CCIE Data Center study guide
CCIE Data Center · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
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 study guide has 7 sections and about 3,128 words.
01Switching, routing, and multicast diagnosis
Draw the source, destination, VLAN, routing context, gateway, and physical dependencies before changing a device. Management access, a routing session, and an application session are different observations.
465 words, about 2 min02ACI objects, access relationships, and policy
ACI separates organizational policy, forwarding context, endpoint classification, and physical attachment. A tenant is not itself a completed application network.
447 words, about 2 min03EVPN overlays and external fabric connectivity
VXLAN provides encapsulated connectivity between tunnel endpoints, while EVPN distributes relevant reachability and membership information. An established EVPN control session is not evidence that the underlay can carry packets between VTEP source addresses.
442 words, about 2 min04UCS, compute identity, and service dependencies
A UCS service profile or an applicable Intersight server profile represents a set of identity, compute, storage, management, and network relationships. Management mode matters: a standalone server and an FI-attached managed server do not automatically use interchangeable policy workflows.
448 words, about 2 min05SAN access and converged storage transport
A visible adapter is not proof of complete storage access. Trace the actual initiator identity and intended fabric, then inspect login and name-server observations, active zoning, target availability, array presentation, and host multipath state.
451 words, about 2 min06Security, visibility, and traffic services
Security controls act at specific places and on specific fields. An ordered ACL can deny a flow before a later permit is reached.
440 words, about 2 min07Programmability and controlled infrastructure workflows
Start with the intended target environment, object scope, desired result, and validation criteria. A syntactically valid payload sent to the wrong tenant is still wrong.
435 words, about 2 min