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Designing Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)
Engineer the future of Data Center infrastructure: Learn advanced techniques in designing and implementing DC infrastructures. Designing Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) at RST Forum is a 100-hour instructor-led course (lectures plus hands-on lab practice) at advanced level. Classroom batches run at our Mumbai campus and the same batch streams live-online across India; the fee is ₹25,000.
This course will qualify you for the Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Design certification (exam 300-610 DCID).
- Duration
- 100 hours
- Training mode
- Classroom & online
- Course fees
- ₹25,000
- Level
- Advanced
- Certification
300-610 DCIDShow the full certification name
Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Design
Live, Instructor led (ILT)
Mumbai campus
for working engineers
Exam fees not included.
Course details verified
Please note that the course fees exclude the certification cost.
Overview
Who should attend
This 100hrs (Lectures + hands-on Lab) training is designed for personnel involved in deploying, troubleshooting, and managing Cisco data center solutions and technologies across network, compute, virtualization, storage area networks, automation, and security. Candidates will also learn to implement design practices for the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) solution based on Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, Cisco UCS Manager, and Cisco Unified Fabric. Candidates will also gain design experience with network management technologies including Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), and Cisco UCS Director. The Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCI
Outcomes
Skills you'll gain
- High Availability on Layer 2
- Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
- Designing Data Center Topologies
- Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- VXLAN Overlay Networks
- Hardware and Device Virtualization
- Cisco FEX Options
- Basic Data Center Security
- Advanced Data Center Security
- Management and Orchestration
Objectives
What you'll be able to do
The course objectives, as the vendor's own blueprint states them.
- Choose the appropriate components and design a scalable, reliable, and intelligent data center.
- Design data center network connectivity, including Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 forwarding.
- Design virtual port channel (vPC), Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), and Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) in customer scenarios.
- Describe management options in the LAN.
- Describe hardware virtualization and Fabric Extender (FEX) technologies, including data center infrastructure management and automation options.
- Design a data center storage network, including Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) options, Hyperconvergence, Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
- Describe the Cisco UCS C-Series and B-Series servers and distinguish among system-integrated stack solutions and management options for Cisco UCS domains.
- Design authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA), role-based access control (RBAC) and resource parameters for a Cisco UCS domain, including resource pools and policies.
Included
What you get
- Curriculum based on course outlines defined by Cisco Systems.
- This Instructor-led classroom course is designed with an aim to build theoretical knowledge supplemented by ample hands-on lab exercises.
- Facility of Lab on cloud available.
- Courseware includes reference material to maximize learning.
- Assignments and tests to ensure concept absorption.
- Repeating of lectures allowed (On approval basis)
- Candidates can attend lectures online.
Credential
Certification details
Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Design300-610 DCID
After the course
Placements & outcomes
Placement assistance is included: CV preparation, interview drills with real scenario questions, and referrals through our alumni network of 1 million+ engineers trained since 1997.
27 modules
Full syllabus
Every module below is taught live and practised hands-on — nothing here is a slide-only topic.
