CCIE Data Center case studies
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CCIE Data Center is an expert-level Cisco certification pathway with a separate core examination and a hands-on lab. Cisco identifies 350-601 DCCOR as the core exam and publishes a distinct CCIE Data Center lab blueprint and equipment/software guidance. The CCIE Data Center case studies are 7 cases and about 1,423 words.
1A selective VLAN outage after a vPC change
A pair of NX-OS switches provides a dual-attached server access layer through vPC. Management access works to both peers.
203 words, about 1 min2A newly attached application is placed in the wrong group
A new application server is connected to an ACI leaf through a trunk. Its physical link is up, and the intended EPG exists under the correct tenant.
207 words, about 1 min3EVPN control state without usable tenant transport
Two leaves participate in an EVPN control plane through a route reflector. Both sessions are established, and the receiving leaf imports the intended route target.
200 words, about 1 min4A portable profile and a failed SAN boot
A compatible replacement server receives a UCS service profile intended to preserve logical network and SAN identity. The profile has been created and associated, but a maintenance setting leaves a rebooting change pending acknowledgment.
209 words, about 1 min5RoCE congestion despite an operational routed fabric
An authorized test network carries an RDMA workload over RoCEv2. Every routed link is up, and small probes between endpoints succeed.
199 words, under 1 min6A misleading mirrored capture and partial service path
A troubleshooting capture is collected through a mirror session that includes both ingress and egress observations for the relevant interfaces. The analyst counts repeated frames and concludes immediately that the fabric is looping.
202 words, about 1 min7An accepted deployment and an uncertain partial result
A maintenance script updates a scoped set of fabric objects through a documented API. It validates JSON syntax, but it does not verify that the configured controller belongs to the intended environment.
203 words, about 1 min