Cisco Data Center Virtualization

As organizations accelerate AI adoption, the need for agile, high-performance infrastructure is transforming the modern data center. This course empowers learners to explore Cisco Nexus switch management and control planes, Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), and virtualization concepts such as hypervisors and Virtual Machine Managers. You’ll build a solid foundation in overlay network protocols including Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), enabling you to segment physical devices into multiple virtual devices that function independently. What sets this course apart is its focus on operational segmentation into functional planes, which supports features like Control Plane Policing (CoPP) and stateful error recovery to prevent operational disruptions. You will gain practical knowledge of virtualization technology that transforms hardware into software, allowing multiple operating systems to run as virtual machines on a single physical server. The course also covers the VMware product portfolio and its interaction within virtualized environments. Additionally, you’ll learn about network overlays that provide connectivity without imposing restrictions on underlying infrastructure, and the role of VMware vSwitches in data center virtual infrastructure design. This course prepares you to establish a stable, high-performance data center environment with easy management, supporting business needs for high availability and optimized application response times. By completing this course, you will be equipped to manage complex virtualization demands and contribute effectively to modern, scalable data center networks.