Table of Contents

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Part I: Networking Fundamentals
Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure
Chapter 2 The TCP/IP and OSI Networking Models
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Ethernet LANs
Chapter 4 Fundamentals of IPv4/IPv6 Addressing and Routing
Part I Review
Part II: Data Center Nexus Switching & Routing Fundamentals
Chapter 5 Installing and Operating Nexus Switches
Chapter 6 VLAN and Trunking Concepts
Chapter 7 VLAN Trunking and Configuration
Chapter 8 Spanning Tree Protocol Concepts
Chapter 9 Cisco Nexus Spanning Tree Protocol Implementation 311
Chapter 10 Configuring Ethernet Switching 
Part II Review

Part III: IPv4/IPv6 Subnetting
Chapter 11 Perspectives on IPv4/IPv6 Subnetting 
Chapter 12 Analyzing Classful IPv4 Networks
Chapter 13 Analyzing Subnet Masks
Chapter 14 Analyzing Existing Subnets
Chapter 15 Fundamentals of IP Version 6
Part III Review
Chapter XX Data Center Network Architectures

Part IV: IPv4 Routing
Chapter 17 IPv4 Routing Concepts
Chapter 18 Cisco Nexus IPv4 Routing Configuration
Chapter 19 IPv4 Routing Protocol Concepts
Chapter 20 Nexus Routing Protocol Configuration
Chapter 21 Nexus First Hop Redundancy Protocols and Configurations
Chapter 22 IPv4 Access Control Lists on Cisco Nexus Switches

Part V Data Center Storage Technologies
Chapter 23 Introduction to Storage and Storage Networking
Chapter 24 Advanced Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies and configurations

Part VI: Final Preparation 577
Chapter 25 Final Review 579

Part VII: Appendices
Appendix A Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes
Appendix B Exam Updates

Glossary
Appendix C: Memory Tables
Appendix D: Memory Tables Answer Key
Appendix E: Study Planner

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Part 1 Data Center Fundamentals
 Chapter 1  Data Center components
 Chapter 2 Data Center Layers
 Chapter 3 Introduction to Data Center Protocols

Part2 Unified Fabric
 Chapter 4 What is a Unified fabric? 
 Chapter 5 Features found in a Unified Fabric
 Chapter 6 Initial setup and verification

Part 3 Storage Area networks
 Chapter 7 What is a SAN?
 Chapter 8 Topologies used for a SAN
 Chapter 9 SAN operation and protocols
 Chapter 10 Zoning
 Chapter 11 FCOE        
Part 4 Data Center Virtualization
 Chapter 12 Virtualization in the Datacenter
 Chapter 13 Nexus 1000V and Nexus 1010
 Chapter 14 Network Virtualization      
Part 5 Unified Computing
 Chapter 15 UCS Hardware Overview
 Chapter 16 UCS Manager
 Chapter 17 UCS Networking
 Chapter 18 Stateless Computing Concepts
 Chapter 19 Administrative Tasks
 Chapter 20 C-Series Integration             

Part 6 Data Center Network Services
 Chapter 21 Load Balancing with Cisco ACE 
 Chapter 22 WAN Acceleration using Cisco WAAS 
 Chapter 23 Exam Preparation 

APPENDIXES
A. Answers Appendix