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
