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This topic is a chance to discuss more about how Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) / VXLAN Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) works. It covers the best practices to deploy a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) EVPN fabric. Data centers are complicated to manage and troubleshoot, particularly when they are related to VXLAN. Nevertheless, after BGP implementation for VXLAN emerged, the use of BGP EVPN for deployment and manageability has become much simpler. The Cisco Nexus 9000 has the capability to deploy VXLAN fabric with BGP EVPN. 

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Ask questions from Tuesday 28th of August to Friday 7th of September, 2018

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Vinit Jain is a technical leader with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and provides escalation support in areas of routing and data center technologies. He is an author of the Cisco Press titles “Troubleshooting BGP” and “Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus Switches and NX-OS”, and also for the Live lesson video series “BGP Troubleshooting”. Vinit is a distinguished speaker at various networking forums, which include global Cisco Live events on various topics. Before he joined Cisco, Vinit worked as a CCIE trainer and a network consultant. In addition to his CCIEs (No. 22854), he holds multiple certifications on programming and databases. Vinit has obtained a Bachelor of Mathematics degree and a Master’s degree in Information Technology in India. 

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Webcast: Introduction to VXLAN EVPN

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The main focus of this session is to provide a better understanding of how Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) / VXLAN Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) works and the best practices to deploy a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) EVPN fabric. Data centers are complicated to manage and troubleshoot, particularly when they are related to VXLAN. Nevertheless, after BGP implementation for VXLAN emerged, the use of BGP EVPN for deployment and manageability has become much simpler. The Cisco Nexus 9000 has the capability to deploy VXLAN fabric with BGP EVPN. This event includes a live demonstration of this solution. 

Agenda

• VXLAN overview
  • Flood-and-Learn
  • Ingress replication
• VXLAN EVPN overview
• Configuration
• Demonstration

Featured Speaker

Vinit Jain is a technical leader with the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) and provides escalation support in areas of routing and data center technologies. He is an author of the Cisco Press titles “Troubleshooting BGP” and “Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus Switches and NX-OS”, and also for the Live lesson video series “BGP Troubleshooting”. Vinit is a distinguished speaker at various networking forums, which include global Cisco Live events on various topics. Before he joined Cisco, Vinit worked as a CCIE trainer and a network consultant. In addition to his CCIEs (No. 22854), he holds multiple certifications on programming and databases. Vinit has obtained a Bachelor of Mathematics degree and a Master’s degree in Information Technology in India. 

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Webcast: Automate Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches with Open NX-OS Programmability

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Today's Data Center networks have increased in size exponentially and customers continuously demand faster deployment to production. Network automation and programmability can be leveraged by network engineers in order to provide the agility that customers demand.

This event provides an overview of how to accelerate/automate the configuration and deployment of network features with Nexus 9000 in order to obtain greater network visibility. Learn more about the usage of Model Driven Programmability or open programmable APIs with DevOps tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

The session includes demonstrations from a lab environment, with references to external resources and toolkits that can be leveraged in a Programmable Network environment.

Agenda

• Why we need to automate?
• Automate Nexus 9000 Series Switches Provisioning
• Automate Nexus 9000 Series Switches Configuration
• Automate Nexus 9000 Series Switches Monitoring

Featured Speaker

Deepak Yadav is an engineer with over a decade of experience in the IT industry and currently works as a Customer Support Engineer with Cisco’s Technical Assistance Center (TAC) in the Data Center Switching team in Belgium. He has experience in different Nexus platforms such as 3000, 5000, 7000, and 9000 Series Switches, as well as in Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders, Nexus Data Brokers, Virtual Port-channel, Spanning-Tree, FabricPath, Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN), and Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV). Deepak has participated in Cisco Live Technical Support clinic and delivering training to partners on Data Center Switching technologies troubleshooting and NX-OS programmability.

He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Applications and a CCIE in Data Center (#46109).

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This week we're excited to have Ramses Smeyers (Principle Engineer) to give you a basic introduction into Ansible and the ACI automation use-case. Once understood, we will see how to apply this automation language on ACI to automate day-2 operations such as access polices and tenants creation. To top it off, we will end with an example use-case allowing you to automate an entire ACI fabric.

