Designing Cisco Cloud Architectures (DCCA )

Course Objectives

You will become familiar with Cisco product sets and technologies that contribute to a successful cloud based solution. You will be able to assess the technical requirements of a cloud services customer and map these to Cisco’s cloud solutions leveraging appropriate design considerations to create robust solutions based on detailed product knowledge.
 

Learning Objectives:
 

By the end of the class the students will be able to:

• Understand the cloud deployment models and Cisco’s Cloud Computing solutions
• Identify technical requirements within a cloud computing environment
• Create Cisco based solutions to meet customers’ cloud computing requirements

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Services

To ensure that the Sales professionals interact effectively with customers providing cloud services, be familiar with the different cloud services models and Cisco’s cloud architectures

• Module 1 Part 1: Cloud Service Models
• Module 1 Part 2: Cisco’s Data Centre Strategy
• Module 1 Part 3: Cisco Cloud Solutions

Module 2: Opportunities for Cisco in the Cloud

Assess suitable customer environments that could benefit from Cisco’s cloud based solutions

• Module 2 Part 1: Unified computing enabling cloud services
• Module 2 Part 2: High Availability in the Cloud
• Module 2 Part 3: Virtualized resource management
• Module 2 Part 4: Data Storage and Backup

Module 3: Architecting Cisco Cloud Solutions

Understand how Cisco’s cloud solutions can be mapped to cloud requirements

• Module 3 Part 1: Designing a data centre wide solution for the cloud
• Module 3 Part 2: Consolidation and virtualization solutions in the cloud
• Module 3 Part 3: Architecting for secure cloud services
• Module 3 Part 4: Optimizing service delivery to the cloud provider’s clients

Module 4: Delivering Cisco Cloud Solutions

Students will learn how to effectively differentiate Cisco’s cloud product sets and technologies and position them in the data center

• Module 4 Part 1: Identifying and Qualifying Cloud Computing Requirements
• Module 4 Part 2: Handling Objections

Module 5: Cisco in the Cloud

Appreciate how Cisco’s cloud solutions offer a competitive advantage in the data center