300-610: Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v1.1 (DCID 300-610) is a 90-minute exam associated with the CCNP Data Center Certification. This exam certifies a candidate's knowledge of data center infrastructure design including network, compute, storage network, and automation. The course, Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure, helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

This exam tests your knowledge of data center infrastructure design, including:

◉ Network

◉ Compute

◉ Storage network

◉ Automation

300-610: Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)

Cisco 300-610 Exam Overview:

Exam Name	Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure
Exam Number	300-610 DCID
Exam Number	$300 USD
Duration	90 minutes
Number of Questions	55-65
Passing Score	Variable (750-850 / 1000 Approx.)
Recommended Training	Designing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCID)
Sample Questions	Cisco 300-610 Sample Questions
Practice Exam	Cisco Certified Specialist Data Center Design Practice Test

Cisco 300-610 Exam Topics:

Section	Weight	Objectives
Network Design	35%	- Evaluate options for Layer 2 connectivity ◉ Endpoint mobility ◉ Redundancy/high availability ◉ Convergence ◉ Services insertion - Evaluate options for Layer 3 connectivity ◉ IP mobility ◉ Redundancy / high availability (graceful restart, NSF) ◉ Convergence ◉ Services insertion (load balancing, security) - Evaluate data center technologies for port channel services (vPC and LACP) - Evaluate options for interconnecting data centers with VXLAN EVPN - Evaluate options for routing virtualization with VRF lite - Evaluate in-band and out-of-band options for management - Evaluate redundancy options such as active/active and disaster recovery site
Compute Design	25%	- Evaluate options for Ethernet connectivity ◉ Redundancy / high availability ◉ Bandwidth (oversubscription) ◉ Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode) - Evaluate options for storage connectivity ◉ Bandwidth (port-channels, oversubscription) ◉ Fabric interconnect operation mode (switch mode, end host mode) ◉ Direct-attached storage (appliance, FC storage, and FCoE ports) - Evaluate options for network device virtualization in a data center (Cisco VIC adapters) ◉ Service profiles ◉ vCon placement policies ◉ Ethernet adaptor policies ◉ Fibre Channel adapter policies - Evaluate options for hyperconverged infrastructure ◉ Cluster mode ◉ HX for virtual server ◉ Desktop virtualization
Storage Network Design	20%	- Plan for iSCSI deployment in a data center (Multipathing and addressing schemes) - Evaluate QoS requirements in a data center ◉ Fibre Channel ◉ FCoE ◉ FCIP ◉ iSCSI - Determine FCoE/ Fibre Channel interface ◉ Port types ◉ ISL ◉ Oversubscription - Evaluate SAN topology options
Automation Design	20%	- Evaluate options for network orchestration and automation ◉ Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller ◉ Cisco Intersight ◉ REST API (NX-API, JSON encoding, and XML encodings) ◉ Model-driven programmability ◉ Ansible ◉ Python - Evaluate options for compute orchestration and automation ◉ Service profile templates ◉ vNIC templates ◉ vHBA templates ◉ Global policies vs. local policies - Describe Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator workflows