300-540: Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure (SPCNI)

This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of:

◉ Designing and implementing virtualized architecture

◉ Cloud interconnect

◉ High availability

◉ Security

◉ Service assurance

◉ Optimization best practices

300-540: Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure (SPCNI)

Cisco 300-540 Exam Overview:

Exam Name	Designing and Implementing Cisco Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure
Exam Number	300-540 SPCNI
Exam Number	$300 USD
Duration	90 minutes
Number of Questions	55-65
Passing Score	Variable (750-850 / 1000 Approx.)
Recommended Training	Designing and Implementing Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints (SCAZT)
Sample Questions	Cisco 300-540 Sample Questions
Practice Exam	Cisco Certified Specialist Service Provider Cloud Network Infrastructure Practice Test

Cisco 300-540 Exam Topics:

Section	Weight	Objectives
Virtualized Architecture	25%	- Describe IaaS constraints such as VLAN scale and segmentation - Determine the cloud service model (such as IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS) for private, public, or hybrid deployments - Describe container orchestration and virtual machines - Implement virtualization functions ◉ NFV ◉ VNF ◉ NSO ◉ Virtualized Cisco platforms - Deploy NFV using automation and orchestration ◉ Onboarding VNF ◉ NFV orchestration using NSO ◉ NETCONF, RESTCONF, and REST APIs ◉ Yang models and gNMI/gRPC ◉ OpenStack
Cloud Interconnect	25%	- Describe carrier-neutral facilities ◉ Connectivity options to cloud providers ◉ Connectivity options to other carrier-neutral facilities or customer locations ◉ Cloud edge facilities and interconnections - Evaluate WAN infrastructure connectivity ◉ Direct connect ◉ MPLS/segment routing ◉ IPsec VPN - Troubleshoot DCI solutions ◉ EVPN VXLAN ◉ EVPN over SR/MPLS ◉ ACI ◉ Pseudowires
High Availability	20%	- Implement technologies for high availability ◉ VNF data plane redundancy using placement and network resiliency ◉ Control plane high availability within single VIM ◉ Data plane high availability (compute, vNIC, and TOR) - Implement multi-homing - Implement EVLAG - Implement a virtual private cloud - Implement ECMP from NFVI to physical infrastructure such as BGP multi-path, OSPF, and IS-IS - Recommend design models for high availability such as DNS, routing, and load balancers
Security	15%	- Implement infrastructure security ◉ ACL ◉ uRPF ◉ RTBH and router hardening ◉ BGP flowspec ◉ TACACS ◉ MACSEC - Describe DoS mitigation techniques - Describe NFVI security ◉ API security ◉ Secure NFVI control and management plane ◉ Network segmentation in service provider cloud environment ◉ TLS and mTLS - Describe cloud security solutions such as DNS security, zero-day exploit, and virus detectors
Service Assurance and Optimization	15%	- Describe network assurance ◉ NFVI MANO ◉ VNF workloads ◉ VIM control plane KPIs ◉ Streaming telemetry with gRPC and gNMI - Describe cloud infrastructure and performance monitoring ◉ SR-PM ◉ NetFlow and IPFIX ◉ Logging with syslog ◉ SNMP traps and RMON ◉ Cloud agents ◉ Automatic fault management - Diagnose NFVI errors and events - Describe VNF optimization ◉ SR-IOV ◉ Software accelerated virtual switch (DPDK and VPP)