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Webcast: Evolution of Data Center: From Classic Ethernet to VXLAN  

(Live Webcast Tuesday May 15, 2018 at 10 am Pacific/ 1 pm Eastern / 7 pm Paris) 

This event provides an overview of the changes that the Data Center technology has gone through in order to meet business requirements, with a particular focus on Nexus platforms. It covers single switches and large Layer 2 domains to Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) and Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) advantages and improvements. The session features the latest available technologies added to the Nexus 7000 and 9000, such as virtual Port Channel (vPC), FabricPath, VXLAN, and ACI, along with the best practices to implement and design them.

A live demonstration of the best troubleshooting tips and practices for Nexus platforms is included in this session.

Featured Speaker

Tiago Silva is a Network Consulting Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the IT industry and currently works at Cisco’s Global Service Provider (GSP) in Montreal. Tiago has experience in several IT fields such as Transport Networks, Security, Wireless, and LAN/WAN. However, in the last years he has focused on Service Provider and Data Center technologies. He has worked at Embratel, Alstom, Capgemini, and Aimia (Aeroplan). Tiago holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and a Telecom technician degree. He also has several certifications: CCNA wireless, CCNA Security, CCDP, CCNP R&S, and a CCIE DC (#58005).

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about the troubleshooting tools and best methodologies practices on Cisco NX-OS. Network troubleshooting is an art, but working without tools may not give the results you expected. Find out more about the best practices and approaches to solve common and particular troubleshooting cases in NX-OS. This is a great opportunity to solve all questions related to “how to use technics” or to seek for advice about “where to start from”.

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Ask questions from Monday 16th to Friday 27th of April, 2018

Featured Experts

Aleksandr Blusenkov has been a Customer Support Engineer for the TAC Data Center Switching team at Cisco since May 2011. He has over 10 years of experience in switching and vast knowledge about almost the whole Nexus portfolio. He specialises on OTV, FabricPath, VxLAN and NDB solutions. He holds a Master¹s Degree in Telecommunication from the National Technical University of Ukraine. Aleksandr holds a CCIE R&S and DC certification. 

Nikoleta Toulkeridou has been working as a Customer Support Engineer in the Data Center Switching team since September 2016, she provides excellent support and solutions to end-end customers. Despites her young age, Nikoleta has demonstrated to be a skilled professional on Nx-OS products, she has delivered several trainings on this technology to Cisco customers and partners. Also, she has participated in several internal mentoring programs within Cisco. Nikoleta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics for Science and Engineering. Since she graduated, she knew that the place to work was Cisco.

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Webcast- Configure Your Cisco Device Through Spark with NETCONF-YANG 

(Live Webcast Tuesday March 27, 2018 at 10 am Pacific/ 1 pm Eastern / 7 pm Paris) 

This event provides an overview of network programmability and how it can be applied in the Information Technology industry. The session focuses on three main topics: Spark Bots, Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)/Representational State Transfer Configuration (RESTCONF), and Yet Another Next Generation (YANG), which are the technologies that drive automation and revolutionized network design. The hands-on demonstration walks attendees through the use of these technologies. This webcast is a great opportunity for people who are interested in the design of network applications that can implement customer use cases which require programmability. The session includes a live demonstration that shows how to integrate conversational Spark Bots with NETCONF YANG, which configures Cloud Services Router (CSR) devices on Amazon Web Services (AWS). 

Featured Speaker

Sari Fernandez is a Customer Support Engineer with the Core Architecture team in the Cisco Global TAC. In addition to providing customer support, she participates in TAC’s vision for preemptive and proactive support. Sari has a passion for scripting, particularly for Python and Linux. Since Sari joined Cisco, she has trained engineers from Cisco and different business partners. Previously she worked as a Quality Engineer for Mobile apps, where she focused on testing automation for iOS and Android platforms. Sari holds a bachelor’s degree in Telematics Engineering and a RHCSA certification.

