CCNP DC Question

Nutsy

TE,

I got asked to complete a test that is in the CCNP DC track. Anyways, first thing is I went over to view the exam objectives. Any sort of implementation/configure question I don't mind. However, ones that are a little more on there are some exam objectives that seem a little more marketing type quesitons. For example:

Describe the Cisco Business Advantage Data Center network architecture from a Nexus product point of view

I googled "Cisco Business Advantage Data Center network architecture." I found this page:

http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco_data_center_business_advantage/

It basically states that it is Cisco's newest DC strategy. Anyways, so to prepare for a task like this, is this the type of task you would read the cisco validated designs? Or maybe their white papers?

Any constructive input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

srg

Yeah probably the design and whitepapers or anything that explains what problems the Nexus products solve, how and why.

Network_Engineer

The entire Nexus product family is very expensive, therefore the cost will need to be justified. The business advantage explains the benefits of expanding into unified computing and unified fabric, which helps increase profitability, delivery of new services and solve scalability issues. There are tons of hits on google on the Data Center Business Advantage portfolio.

Data Center Business Advantage - Cisco Systems, Inc.

Data Center and Virtualization Architecture - Cisco Systems