Zero to Hero NDFC video guide
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) formerly, known as Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), is the network management platform for all NX-OS (Nexus Switching) enabled deployments, spanning LAN fabric and Classic LAN architectures, IP Fabric for Media, and Storage Networking deployments for the Cisco Nexus-powered Data Center. This session will serve as an introduction to NDFC providing an overview of the product while highlighting the main features of the latest NDFC 12 release. NDFC 12 is an application that runs on top of Nexus Dashboard (ND). In this session, we will briefly look at Nexus Dashboard, NDFC installation, and various deployment options with ND. We will then move on to LAN fabric mode for VXLAN EVPN and Classic LAN fabric. The focus will be on best practice template-based provisioning capabilities with built-in configuration compliance and the myriad deployment scenarios. We will also walk-through Day 2 features like Compute Visibility using Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) integration, the Switch Dashboard, real-time topology search, and finally, close with the licensing structure.
What you’ll learn
- How to configure DC with NDFC.
- How to configure vxlan evpn bgp via NDFC.
- How to configure HSRP, VPC, OSPF via NDFC.
- How to implement multi-site DC via NDFC.
Course Content
- Course Introduction –> 3 lectures • 13min.
- Configure DC via NDFC –> 6 lectures • 1hr 13min.
- Multi-Site configuration via NDFC –> 12 lectures • 2hr 19min.
Requirements
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) formerly, known as Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), is the network management platform for all NX-OS (Nexus Switching) enabled deployments, spanning LAN fabric and Classic LAN architectures, IP Fabric for Media, and Storage Networking deployments for the Cisco Nexus-powered Data Center. This session will serve as an introduction to NDFC providing an overview of the product while highlighting the main features of the latest NDFC 12 release. NDFC 12 is an application that runs on top of Nexus Dashboard (ND). In this session, we will briefly look at Nexus Dashboard, NDFC installation, and various deployment options with ND. We will then move on to LAN fabric mode for VXLAN EVPN and Classic LAN fabric. The focus will be on best practice template-based provisioning capabilities with built-in configuration compliance and the myriad deployment scenarios. We will also walk-through Day 2 features like Compute Visibility using Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) integration, the Switch Dashboard, real-time topology search, and finally, close with the licensing structure.
In this course you will learn:-
NDFC support
NDFC Features
Create DC fabric and discover devices
vPC configuration
HSRP Configuration via NDFC
OSPF configuration via NDFC
VMM Integration via NDFC
Multi-site DC configuration