By popular demand – here is the rough outline of the exciting new CCNA Data Center course I am working on at CBT Nuggets!

1. Introduction: The CCNA Data Center
2. Introduction: Getting Your Hands on Equipment
3. Network Virtualization: Module Introduction
4. Network Virtualization: Functional Planes
5. Network Virtualization: Default and Management VRFs
6. Network Virtualization: OTV
7. Network Virtualization: NVGRE
8. Network Virtualization: VXLAN
9. Network Virtualization: Troubleshooting VDC STP
10. Networking Technologies: Module Introduction
11. Networking Technologies: Configuring FEX
12. Networking Technologies: Configuring vPC
13. Networking Technologies: Configuring FabricPath
14. Networking Technologies: Configuring Unified Switch Ports
15. Networking Technologies: Benefits of the Unified Fabric
16. Networking Technologies: RBAC
17. Unified Computing: Module Introduction
18. Unified Computing: Server Types
19. Unified Computing: Connectivity
20. Unified Computing: Cisco UCS
21. Unified Computing: Hardware Abstraction
22. Unified Computing: Configuring High Availability
23. Unified Computing: Configuring Port Roles
24. Unified Computing: Configuring Hardware Discovery
25. Unified Computing: Hypervisors
26. Unified Computing: Virtual Switches
27. Unified Computing: Shared Storage
28. Unified Computing: VM Components
29. Unified Computing: Virtual Machine Manager
30. Automation and Orchestration: Module Introduction
31. Automation and Orchestration: Using APIs
32. Automation and Orchestration: Cloud Computing
33. Automation and Orchestration: UCS Director
34. Automation and Orchestration: Troubleshooting a UCS Director Workflow
35. Application Centric Infrastructure: Module Introduction
36. Application Centric Infrastructure: The ACI Environment
37. Application Centric Infrastructure: ACI Fabric Discovery
38. Application Centric Infrastructure: The ACI Deployment Model
39. Application Centric Infrastructure: The ACI Logical Model