Cisco DCCOR (350-601) case studies
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DCCOR (350-601) is the core exam on Cisco's data center certification path, aimed at engineers who implement and operate data center infrastructure rather than merely describe it. Candidates typically already work with Nexus switching, UCS compute, SAN fabrics, or data center automation, and are validating that they can configure, secure, and troubleshoot these domains together. The published blueprint weights the five domains as Network 25%, Compute 25%, Storage Network 20%, Security 15%, and Automation 15%, so network and compute together account for half the exam and deserve the most lab time. Expect performance-style and multiple-choice items spanning routing and switching, overlay fabrics, device virtualization, Fibre Channel and FCoE, AAA and role-based access, and policy or template-driven automation. The Cisco DCCOR (350-601) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,155 words.
1VXLAN EVPN vPC Peer-Link Failure with Orphan Ports
A financial services firm runs a VXLAN EVPN fabric with two spine switches and six leaf switches on NX-OS 10.2(5). Leaf-03 and Leaf-04 form a vPC pair for VLAN 210, whose anycast gateway is 10.20.10.1/24.
675 words, about 3 min2UCS Service Profile Association Failure After Firmware Cleanup
An enterprise runs a Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect pair at 4.2(3) with two chassis and eight B200 M6 blades. A service profile named SP-ESX-PROD-07 is associated with blade 3/3 and boots VMware ESXi from SAN.
644 words, about 3 min3MDS NPV Uplink VSAN Mismatch and Stale Device Alias
A media company runs a Fibre Channel SAN with two Cisco MDS 9700 core switches and four MDS 9148S edge switches in NPV mode. Hosts connect to the edge switches; the storage array connects to the core.
641 words, about 3 min4NX-OS TACACS+ Command Authorization and Fallback Lockout
A network team manages 12 Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX switches running NX-OS 10.2(5). AAA is configured with two Cisco ISE TACACS+ servers and local fallback.
578 words, about 3 min5Ansible NX-API Failures Across a Mixed NX-OS Fleet
An automation team manages 40 Nexus 9000 switches with Ansible using the cisco.nxos.nxos config module over NX-API HTTPS. The inventory contains a mix of NX-OS 9.3(10) and 10.3(4a).
617 words, about 3 min