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EVPN and Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) workshop (EVPN-NDFC)

  • Overview

    Description, Pre requisites

  • Content

    Lessons, Course Structure

This course focuses on EVPN deployment and the underlying VXLAN protocol on Nexus 9K using Cisco® NX-OS. It explains the foundation technologies for EVPN/VXLAN in detail.

Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) formerly known Data Centre Network Manager (DCNM) is integrated as an application of Nexus Dashboard (ND).  Students will manually configure a basic overlay network in the lab. Further policy management is done in NDFC. Each student has his/her own fabric and management system.

Objectives:

After completing this workshop the student should be able to:

  • Deploy an VXLAN/EVPN-based LAN Fabric using NDFC
  • Configure additional fabric functionality supported by NDFC (e.g. external networks, service integration)
  • Perform Day-2 operations of network elements using NDFC

Target Audience:

Engineers

Architects

Suggested Pre-requisites:

It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:

  • Good understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching
  • Understanding of Cisco data center architecture
  • Familiarity with NX-OS

Duration:

3 day

 

EVPN Modules

Module 1 : Nexus 9K 

  • Overview
  • Hardware/Software Features

Module 2 : Implementing VXLAN

  • Under-/Overlay Technologies
  • VXLAN Introduction
  • VXLAN Data Flow

Module 3 : EVPN (VXLAN BGP)

  • Using BGP as VXLAN Control Plane
  • Endpoint Learning and Endpoint Communication

Module 4 : vPC in VXLAN

  • Endpoint Redundancy
  • Endpoint and External Network Connectivity

Module 5: EVPN Multi-Site

  • External Network Integration
  • EVPN Multi-Site
    • Hierarchical VXLAN Fabric
    • Connecting Multiple Fabrics
    • Multi-Site Deep Dive for Control and Data Plane

Module 6: VXLAN Visibility

  • Network Abstraction
  • Operations and Troubleshooting
  • OAM

LABs:

  • A basic EVPN setup using the CLI (dCloud)

NDFC Modules

Module 1: Introduction Nexus Dashboard

  • Nexus Dashboard Overview
  • Nexus Dashboard Fabric Automation Architecture
  • Data Centre Operation Lifecycle using NDFC

Module 2: Installation

  • ND Installation and Setup
  • NDFC Installation and Feature Selection

Module 3: Provisioning

  • LAN Fabric Provisioning
  • Interface Configuration
  • Tenant/VRF Deployment
  • Tenant Network Configuration
  • Templates

Module 4: Additional Options/Features

  • External Networks
  • L4-7 Service Integration
  • Multisite Options
  • Connection to Cloud

Module 5: Operations

  • Monitoring Fabric State
  • Resource Tracking
  • Endpoint Locator
  • Performance Monitoring

Module 6:  Administration

  • RBAC
  • Image Management
  • API and Programmability

LABs:

  • ND Setup and NDFC Installation
  • Fabric Deployment
  • Tenant Configuration

Optional Labs:

  • Customized Template
  • Endpoint Locator
  • External Network
  • Service Integration

Optional dCloud Lab:

Multisite Fabric Deployment