Cisco CCNA Cloud – Cisco Certified Cloud Associate

2.0 Cloud Deployment

2.1 Describe cloud deployment models

• 2.1.a Public
• 2.1.b Private
• 2.1.c Community
• 2.1.d Hybrid

2.2 Describe the Components of the Cisco Intercloud Solution

• 2.2.a Describe the benefits of Cisco Intercloud
• 2.2.b Describe Cisco Intercloud Fabric Services

3.0 Basic Knowledge of Cloud Compute

3.1 Identify key features of Cisco UCS

• 3.1.a Cisco UCS Manager
• 3.1.b Cisco UCS Central
• 3.1.c B-Series
• 3.1.d C-Series
• 3.1.e Server identity (profiles, templates, pools)

3.2 Describe Server Virtualization

• 3.2.a Basic knowledge of different OS and hypervisors

4.0 Basic Knowledge of Cloud Networking

4.1 Describe network architectures for the data center

• 4.1.a Cisco Unified Fabric
• 4.1.a.1 Describe the Cisco Nexus product family
• 4.1.a.2 Describe device virtualization
• 4.1.b SDN
• 4.1.b.1 Separation of control and data
• 4.1.b.2 Programmability
• 4.1.b.3 Basic understanding Open Daylight
• 4.1.c ACI
  • 4.1.c.1 Describe how ACI solves the problem not addressed by SDN
  • 4.1.c.2 Describe benefits of leaf/spine architecture
  • 4.1.c.3 Describe the role of APIC Controller

4.2 Describe Infrastructure Virtualization

• 4.2.a Difference between vSwitch and DVS
• 4.2.b Cisco Nexus 1000V components
• 4.2.b.1 VSM
• 4.2.b.2 VEM
• 4.2.b.3 VSM appliance
• 4.2.c Difference between VLAN and VXLAN
• 4.2.d Virtual networking services
• 4.2.e Define Virtual Application Containers
• 4.2.e.1 Three-tier application container
• 4.2.e.2 Custom container

5.0 Basic Knowledge of Cloud Storage

5.1 Describe storage provisioning concepts

• 5.1.a Thick
• 5.1.b Thin
• 5.1.c RAID
• 5.1.d Disk pools

5.2 Describe the difference between all the storage access technologies

• 5.2.a Difference between SAN and NAS; block and file
• 5.2.b Block technologies
• 5.2.c File technologies

5.3 Describe basic SAN storage concepts

• 5.3.a Initiator, target, zoning
• 5.3.b VSAN
• 5.3.c LUN

5.4 Describe basic NAS storage concepts

• 5.4.a Shares / mount points
• 5.4.b Permissions

5.5 Describe the various Cisco storage network devices

• 5.5.a Cisco MDS family
• 5.5.b Cisco Nexus family
• 5.5.c UCS Invicta (Whiptail)

.6 Describe various integrated infrastructures

• 5.6.a FlexPod (NetApp)
• 5.6.b VBlock (VCE)
• 5.6.c VSPEX (EMC)
• 5.6.d OpenBlock (Red Hat)

2.0 Chargeback and Billing Reports

2.1 Describe the chargeback model

• 2.1.a Describe chargeback features
• 2.1.b Describe budget policy
• 2.1.c Describe cost models
• 2.1.d Describe adding a cost model to a tenant

2.2 Generate various reports for virtual and physical accounts

• 2.2.a Execute billing reports
• 2.2.b Execute a system utilization reporting
• 2.2.c Execute a snapshot report

3.0 Cloud Provisioning

3.1 Describe predefined Cisco UCS Director-based services within the Cisco Prime Service Catalog

• 3.1.a Describe the configuration of service names and icons
• 3.1.b Describe order permissions
• 3.1.b (i) RBAC
• 3.1.c Describe template formats
• 3.1.c (i) Storage
• 3.1.c (ii) Compute
• 3.1.c (iii) Network
• 3.1.c (iv) Virtualization

3.2 Describe provisioning verification

• 3.2.a Describe how to place an order for a service from the Cisco Primer Service Catalog as an end-user
• 3.2.b Verify that provisioning is done correctly
• 3.2.c Access VMs and applications that have been provisioned

3.3 Deploy preconfigured templates and make minor changes to the service catalog offerings that do not affect workflows or services

• 3.3.a Describe the deployment of templates: storage, compute, network, and virtualization
• 3.3.b Describe differences between the templates
• 3.3.c Describe the need to convert between templates

4.0 Cloud Systems Management and Monitoring

4.1 Identify the components of Cisco Prime Service Catalog

• 4.1.a End-user store front
• 4.1.b Stack designer
• 4.1.c Heat orchestration

4.2 Describe the components of Cisco UCS Director

• 4.2.a Describe infrastructure management and monitoring
• 4.2.b Describe orchestration
• 4.2.c Describe the portal
• 4.2.d Describe the Bare Metal Agent

4.3 Describe Cisco UCS Performance Manager

• 4.3.a Describe capacity planning
• 4.3.b Describe bandwidth monitoring
• 4.3.c Describe how host groups facilitate dynamic monitoring

4.4 Describe the components of Cisco IAC

• 4.4.a Describe Cisco Process Orchestrator
• 4.4.b Describe Cisco Prime Service Catalog
• 4.4.c Describe Cisco Server Provisioner

4.5 Perform cloud monitoring using Cisco Prime Service Catalog, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco Prime infrastructure

• 4.5.a Describe fault monitoring
• 4.5.b Describe performance monitoring
• 4.5.c Describe monitoring of provisioning outcomes

4.6 Create monitoring dashboards

• 4.6.a Configure custom dashboards
• 4.6.b Configure threshold settings

5.0 Cloud Remediation

5.1 Configure serviceability options

• 5.1.a Configure syslog
• 5.1.b Configure NTP
• 5.1.c Configure DNS
• 5.1.d Configure DHCP
• 5.1.e Configure SMTP

5.2 Interpret Logs for root cause analysis

• 5.2.a Analyze fault logs
• 5.2.b Analyze admin logs
• 5.2.c Analyze application logs

5.3 Configure backups

• 5.3.a Configure database backup
• 5.3.b Configure database restore