Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center Operations — Requirements & Free Practice

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Cisco specialist certification earned by passing the 300-615 DCIT examination.

Licensing authority: Cisco Systems, Inc.

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Examination outline

Network (25%)
- Troubleshoot routing protocols
- Troubleshoot switching protocols, such as RSTP+, LACP, and vPC
- Troubleshoot overlay protocols, such as VXLAN EVPN
- Troubleshoot Application Centric Infrastructure
Compute Platforms (25%)
- Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System rack servers
- Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System blade chassis
- Troubleshoot packet flow from server to the fabric
- Troubleshoot hardware interoperability
- Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability
Storage Network (15%)
- Troubleshoot Fibre Channel physical infrastructure
- Troubleshoot Fibre Channel services
Automation (15%)
- Troubleshoot automation and scripting tools
- Troubleshoot programmability and orchestration
Management and Operations (20%)
- Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability
- Troubleshoot integration of centralized management such as Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Intersight
- Troubleshooting network security
- Troubleshoot ACI security domains and role mapping
- Troubleshoot data center compute security
- Troubleshoot storage security

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