Dell EMC Networking - Data Center Configuration and Administration

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Networking concepts, components and typical use cases.

Suggested prerequisite course

• Dell EMC Network Concepts and Products or
• Dell Networking Essentials or
• Dell Networking Installation and Configuration

Course Outline

Data Center Networking OverviewDescribe networking in the modern data center

• Describe the typical data flow of a data center network
• Identify common data center topologies
• Describe networking technologies found in a data center network
• Describe the Dell EMC Data Center portfolio

Basis Switch Configuration

• Identify the normal boot process of a S and Z-Series switch running OS 10.
• List the first-time switch setup requirements
• Introduce OS10 CLI tool
• Perform the setup and apply a management IP, switch name, and credentials on a S or Z Series switch
• Perform the steps for upgrading switch firmware in OS 10

Virtual LANs

• Identify the characteristics of a VLAN and why they are used
• Compare the terminology around tagged vs untagged
• Configure VLAN trunking using OS10
• Configure VLAN Port membership using OS10
• Verify trunking and Port Membership
• Troubleshoot a VLAN mismatch configuration

Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP)

• Identify the operations and use cases for STP
• Configure and validate RSTP/MSTP/RSTP-PV using OS 10
• Which one is best to do the lab on?
• Configure Portfast/ Fastlink using OS 10
• Manipulate spanning tree root bridge and port cost configurations using OS 10
• Configure STP Protection using OS 10
• Interpret the symptoms of a switching loop specific use cases
• Troubleshoot spanning-tree configurations and convergence issues use cases

Link Aggregation Groups (LAG)

• Interpret the advantages and limitations of LAG
• Describe the connectivity between two switches using a LAG
• Configure Static LAG using OS 10
• Configure Dynamic LAG using OS 10
• Troubleshoot a LAG configuration mismatch
• Configure Static LAG using OS 10
• Configure Dynamic LAG using OS 10
• Troubleshoot a LAG configuration mismatch

Virtual Link Trunking (VLT)

• Interpret the advantages and limitations of an VLT
• Describe the components that makeup a VLT configuration
• Explain how to configure and validate VLT configurations
• Configure and validate VLT configurations using OS 10
• Describe the process for upgrading switch firmware in an VLT configuration
• Troubleshoot basic VLT configuration issues

Discovery Protocols

• Describe the characteristics of the discovery protocols supported by the OS10
• Describe uses cases for using discovery protocols
• Configure discovery protocols in OS10
• Interpret LLDP outputs

Basic Routing

• Configure IPv4 on an interface
• Identify when to utilize a gateway as a last resort
• Configure and modify static routes in OS 10
• Use ARP table
• Use traceroute
• Test inter-VLAN routing using ping

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

• Configure and validate OSPF using OS 10
• Interpret OSPF show commands
• OSPF adjacency
• Describe the operations and use cases for equal cost multipathing (ECMP)
• Test inter-vlan routing using ping

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)

• Explain the detailed operations of BGP
• Identify design best practices when configuring BGP in a leaf/spine environment
• Configure and validate BGP using OS 10
• Describe the operations and use cases for equal cost multipathing (ECMP)
• Configure and validate ECMP using OS 10 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Describe the basic operation of VRRP
• Identify the components of VRRP
• Describe VRRP Priorities
• Compare Pre-empt and no Pre-empt
• Describe configuring VRRP on switches configured for VLT
• Configure and Validate VRRP configurations using OS 10

Uplink Failure Detection

• Describe the advantages and use cases for uplink failure detection (one command)
• Describe the components and configuration requirements
• Identify the differences between Active/Active and Active/Standby
• Configure uplink failure detection using OS 10

Policy Based Routing

• Describe the basic operation of policy based routing (PBR)
• Identify PBR use cases
• Configure and Validate PBR using OS10

Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)

• Describe the operations and use cases for virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)
• Configure and validate VRF using OS 10

Security

• Explain the purpose of access control
• Identify OS 10 supported features and options
• Apply appropriate commands to deny or permit IP connectivity
• Complete the required configuration to permit host accesscontrol
• Determine why particular computers are being blocked from accessing a server
• Explain the need for port-security
• Compare methods of port-security
• Identify OS 10 supported features and options
• Configure sticky-mac addresses
• Interpret port security output
• Explain the purpose of AAA security
• Describe AAA core components and their function
• Describe the AAA authentication process
• Configure local authentication
• Configure AAA parameters
• Configure switch to point to RADIUS server
• Determine why the Networking Administrator is not able to log into the switch

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Describe the basic operation of QoS
• Describe use cases for QoS
• Describe how QoS identifies and marks traffic
• Identify the characteristics of QoS
• Identify QoS protocols and their uses
• Configure QoS using OS 10

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

• Review DHCP’s basic operation
• Explain DHCP Relay
• Configure DHCP using OS 10
• Identify the options to secure DHCP from attacks

Multicast

• Explain in depth the concepts relating to IP Multicast technology
• Compare IGMP and PIM use cases
• Identify the steps required to configure multicasting into an existing multicast environment using OS 10

SmartFabric Services

• What is SmartFabric Services (SFS)?
• Describe at a high level the purpose and benefits to the customer.
• How SmartFabric works with other products maybe with links to those resources if they are customer facing docs
• Explain Command – Support Bundle – what the command does and why run it
• In addition to lecture and demonstrations, this course includes labs designed to allow practical experience for the participant.

Lab Exercises:

• Basic out-of-box switch configuration
• Virtual LANs
• Spanning-Tree RSTP/MSTP/RSTP-PV using OS 10
• Link Aggregation and Virtual Link Trunking
• Discovery Protocols (LLDP)
• Basic Routing
• OSPF
• BGP
• VRRP
• Uplink Failure Detection
• VRF
• Security
• QoS
• DHCP
• Multicast
• SFS Command Bundle
• Policy-based Routing