Data Center, Professional (JNCIP-DC)

Data Center Deployment and Management

Describe data center deployment concepts.

• Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP)
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Describe data center management concepts.

• Monitoring
• Analytics (telemetry)

Layer 3 Fabrics

Describe IP fabric concepts.

• IP fabric architecture
• IP fabric routing 
• IP fabric scaling
• IP fabric Class of Service (RDMA/RoCE)
• IP fabric best practices

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting an IP fabric.

VXLAN

Describe VXLAN concepts.

• VXLAN control planes
• Data plane

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting VXLAN.

EVPN-VXLAN Signaling

Describe EVPN concepts.

• Route types
• EVPN multicast
• Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)
• EVPN architectures (CRB and ERB)
• MAC learning
• Symmetric routing

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting EVPNs.

Data Center Interconnect

Describe Data Center Interconnect (DCI) concepts.

• Interconnect network types
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 stretch
• Stitching 
• EVPN-signaled VXLAN for DCI

Demonstrate knowledge of configuring, monitoring, or troubleshooting DCI.

Data Center Multitenancy and Security

Describe single tenant and multitenant architectures.

• Tenant traffic isolation (Layer 3 or Layer 2)
• Multitenancy (for example, routing instances)

Describe data center security concepts.

• Filter-based forwarding
• Group-based policy (GBP)