Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR)

When a data center service goes down, the cause is often hard to find. A routing change, a missing zone in the storage fabric, a server profile pointing at the wrong VLAN, or an untested script can all produce similar symptoms. Running a data center reliably requires engineers who understand every layer well enough to trace a problem from the application down to the physical port. The Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (350-601 DCCOR) course is built to develop that end-to-end understanding.

As the CCNP Data Center core training, the course is organized around five domains. The network domain covers Cisco Nexus switching and routing, including OSPF, BGP, multicast, vPC, and first-hop redundancy, as well as VXLAN BGP EVPN overlays and the role of Cisco ACI. The compute domain explains how Cisco UCS uses Fabric Interconnects, service profiles and policies to keep server configuration consistent, with Cisco Intersight for centralized management.

The storage network domain focuses on Fibre Channel fabrics, VSANs, zoning, NPV/NPIV and FCoE, the building blocks of reliable server-to-storage connectivity. The automation domain shows how Python, REST APIs, Ansible and Terraform can replace error-prone manual changes with repeatable, version-controlled configuration. The security domain covers AAA, RBAC, ACLs, control plane policing and first-hop security, which protect both the infrastructure and the workloads it carries.

Throughout the course, the emphasis is on operating these technologies well: verifying configuration, interpreting output and isolating faults. The content aligns with the 350-601 DCCOR exam, the core exam for CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center.

Course Objectives

This course will enable you to:

• Implement and verify Cisco Nexus routing and switching features, including OSPF, BGP, multicast, vPC, and first-hop redundancy.
• Explain and configure VXLAN BGP EVPN, and describe how Cisco ACI applies policy-based networking.
• Maintain consistent server configuration with Cisco UCS service profiles, templates and policies, and Cisco Intersight.
• Build and verify Fibre Channel storage connectivity using VSANs, zoning, NPV/NPIV and FCoE.
• Reduce manual change risk by automating tasks with Python, REST APIs, Ansible and Terraform.
• Apply AAA, RBAC, ACLs, control plane policing, and first-hop security to protect the data center.
• Monitor and troubleshoot issues that span network, compute, and storage layers.