
Explore Cisco Nexus data center switches across 9500, 9300/9200, and 7700 series, with optics and media basics, and practice lab work using GNS3 to emulate Nexus 9k.
Explore Cisco Nexus 7000 hardware architecture, including supervisor engines, fabric modules, line cards, and throughput, with a lab demonstration and Cisco catalog access.
Explore NX-OS on Nexus 5K, learn feature-based licensing, enable features via feature commands, and configure VPC, fabricpath, FEX, OSPF, BGP, and MPLS.
Explore Cisco Nexus licensing and packaging, including fabric path packages, product IDs, smart account licensing, activation keys, and license installation workflows.
discover how to allocate ports into VPC groups, assign interfaces by port ranges, and manage VPC resources (global, dedicated, shared) while applying default admin roles.
Configure VLANs across Nexus switches manually, implement MSTP with instance mapping, compare MSTP to rapid pvst, and apply port types such as edge and bridge assurance.
Configure and map private vlans 20, 30, and 40, associate 20 and 30 with 40, set up host and trunk ports, and assign 192.168.40.0/24 IPs to enable isolation.
Learn to configure layer 3 routing on Nexus devices using named mode, ipv4 unicast, and an autonomous system to advertise loopbacks for out-of-band management.
NX-OS is the operating System used in Nexus Devices. It is very different from IOS however, once you start using it, you will notice that It is very easy to operate. Some of the other benefits and advantages it has are - Virtualization, Flexibility, Resiliency, Scalability, Security, Unified Datacenter OS etc.
You probably have heard the word "Datacenter" or "Cisco Nexus" in your career. It is a place where most critical servers and network devices are hosted. You also understand the fact that these server and network devices such as Cisco Nexus 7000 provide 100% Uptime to clients. Cisco Nexus Switch has features such as VDC ( Virtual Device Contexts), VPC (Virtual Port Channel), Fabric Path , FEX, Ethereal/Wireshark and Many more. All of these features are unique in Cisco Nexus 7000 and Cisco Nexus 5000.
Topics Covered:
Cisco Nexus Product Family
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 1000v Series Switches
Cisco MDS 9000 SAN Switches
The Nexus Operating Systems - NX-OS Software
Nexus NX-OS – Catalyst IOS Key Differences
High-End Switches: Nexus vs Catalyst
Nexus Basic Design Aspects – Where The Nexus & MDS Switches Fit In a Data Center
Single-Tier Nexus Data Center Design
Two-Tier Nexus Data Center Design
Three-Tier Nexus Data Center Design
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