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Cisco Data Center Nexus Dashboard Essentials (DCNDE v1.0)

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    • 07/28/2025 - 08/01/2025
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Description

The Cisco Data Center Nexus Dashboard Essentials training teaches you how to plan, implement, manage, operate, monitor, and troubleshoot the infrastructure of your data centers using the Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform. 

The goal of this training is to provide fundamental knowledge for the Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform. It discusses the components and the structure of the platform, as well as how to plan for the installment and deployment, looking at the physical and virtual resource requirements, licensing, connectivity, cluster size, and software stack. Additionally, you will be acquainted with the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the different functions to create and manage sites in the Cisco Nexus Dashboard. You will learn how to monitor, troubleshoot, and administer the platform, covering the authentication and authorization of the administrators’ access. This training also earns you 26 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification. 

This training will help you: 

  • Gain the needed skills to utilize the Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform 
  • Boost knowledge for protocols, solutions, and designs to acquire professional-level and expert-level data center roles 
  • Earn 26 CE credits toward recertification 

Objectives

  • Explore the Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform 
  • Explain Cisco Nexus Dashboard licensing options, cluster connectivity, GUI, software stack, roles, permissions, tech support, troubleshooting, and installation procedure for adding applications 
  • Perform Cisco Nexus Dashboard firmware upgrades 
  • Configure Cisco Nexus Dashboard remote authentication 
  • Monitor Cisco Nexus Dashboard resources 
  • Describe Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) and its dashboards 
  • Explore the Data Center with Cisco NDFC topology, including customizable templates, deployment, existing network devices, Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN), Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Program Interface (API), migration, and image, license, and network management 
  • Describe enhanced Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for fabric objects

Who Should Attend

Personnel seeking professional- or expert-level data center roles 

 

Outline

Course Outline

  1. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Platforms 
  2. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Licensing Options 
  3. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Connectivity 
  4. Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI Overview 
  5. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Stack 
  6. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Installation Procedures 
  7. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Firmware Upgrades 
  8. Application Installation on Cisco Nexus Dashboard 
  9. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Roles and Permissions 
  10. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Remote Authentication 
  11. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Resource Monitoring 
  12. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Tech Support and Troubleshooting 
  13. Add Sites to Cisco Nexus Dashboard 
  14. Explore Cisco Nexus Dashboard 
  15. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Overview 
  16. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Dashboards 
  17. Data Center Exploration with Cisco NDFC Topology 
  18. Cisco NDFC Customizable Templates 
  19. Image Management Using Cisco NDFC 
  20. License Management Using Cisco NDFC 
  21. Enhanced RBAC for Fabric Objects 
  22. Explore Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller 
  23. Manage the Network with Cisco NDFC 
  24. Deploying Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller 
  25. Discovering Network Devices with Cisco NDFC 
  26. Deploy VXLAN EVPN with Cisco NDFC 
  27. Managing and Monitoring the Data Center with Cisco NDFC 
  28. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller REST API 
  29. Cisco Data Center Network Manager to Cisco NDFC Migration 
  30. Configure and Execute Cisco NDFC POAP 
  31. Configure VXLAN with a BGP Control Plane 
 
Lab Outline
  1. Connect Sites to Cisco Nexus Dashboard 
  2. Explore Cisco Nexus Dashboard 
  3. Explore Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller 
  4. Manage the Network with Cisco NDFC 
  5. Configure and Execute Cisco NDFC POAP 
  6. Configure VXLAN with a BGP Control Plane