAB demo
This lecture covers the following:
IS-IS general overview.
IS-IS and OSPF similarities.
IS-IS and OSPF differences.
IS-IS levels and router types.
IS-IS levels adjacency summary.
This lecture covers the IS-IS packet types and their format:
IS-IS packet header format.
IS-IS Hello (IIH) packets.
IS-IS Link State Packet (LSP).
IS-IS Sequence Number Packets (SNP).
This lecture covers the IS-IS addressing:
NET addressing structure.
System-ID structure.
NET configuration in NX-OS.
This lecture covers the IS-IS network types:
Point-to-Point Network
Broadcast Network
This lecture covers the following:
IS-IS protocol states.
IS-IS Adjacency Types.
IS-IS Adjacencies Requirements.
This lecture covers the IS-IS configuration steps and the verification commands.
This lecture covers the LAB demo for the IS-IS configuration in NX-OS.
This lecture covers the IS-IS show commands in NX-OS CLI (LAB demo).
This lecture introduces the FHRP protocols in a high-level overview and contains:
FHRP General Characteristics.
Packet Forwarding Review.
This lecture covers the following:
HSRP overview.
How does HSRP work?
HSRP v1 vs. HSRP v2.
HSRP Configuration steps.
This lecture covers the HSRP Lab demo.
This lecture covers the VRRP protocol in NX-OS as the following:
VRRP Overview and VRRP Characteristics.
How does VRRP work?
VRRP configuration steps.
VRRP verification commands.
This lecture covers the VRRP Lab demo.
This lecture covers the following:
GLBP overview.
How does GLBP work?
GLBP Load Balancing.
GLBP Configuration steps.
This lecture covers the GLBP Lab demo.
This lecture covers:
The STP (IEEE 802.1d) Overview.
STP electing the Root Bridge.
STP electing the root ports.
STP electing the designated ports.
STP Process Review – STP Port Role and State.
Per-VLAN Spanning-Tree (PVST) Review.
This lecture covers:
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1w) overview.
RSTP – Port & Link Types.
RSTP – Port Roles and States.
RSTP Convergence process.
Multiple STP (MST) IEEE 802.1s overview.
MST Regions.
This lecture covers:
Rapid-PVST Configuration in NX-OS.
Rapid-PVST Verification in NX-OS.
RPVST Configuration Example in LAB demo.
This lecture covers:
MST Configuration in NX-OS.
Verifying the MST Configuration in NX-OS.
MST Configuration Example in LAB demo.
This lecture covers the following:
Why is Link Aggregation used?
Port channels in NX-OS.
Port channels load balancing.
Port Channels Configuration in NX-OS.
Port Channels Verification in NX-OS.
This lecture covers the LAB demo for Port channels (PC) in Nexus switches.
The Cisco Data Centers | L2 & L3 Technologies course is designed to provide a complete understanding of IP Routing, OSPF, IS-IS, PBR, BFD, FHRP, PC, STP, VDC, FEX, and VPC in Cisco Nexus platforms. It also covers all L2 & L3 features in NX-OS that are required in the CCIE Data Center lab exam.
Although this course targets network professionals and data center specialists, you only need basic networking knowledge to enroll! The course explains the L2 & L3 technologies from scratch.
This professional development and foundational learning course contains the following:
High-quality, technical videos cover all required CCIE Data Center lab exam topics.
Lab demos for a better explanation of all the features learned in the course.
Quizzes to confirm correct understanding.
External resources to enrich your knowledge.
Packet captures and protocol message formats for detailed information.
The lectures in this course were divided into 13 sections:-
[Section 1] Introduction.
[Section 2] Layer-3 Features and Tools: Covers essential features and tools used in routing protocols and IP forwarding, such as prefix lists, route-maps, VRF-lite, and BFD.
[Section 3] Policy-Based Routing: Covers the Policy-Based Routing (PBR) feature, its usage, configuration, and verification in Nexus switches.
[Section 4] OSPF Protocol Fundamentals: Covers all OSPF important fundamental topics, such as OSPF packet types, OSPF states, OSPF adjacencies, and OSPF basic configuration.
[Section 5] OSPF Areas & LSA Types: Covers OSPF areas and OSPF LSA types in depth.
[Section 6] OSPF Route Manipulation & Policies: Covers more advanced topics in OSPF protocol, such as OSPF summarization, OSPF stub areas, OSPF path selection, OSPF route filtration, and more.
[Section 7] IS-IS Protocol Fundamentals: Covers IS-IS fundamentals such as IS-IS packet types, IS-IS states, IS-IS addressing, IS-IS areas, IS-IS network types, IS-IS router types, IS-IS LSPs and explores how to configure IS-IS in Nexus switches.
[Section 8] FHRP Protocols: Explores the FHRP Protocols (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP). It provides a comprehensive exploration, operational mechanisms, and step-by-step guidance on configuring them within Cisco Nexus switches.
[Section 9] Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP): Discuss the STP protocol's variations, Rapid-PVST and MST, and will see their configuration in LAB demos.
[Section 10] Link Aggregation - Port Channels (PC): You'll learn the link aggregation in NX-OS, namely (Port-channels).
[Section 11] Fabric Extender (FEX): You will learn the FEX feature and understand why we use it and how to deploy it.
[Section 12] Virtual Device Context (VDC): You will learn the VDC fundamentals and explore how to configure it in N7K switches.
[Section 13] Virtual Port-channel (VPC): You'll learn about the Virtual Port-channel (VPC) feature in theoretical and practical approaches.