CCNP Data Center

Nexus | ACI | Storage | Automation | Server

Duration

4.5 months

Language

Hindi/English

Study Material Access

Lifetime

Batch Shift

Weekdays/Weekend

Batch Size

Maximum 25

Lab

EveNG / GNS3

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Course Curriculum

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10th September 2026

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Course Overview

Enhance your expertise in modern data center technologies with our comprehensive CCNP Data Center Training course. Designed for network engineers, data center professionals, system administrators, and IT infrastructure specialists, this program provides advanced knowledge and hands-on experience in deploying, managing, securing, and troubleshooting Cisco Data Center solutions.

Based on the latest Cisco Data Center certification curriculum, this course focuses on Cisco Nexus switching, storage networking, virtualization, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), automation, and data center security. Through practical lab sessions and real-world enterprise scenarios, participants will develop the skills required to build and manage scalable, high-performance data center environments while preparing for Cisco CCNP Data Center certification.

Fibre Channel & FCoE: Explore Fibre Channel concepts, VSANs, zoning, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet technologies.
High Availability & Redundancy: Implement resilient data center designs using device redundancy, link redundancy, vPC, and failover technologies.
Data Center Security: Understand security mechanisms for protecting data center infrastructure, segmentation, access control, and secure device management.
Automation & Programmability: Introduction to data center automation concepts, APIs, programmability, and infrastructure management.
Data Center Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Develop practical skills for identifying and resolving connectivity, performance, configuration, and infrastructure issues.
Hands-On Lab Training: Practice real-world configurations using Cisco data center technologies and scenario-based troubleshooting exercises.
Real-World Data Center Scenarios: Work with enterprise data center designs involving redundancy, virtualization, routing, switching, security, and application connectivity.
Certification-Oriented Training: Prepare for relevant Cisco Data Center certification objectives through structured lessons, practical labs, assessments, and troubleshooting exercises.
Career-Focused Skills: Build practical expertise for roles such as Data Center Engineer, Network Engineer, Cisco Data Center Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Administrator, and Data Center Support Engineer.

Course Highlights

Cisco Data Center Architecture: Understand modern data center architecture, infrastructure components, connectivity, and high-availability concepts.
Cisco Nexus Switches: Gain practical knowledge of Cisco Nexus platforms, including configuration, verification, and troubleshooting.
NX-OS Administration: Learn Cisco NX-OS commands, configuration methods, device management, and operational best practices.
VLAN & VXLAN Technologies: Configure and troubleshoot VLANs, VXLAN, and modern data center network segmentation.
Spanning Tree Protocol: Master STP concepts including RSTP, MST, root bridge selection, and Layer 2 troubleshooting.
Port Channels & vPC: Implement EtherChannel and Virtual Port Channel (vPC) for redundancy, load balancing, and high availability.
Data Center Routing: Work with advanced routing concepts such as OSPF, BGP, and route optimization in data center environments.
Cisco ACI Fundamentals: Understand Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure, including tenants, VRFs, bridge domains, EPGs, contracts, and policies.
Data Center Virtualization: Learn virtualization concepts and how compute, networking, and storage resources are integrated within modern data centers.
Cisco UCS: Understand Cisco Unified Computing System concepts, including UCS architecture, server profiles, fabric interconnects, and connectivity.
Storage Networking: Learn fundamentals of Fibre Channel, SAN technologies, storage connectivity, and data center storage infrastructure.

Who Should Attend?

Prerequisite

✔️ CCNA-level networking knowledge or equivalent experience

✔️ Understanding of routing and switching fundamentals

✔️ Basic knowledge of virtualization and data center concepts is recommended

✔️ Experience with Cisco networking devices is beneficial

Learning Outcomes

Understand Data Center Automation: Explore automation using APIs, Python, Ansible, and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
Monitor Data Center Infrastructure: Use monitoring and troubleshooting tools to identify performance, connectivity, and configuration issues.
Implement Cloud Integration Concepts: Understand how traditional data centers integrate with private cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud environments.
Troubleshoot Data Center Networks: Develop practical skills to diagnose and resolve complex networking, virtualization, and connectivity problems.
Understand Cisco ACI Concepts: Learn the fundamentals of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), fabric architecture, tenants, application profiles, EPGs, contracts, and policy-based networking.
Design Scalable Infrastructure: Understand principles for building scalable, resilient, secure, and high-performance data center environments.
Develop Job-Ready Skills: Gain practical knowledge required for roles such as Data Center Engineer, Network Engineer, Network Administrator, Infrastructure Engineer, and Data Center Support Engineer.

