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Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

Duration: 5 DaysAvailability: 6 PodsResources: 16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM

Overview

A design-focused DC pod: routing, storage networking and automation architecture decisions on real Nexus gear so the design trade-offs have observable consequences.

Images included

  • Cisco Nexus 9000v (NX-OS) switches in a redundant, dual-homed topology
  • Cisco MDS-class Fibre Channel switch images
  • A Linux jump host image for DC automation exploration

Environment & resources

Nexus and storage-networking hardware configured for redundant paths, so a proposed design can actually be built and its failure modes observed.

Heavy pod · 16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM

Data-center and identity-scale gear: fabric switches and appliances that need real headroom.

FAQ

Is this hands-on configuration or purely design theory?

You build and validate the designs on real hardware rather than working from diagrams alone.

How does this relate to DCCOR?

DCID assumes DCCOR-level implementation knowledge and gives you room to explore the architecture decisions behind it.

All prices in GBP

£93.60/ session£104.00SAVE 10%

This lab includes

5 Days of pod access
6 Pods
16 vCPU · 32 GB RAM reserved
Dedicated 1:1 access, no shared environments

Ready to run this lab yourself?

Dedicated 1:1 access, booked by the session. No shared environments.