High Availability on Layer 2
- Overview of Layer 2 High-Availability Mechanisms
- Virtual Port Channels
- Practice Activity: Design vPCs
Designing Layer 3 Connectivity
- First Hop Redundancy Protocols
- Improving Routing Protocol Performance and Security
- Enhancing Layer 3 Scalability and Robustness
Designing Data Center Topologies
- Data Center Traffic Flows
- Cabling Challenges
- Access Layer
- Aggregation Layer
- Core Layer
- Spine-and-Leaf Topology
- Redundancy Options
- Practice Activity: Design a Data Center Topology for a Customer
Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- Locator/ID Separation Protocol
- LISP VM Mobility
- LISP ESM Multihop Mobility
- LISP VPN Virtualization
VXLAN Overlay Networks
- VXLAN Benefits over VLAN
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN Overlay
- MP-BGP EVPN Control Plane Overview
- VXLAN Data Plane
- Practice Activity: Design Your VXLAN Network
Hardware and Device Virtualization
- Hardware-Based High Availability
- Device Virtualization
- Cisco UCS Hardware Virtualization
- Server Virtualization
- SAN Virtualization
- N-Port ID Virtualization
Cisco FEX Options
- Cisco Adapter FEX
- Access Layer with Cisco FEX
- Cisco FEX Topologies
- Virtualization-Aware Networking
- Single Root I/O Virtualization
- Cisco FEX Evaluation
- Practice Activity: Create a Cisco FEX Design
Basic Data Center Security
- Threat Mitigation
- Attack and Countermeasure Examples
- Securing the Management Plane
- Protecting the Control Plane
- RBAC and AAA
Advanced Data Center Security
- Cisco TrustSec in Cisco Secure Enclaves Architecture
- Cisco TrustSec Operation
- Firewalling
- Positioning the Firewall Within Data Center Networks
- Cisco Firepower Portfolio
- Firewall Virtualization
- Designing for Threat Mitigation
Management and Orchestration
- Network and License Management
- Cisco UCS Manager
- Cisco UCS Director
- Cisco Intersight
- Cisco NDFC Overview
- Practice Activity: Design Management and Orchestration in a Cisco UCS Solution
Storage and RAID Options
- Positioning DAS in Storage Technologies
- Network-Attached Storage
- Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI
- Evaluating Storage Technologies
Fibre Channel Concepts
- Fibre Channel Connections, Layers, and Addresses
- Fibre Channel Communication
- Virtualization in Fibre Channel SAN
Fibre Channel Topologies
- SAN Parameterization
- SAN Design Options
- Choosing a Fibre Channel Design Solution
- Practice Activity: Design a Fibre Channel Network
FCoE
- FCoE Protocol Characteristics
- FCoE Communication
- Data Center Bridging
- FCoE Initialization Protocol
- FCoE Design Options
- Practice Activity: Design and Integrate an FCoE Solution
Storage Security
- Common SAN Security Features
- Zones
- SAN Security Enhancements
- Cryptography in SAN
- Practice Activity: Design a Secure SAN
SAN Management and Orchestration
- Cisco DCNM for SAN
- Cisco DCNM Analytics and Streaming Telemetry
- Cisco UCS Director in the SAN
- Cisco UCS Director Workflows
- Practice Activity: Design Cisco UCS Director for Storage Networking
Cisco UCS Servers and Use Cases
- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
- Fabric Interconnects and Blade Chassis
- Cisco UCS B-Series Server Adapter Cards
- Stateless Computing
- Cisco UCS Mini
- Practice Activity: Design a Cisco UCS Domain and Fabric Interconnect Cabling
- Practice Activity: Design a Cisco UCS C-Series Server Implementation
- Practice Activity: Design a Cisco C-Series Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain
- Practice Activity: Design a Cisco UCS Mini Solution
Fabric Interconnect Connectivity
- Using Fabric Interconnect Interfaces
- VLANs and VSANs in a Cisco UCS Domain
- Southbound Connections
- Northbound Connections
- Disjoint Layer 2 Networks
- Fabric Interconnect High Availability and Redundancy
- Practice Activity: Design a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Network and Storage Connectivity
Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems
- Hyperconverged and Integrated Systems Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex Solution
- Cisco HyperFlex Scalability and Robustness
- Cisco HyperFlex Clusters
- Cluster Capacity and Multiple Clusters on One Cisco UCS Domain
- External Storage and Graphical Processing Units on Cisco HyperFlex
- Cisco HyperFlex Positioning
Cisco UCS Manager Systemwide Parameters
- Cisco UCS Setup and Management
- Cisco UCS Traffic Management
- Practice Activity: Design Systemwide Parameters in a Cisco UCS Solution
Cisco UCS RBAC
- Roles and Privileges
- Organizations in Cisco UCS Manager
- Locales and Effective Rights
- Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Practice Activity: Design an LDAP Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain
Pools for Service Profiles
- Global and Local Pools
- UUID Suffix and MAC Address Pools
- WWN Pools
- Server and iSCSI Initiator IP Pools
- Practice Activity: Design Pools for Service Profiles in a Cisco UCS Solution
Policies for Service Profiles
- Global vs. Local Policies
- Storage and BIOS Policies
- Boot and Scrub Policies
- IPMI and Maintenance Policies
Network-Specific Adapters and Policies
- LAN Connectivity Controls
- SAN Connectivity Controls
- Virtual Access Layer
- Connectivity Enhancements
- Practice Activity: Design Network-Specific Adapters and Policies in a Cisco UCS Solution
Templates in Cisco UCS Manager
- Templates in Cisco UCS Manager
- Service Profile Templates
- Network Templates
Designing Data Center Automation
- Model-Driven Programmability
- Cisco NX-API Overview
- Programmability Using Python
- Cisco Ansible Module
- Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestration Overview
20 labs
Hands-on labs
Structured labs on real equipment, with 24/7 lab-on-cloud access through Skillopia - our own lab platform.