Luis Uribe is a Customer Support Engineer with the Core Architecture team in the Cisco Global Technical Assistance Center (TAC). Since graduation, he has worked on scripting (Python, EEM, bash) and sharing his knowledge as a trainer with Cisco. He is passionate about programming and has a particular interest in expanding his Linux and Python skills. Luis holds a bachelor’s degree in Telematics Engineering and a CCNA R&S. In May 2018, he will represent Cisco at PyCon 2018. 

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about the new Cisco Tetration analytics solution. The session provides an in-depth overview of the solution and will solve all questions related to how it looks and function, as well as all queries related to its tools and features applied in real-world data centers. 

It is now easier and faster than ever to know what really happens in your data center. What are the challenges we face in a modern data center? What tools can help us deal with those challenges? This session will discuss how to use the new Cisco Tetration analytics solution to monitor your data center and keep it secure. 

Ask questions from Tuesday, December 5th to Friday 15th, 2017

Featured Expert

Miguel Nakhoul is the Team Lead on the Tetration Analytics Solution Support Team in LATAM. He specializes in data center technology, particularly in Tetration analytics. Miguel has worked at Acision and Tango in the areas of IT and Customer Support. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems and Electronics Engineering at the Universidad Bicentenary of Aragua, Venezuela. He has CCNA R&S certification.

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Webcast: Discover Your Data Center with Tetration Analytics

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This session provides an in-depth overview of the new Cisco Tetration analytics solution. The webcast explains how Tetration looks and functions, and demonstrates how Tetration tools and features can assist real-world data centers.
It is now easier and faster than ever to know what really happens in your data center. What are the challenges we face in a modern data center? What tools can help us deal with those challenges? This webcast shows how to use the new Cisco Tetration analytics solution to monitor your data center and keep it secure. The session provides use case scenarios and includes a live demonstration of the software.

Featured Speaker

Miguel Nakhoul is the Team Lead on the Tetration Analytics Solution Support Team in LATAM. He specializes in data center technology, particularly in Tetration analytics. Miguel has worked at Acision and Tango in the areas of IT and Customer Support. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Systems and Electronics Engineering at the Universidad Bicentenary of Aragua, Venezuela. He has CCNA R&S certification.

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about how to integrate, configure and troubleshoot FlexPod in the network. FlexPod is a pre-validated data center platform built on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS), Cisco Nexus family of switches, and NetApp® data management solutions. Its configurations and workloads allows you to deploy applications and converged infrastructure faster using proven solutions. Clarify all your queries and learn how FlexPod can be optimized for a variety of mixed workloads in both virtualized and non-virtualized environments

Ask questions from Monday, November 6th to Friday November 17th, 2017

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Artem Tkachov is a Customer Support Engineer in Cisco Data Center Solutions team in Poland. He has been working with TAC for past 5+ years and has 10 years of industry experience working with enterprise deployment and troubleshooting. His areas of expertise currently include Nexus switches family series, Nexus 1000v, UCS-B/C Series, Flexpod/vBlock solution, MDS Series, etc. Artem holds CCIE certifications (# 39668) in Routing and Switching, Service Provider, Wireless and Data Center.

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about the tools and techniques that can be used for troubleshooting Cisco Nexus switches using NX-OS. Troubleshooting is vital for maintaining high availability in the network and reducing downtime. Get an overview on how you can troubleshoot certain issues and learn more about the list of commands that you can capture when you are at a time crunch to restore the services and root causing the issue is also important.

Ask questions from Tuesday, October 24th to Friday  November 3rd , 2017

Featured Speaker

Vinit Jain has 4X CCIE #22854 is a Technical Lead in HTTS (High Touch Technical Support) team supporting customers in areas of routing, MPLS, IPv6, multicast, VxLAN EVPN issues on IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR and NxOS platforms. Vinit is also a Cisco Press author of Troubleshooting BGP .and Live Lesson series on BGP Troubleshooting. Vinit has been delivering trainings within Cisco on various technologies as well as platform troubleshooting topics both at Cisco Live and other conferences such as NANOG, Cisco Support Forums, etc.. Vinit has expertise in troubleshooting Service Provider, Enterprise and Data Center environments and holds multiple certifications on programming and databases along with CCIE.

