CLDFND 1.1 - Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals

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This is an Associate-level self-study technical course in the curriculum for the CCNA Cloud certification. It covers the following foundational knowledge, skills, and technologies: Cloud characteristics, Cloud deployment models such as Cisco cloud infrastructure, Unified fabric, and Unified storage.

Upon course completion, students will be able to:

" Describe common cloud characteristics and service models " Compare cloud deployment models " Explain the function of the data center as a major resource for cloud services " Illustrate key features of Cisco UCS " Define server virtualization " Describe network architectures for the data center " Describe Cisco ACI " Describe infrastructure virtualization " Define virtual networking services " Define virtual application containers " Analyze storage provisioning concepts " Describe basic SAN and NAS storage concepts " Compare the differences between all the storage access technologies " Identify the various Cisco storage network devices " Describe various reference architectures for converged infrastructure

This Cisco self-paced course is designed to be as effective as classroom training. Course content is presented in easily-consumable segments via both Instructor Video and text. Interactivity is enabled through Discovery Labs, content review questions, and graded Challenge assessments. This makes the learning experience hands-on, increasing course effectiveness, and provides students direct feedback on how well they have mastered the material. Gamification features are built in, including earning badges, achievements, and a leaderboard, to encourage better performance.