Book description
NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching
Next-Generation Data Center Architectures
Second Edition
The complete guide to planning, configuring, managing, and troubleshooting NX-OS in the enterprise–updated with new technologies and examples
Using Cisco Nexus switches and the NX-OS
operating system, data center professionals can build unified core
networks that deliver unprecedented scalability, resilience,
operational continuity, flexibility, and performance. NX-OS and
Cisco Nexus Switching, Second Edition, is the definitive guide
to applying these breakthrough technologies in real-world
environments. This extensively updated edition contains five new
chapters addressing a wide range of new technologies, including
FabricPath, OTV, IPv6, QoS, VSG, Multi-Hop FCoE, LISP, MPLS, Layer
3 on Nexus 5000, and Config sync. It also presents a
start-to-finish, step-by-step case study of an enterprise customer
who migrated from Cisco Catalyst to a Nexus-based architecture,
illuminated with insights that are applicable in virtually any
enterprise data center. Drawing on decades of experience with
enterprise customers, the authors cover every facet of deploying,
configuring, operating, and troubleshooting NX-OS in today’s
data center. You’ll find updated best practices for high
availability, virtualization, security,
L2/L3 protocol and network support, multicast, serviceability,
provision of networking and storage services, and more. Best of
all, the authors present all the proven commands, sample
configurations, and tips you need to apply these best practices in
your data center.
Ron Fuller, CCIE No. 5851 (Routing and Switching/Storage Networking), Technical Marketing Engineer on Cisco’s Nexus 7000 team, specializes in helping customers design end-to-end data center architectures. Ron has 21 years of industry experience, including 7 at Cisco. He has spoken at Cisco Live on VDCs, NX-OS multicast, and general design.
David Jansen, CCIE No. 5952 (Routing/Switching), is a Cisco Technical Solutions Architect specializing in enterprise data center architecture. He has 20 years of industry experience, 15 of them at Cisco (6 as a solution architect); and has delivered several Cisco Live presentations on NX-OS and data center solutions.
Matthew McPherson, senior systems engineer and solutions architect for the Cisco Central Select Operation, specializes in data center architectures. He has 12 years of experience working with service providers and large finance and manufacturing enterprises, and possesses deep technical knowledge of routing, switching, and security.
Understand the NX-OS command line, virtualization features, and file system
Utilize the NX-OS comprehensive Layer 2/Layer 3 support: vPC, Spanning Tree Protocol, Cisco FabricPath, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, GLBP, and VRRP
Configure IP multicast with PIM, Auto-RP, and MSDP
Secure your network with CTS, SGTs, ACLs, CoPP, and DAI
Establish a trusted set of network devices with Cisco TrustSec
Maximize availability with ISSU, stateful process restart/switchover, and non-stop forwarding
Improve serviceability with SPAN, ERSPAN, configuration checkpoints/rollback, packet analysis, Smart Call Home, Python, and PoAP
Unify storage and Ethernet fabrics with FCoE, NPV, and NPIV
Take full advantage of Nexus 1000V in a virtualized environment
Achieve superior QoS with MQ CLI, queuing, and marking
Extend L2 networks across L3 infrastructure with Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
Deliver on SLAs by integrating MPLS application components such as L3 VPNs, traffic engineering, QoS, and mVPN
Support mobility via the new Locator ID Separation Protocol (LISP)
Walk step-by-step through a realistic Nexus and NX-OS data center migration
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Authors
- About the Technical Reviewers
- Dedications
- Acknowledgments
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Icons Used in This Book
- Command Syntax Conventions
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Cisco NX-OS
- Chapter 2. Layer 2 Support and Configurations
- Chapter 3. Layer 3 Support and Configurations
-
Chapter 4. IP Multicast Configuration
- Multicast Operation
- PIM Configuration on Nexus 7000 and Nexus 5500
- IGMP Operation
- IGMP Configuration on Nexus 7000
- IGMP Configuration on Nexus 5000
- IGMP Configuration on Nexus 1000V
- MSDP Configuration on Nexus 7000
- Administrative Scoping of Multicast RPs in PIM
- Configuring PIM Join and Prune Policies
- Multicast and Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Summary
-
Chapter 5. Security
- Configuring RADIUS
- Configuring TACACS+
- Configuring SSH
- Cisco TrustSec
- Configuring Cisco TrustSec: IEEE 802.1AE LinkSec
- Configuring IP ACLs
- Configuring MAC ACLs
- Configuring VLAN ACLs
- Configuring Port Security
- Configuring DHCP Snooping
- Configuring Dynamic ARP Inspection
- Configuring IP Source Guard
- Configuring Keychain Management
- Configuring Traffic Storm Control
- Configuring Unicast RPF
- Configuring Control Plane Policing
- Configuring Rate Limits
- SNMPv3
- Summary
- Chapter 6. High Availability
-
Chapter 7. Embedded Serviceability Features
- SPAN
- ERSPAN on Nexus 1000V
- ERSPAN on Nexus 7000
- ERSPAN on Nexus 5x00
- Embedded Analyzer
- Smart Call Home
- Configuration Checkpoint and Rollback on Nexus 7000
- Configuration Checkpoint and Rollback on Nexus 5x00
- NetFlow
- Network Time Protocol
- Precision Time Protocol
- IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet)
- Power On Auto-Provisioning
- Python
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Unified Fabric
-
Chapter 9. Nexus 1000V
- Hypervisor and vSphere Introduction
- Nexus 1000V System Overview
- Nexus 1000V Switching Overview
- Nexus 1000V VSM Installation
- 1000V Port Profiles
- Virtual Network Management Center
- Virtual Security Gateway
- Install Virtual Security Gateway on the Nexus 1010
- Virtual Extensible LAN
- Nexus 1000v Network Analysis Module
- Summary
- Chapter 10. Quality of Service (QoS)
- Chapter 11. Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
- Chapter 12. Layer 3 Virtualization and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
- Chapter 13. LISP
- Chapter 14. Nexus Migration Case Study
- Index
- Ad Pages
Product information
- Title: NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures, Second Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2013
- Publisher(s): Cisco Press
- ISBN: 9780132883573
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