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Webcast: Troubleshooting with NX-OS

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This session provides an in-depth overview of tools and techniques that can be used to troubleshoot Cisco Nexus switches with NX-OS. It is vital to troubleshoot issues in order to maintain high availability in the network and reduce downtime. This session not only provides an overview on how you can troubleshoot certain issues, but also provides you with a list of commands that you can capture when you are in a time crunch in order to restore the services and determine the root cause of the issue, which is also important.

Agenda

• Introduction 
• NX-OS Troubleshooting Tools
• Control Plane Troubleshooting
• Data Plane Troubleshooting

Featured Speaker

Vinit Jain 4X CCIE #22854 is a Technical Lead in the High Touch Technical Support (HTTS) team which supports customers in areas of routing, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), IPv6, multicast, Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) Ethernet VPN (EVPN) issues on Cisco IOS®, Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, and NX-OS platforms. Vinit is also a Cisco Press author of Troubleshooting BGP and Live Lesson series on BGP Troubleshooting. Vinit has delivered trainings within Cisco on various technologies as well as platform troubleshooting topics both at Cisco Live and other conferences such as North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG), Cisco Support Forums, and so on. Vinit has expertise in how to troubleshoot Service Provider, Enterprise, and Data Center environments and holds multiple certifications on programming and databases, along with CCIE.

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about UCS architecture, configuration and troubleshooting.

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Ask questions from Monday September 19 to Friday September 30, 2016

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Artem Tkachov is a Customer Support Engineer in Cisco Data Center Solutions team in Poland. He has been working with TAC for past 4+ years and has 10 years of industry experience working with enterprise deployment and troubleshooting. His areas of expertise currently includes Nexus switches family series, Nexus 1000v, UCS-B/C Series, Flexpod/vBlock solution. Artem holds CCIE certifications (# 39668) in Routing and Switching, Service Provider, Wireless and Data Center.

Dmitry Radchuk is a Customer Support Engineer in Data-Center networking solutions team in Poland. He has been working with TAC for past 3 years and has more than 8 years of industry experience working with enterprise deployment and troubleshooting. His areas of expertise currently includes Data-Center networking, Storage networking and Virtualization. Dmitry holds CCIE certifications #34992 in Routing and Switching, Service Provider, Data Center, and Security as well as RHCE and VCAP-DCA.

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This topic is a chance to discuss more about VPC configuration, best practices and troubleshooting. vPC is a virtualization technology that presents both Cisco Nexus family paired devices as a unique Layer 2 logical node to access layer devices or endpoints. A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus devices to appear as a single port channel to a third device. The third device can be a switch, server, or any other networking device that supports link aggregation technology. A vPC can provide Layer 2 multipathing, which allows you to create redundancy by increasing bandwidth, enabling multiple parallel paths between nodes and load-balancing traffic where alternative paths exist.

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Ask questions from Monday, August 22 to September 2nd, 2016

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Parminder Nath is a customer support engineer in Cisco HTTS (High Touch Technical Support). He is an expert on LAN Switching and Data Center products. His areas of expertise include Cisco Catalyst 2x00, 3x00, 4x00, 6500, Cisco Nexus 7700, Nexus 7000, Nexus 6K, Nexus 5K, Nexus 3K and N2K. He has over 11 years of industry experience working with large Enterprise and Service Provider networks. Parminder is CCIE Data Center(#51436).

Mahabir Prasad is a customer support engineer in Cisco HTTS (High Touch Technical Support). He has around 10 years of total experience and has been working with Cisco for 4 years and 10 months in multiple domains. His area of expertise are Nexus switches (N2K, N3k, N5k, N9K) and UCS infrastructure. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from J.I.E.T. college of Kurukshetra University. He also holds CCIE Data Center (CCIE#44060) and RHCE certification.

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