• Implement routing and switching protocols in Data Center environment
• Implement overlay networks in data center
• Introduce high-level Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™) concepts and Cisco Virtual Machine manager (VMM) domain integration
• Describe Cisco Cloud Service and deployment models
• Implement Fibre Channel fabric
• Implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) unified fabric
• Implement security features in data center
• Implement software management and infrastructure monitoring
• Implement Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect and Server abstraction
• Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®)
• Describe Cisco HyperFlex™ infrastructure concepts and benefits
• Implement Cisco automation and scripting tools in data center

• Network designers
• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Systems engineers
• Data center engineers
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects
• Field engineers
• Cisco integrators and partners
• Server administrator
• Network manager

• Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
• Familiarity with SANs
• Familiarity with Fibre Channel protocol
• Identify products in the Cisco Data Center Nexus and Cisco MDS families
• Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center architecture
• Understanding of server system design and architecture
• Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as VMware)

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings:

• CCNA
• DCFNDU

• Implementing Data Center Switching Protocols*
• Implementing First-Hop Redundancy Protocols*
• Implementing Routing in Data Center*
• Implementing Multicast in Data Center*
• Implementing Data Center Overlay Protocols
• Implementing Network Infrastructure Security*
• Describing Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure
• Describing Cisco ACI Building Blocks and VMM Domain Integration
• Describing Packet Flow in Data Center Network*
• Describing Cisco Cloud Service and Deployment Models
• Describing Data Center Network Infrastructure Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
• Explaining Cisco Network Assurance Concepts*
• Implementing Fibre Channel Fabric
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Services
• Implementing FCoE Unified Fabric
• Implementing Storage Infrastructure Security*
• Describing Data Center Storage Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations*
• Describing Cisco UCS Server Form Factors*
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Network Connectivity
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing Server Abstraction
• Implementing Cisco Unified Computing SAN Connectivity
• Implementing Unified Computing Security
• Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems*
• Describing Data Center Unified Computing Management, Maintenance, and Operations*
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Automation and Scripting Tools*
• Describing Cisco Integration with Automation and Orchestration Software Platforms
• Describing Cisco Data Center Automation and Orchestration Technologies*

• Configure Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
• Explore the Cisco ACI Fabric
• Implement Cisco ACI Access Policies and Out-of-Band Management
• Implement Cisco ACI Tenant Policies
• Integrate Cisco ACI with VMware
• Configure Fibre Channel
• Configure Device Aliases
• Configure Zoning
• Configure NPV
• Provision Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster
• Configure Server and Uplink Ports
• Configure VLANs
• Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Hardware Identities
• Configure Basic Identity Pools
• Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
• Configure an Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) Service Profile
• Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users with Microsoft Active Directory
• Configure Cisco Nexus Switches with Ansible
• Program a Cisco Nexus Switch with Python
• Automate Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure Configuration

• Exam Name: Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
• Exam Code: 350-601
• Duration: 120 minutes
• Languages: English, Japanese
• Price: USD 400
• Official Blueprint: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/dccor-exam-topics
• CE Credits: 64