As any CCIE candidate knows, there is no escape from the hours and hours of reading that comes along with preparing for the written exam and the lab exam. The new CCIE Data Center certification is no exception. There is a lot of prerequisite reading that should be done before sitting down at the keyboard and pounding away at the CLI, and we have compiled a manageable list that we are recommending candidates to go through before attending our upcoming CCIE Data Center Live Online Bootcamps.
This list, like our bootcamps, is broken down into three topic domains: Nexus Switching, Storage, and Unified Computing. All of the books listed below are available on Safari Online for those of you that want to save a few trees. The vast major of the list however is comprised of Cisco documentation. Since these technologies are so new – say compared to OSPF – there are not as many traditional books available. What I would recommend for people going through this track is to start with the first book listed in each category (or in the case of Storage, the first two) and use these as an overview of the technologies that are within that topic domain. Once you have a basic understanding of what’s involved, then go through the configuration guides in detail to see the specific technology details, platform caveats (there are a lot, you’ll see
), syntax examples, etc. This list may expand in the future but for right now it’s a really good starting point for anyone that is going to be pursuing CCIE DC, or just wants to learn these technologies in general.- Nexus Switching
- NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures
- Nexus 5000 Configuration Guides
- Nexus 7000 Configuration Guides
- Storage
- Introduction to Storage Area Networks
- Storage Networks Explained: Basics and Application of Fibre Channel SAN, NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand and FCoE, Second Edition
- MDS 9000 Configuration Guides
- Unified Computing
- Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) (Data Center): A Complete Reference Guide to the Cisco Data Center Virtualization Server Architecture
- UCS Manager Configuration Guides
- Nexus 1000V Configuration Guides
- Cisco ACE 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliances Configuration Guides
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