Understand Data Center Architecture: Learn the fundamentals of modern data center infrastructure, architecture, components, and design principles.
Configure Data Center Networking: Implement and troubleshoot switches, routers, VLANs, trunking, STP, and Layer 2/Layer 3 connectivity.
Master Cisco Nexus Technologies: Gain practical knowledge of Cisco Nexus switches, NX-OS, vPC, VDC, and FabricPath concepts.
Implement Data Center Virtualization: Understand server, network, and storage virtualization technologies used in modern data centers.
Configure VLAN and VXLAN Technologies: Implement VLAN segmentation and understand VXLAN/EVPN-based data center fabrics.
Understand Storage Networking: Learn SAN, Fibre Channel, FCoE, storage virtualization, and storage connectivity concepts.
Implement High Availability: Configure redundancy and high-availability technologies to minimize network downtime.
Configure Data Center Security: Apply security controls, access policies, authentication, segmentation, and secure management practices.

After completing the Data Center course, participants will be able to:

Key Skills Gained

Training Features

Data Center Engineer: Design, implement, monitor, and troubleshoot data center networking infrastructure, including Cisco Nexus switches, VLANs, VXLAN, vPC, and routing technologies.
Cisco Data Center Engineer: Work with Cisco data center technologies such as Nexus, NX-OS, UCS, ACI, and data center switching to maintain enterprise infrastructure.
Data Center Network Engineer: Manage high-performance data center networks, connectivity, redundancy, routing, switching, and network segmentation.
Network Engineer: Configure and troubleshoot enterprise networking technologies and support data center connectivity and infrastructure.
Senior Network Engineer: Handle complex network environments, implement high-availability architectures, troubleshoot critical infrastructure, and optimize network performance.
Infrastructure Engineer: Manage integrated IT infrastructure involving networking, servers, virtualization, storage, and data center services.

Career Opportunities

CCNP Data Center training can help networking professionals build specialized skills for enterprise data centers, Cisco Nexus environments, virtualization, storage networking, automation, and infrastructure operations.

Career Growth Path

Network Support Engineer → Network Engineer → Data Center Engineer → Senior Data Center Engineer → Data Center Architect / Consultant

Why Choose CCNP Data Center?

CCNP Data Center is a strong choice for professionals who want to move from general networking into specialized data center infrastructure. Combining Cisco networking knowledge with virtualization, storage, automation, and high-availability concepts can open pathways toward advanced infrastructure and data center engineering roles.

Network Administrator: Monitor and maintain network devices, troubleshoot connectivity issues, manage configurations, and support day-to-day network operations.
Data Center Support Engineer: Provide technical support for data center equipment, connectivity, hardware, network services, and infrastructure incidents.
Network Operations Engineer (NOC): Monitor enterprise and data center networks, respond to alerts, troubleshoot incidents, and maintain network availability.
Cisco ACI Engineer: Specialize in software-defined data center networking using Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), including policies, tenants, EPGs, contracts, and connectivity.
Network Virtualization Engineer: Work with technologies such as VXLAN, VRF, virtualization, segmentation, and software-defined networking.
Data Center Consultant: Assist organizations with data center design, migration, implementation, optimization, troubleshooting, and technology planning.

Certification

This course is designed to prepare learners for the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification by covering the core technologies and concentration topics required for modern Cisco data center environments. It provides the practical skills needed to deploy, manage, automate, secure, and troubleshoot enterprise-class data center infrastructure.

Take your data center career to the next level with our CCNP Data Center Training and gain the advanced knowledge required to manage Cisco-powered enterprise and cloud data center environments with confidence.