Hands-on labs
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Case Study 1 Design vPCs.
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Case Study 2 Design FHRP.
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Case Study 3 Design Routing Protocols.
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Case Study 4 Design a Data Center Topology for a Customer.
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Case Study 5 Design Your VXLAN Network.
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Case Study 6 Create a Cisco FEX Design.
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Case Study 7 Design Management and Orchestration in a Cisco UCS Solution.
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Case Study 8 Design a Fibre Channel Network.
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Case Study 9 Design and Integrate an FCoE Solution.
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Case Study 10 Design a Secure SAN.
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Case Study 11 Design Cisco UCS Director for Storage Networking.
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Case Study 12 Design a Cisco UCS Domain and Fabric Interconnect Cabling.
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Case Study 13 Design a Cisco UCS C-Series Server Implementation.
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Case Study 14 Design a Cisco C-Series Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain.
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Case Study 15 Design a Cisco UCS Mini Solution.
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Case Study 16 Design a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Network and Storage Connectivity.
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Case Study 17 Design Systemwide Parameters in a Cisco UCS Solution.
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Case Study 18 Design an LDAP Integration with a Cisco UCS Domain.
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Case Study 19 Design Pools for Service Profiles in a Cisco UCS Solution.
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Case Study 20 Design Network-Specific Adapters and Policies in a Cisco UCS Solution.
Batches
Upcoming start dates
No date is published for this course at the moment. Tell us when you want to start and we will build a batch around it.
No scheduled batch right now
This course runs on demand as well as on the public calendar. Ask us for the next planned date, or tell us the window that suits you - classroom in Mumbai or live online, weekday or weekend - and we will put a batch together and confirm it with you.
Investment
Course Fees
Total course fee
₹25,000
Exam fees are not included. The certification cost is paid directly to the vendor.
Pay module by module, or in full. Talk to us about instalments before you enrol.
Answers
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Designing Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) course fee at RST Forum?
- The course fee is ₹25,000. There are no hidden charges — lab access and course material are included.
- How long is the Designing Data Center Infrastructure (DCID) course?
- 100 hours of live instructor-led training (lectures plus hands-on lab practice), running as weekday-evening or weekend batches.
- Do I need prior experience to join?
- Advanced level. Hands-on experience with Cisco Systems technologies — or an associate-level certification in this track — is strongly recommended before you join.
- Is the training classroom or online?
- Both. Classroom batches run at our Mumbai campus, and the same batch streams live for online students across India. Both get identical lab access and the same instructor.
- Are the labs hands-on?
- Yes — the course includes 20 hands-on labs, practised on real equipment with 24/7 remote lab access through Skillopia, our own lab platform, for practice between classes.
- Can I attend a demo session before enrolling?
- Yes. Sit through a live class with the instructor before you decide - call +91 91672 24466 or send an enquiry and we will schedule it.
- Do you provide placement assistance?
- Placement assistance is included: CV preparation, interview drills with real scenario questions, and referrals through our alumni network of 1 million+ engineers trained since 1997.
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