CCNP Data Center LAB

[sureshm26]

Hello Chandan / Suresh

I am preparing CCNP Data Center with self paced videos from CBT. Anybody providing Rack Rental Services for CCNP DataCenter to practice. if yes, please provide details 

Thanks in Advance

Suresh M

[Mithali_Scott]

The CCNP Data Center certification and training program offers comprehensive certification and Professional-level skills focused on the data center solutions, technologies and best practices to design, implement, and manage a modern data center infrastructure.

IT practitioners who are Cisco trained and certified are uniquely qualified for key roles in complex data center environments, with expertise utilizing technologies including policy-driven infrastructure, virtualization, automation and orchestration, unified computing, data center security, and integration of cloud initiatives. CCNP Data Center certified professionals are highly qualified for senior roles chartered with enabling digital business transformation initiatives.

[sbhadrav@cisco.com]

To purchase all of the equipment that you would need to practice the skills for CCNP Data Center woudl be costly for your budget. However there are few stuff which can be helpful for preparation.

If you have CCO account, you can download Nexus 1000V (eval license included).

There is also the Partner Education Connection. If you work for cisco partner then there are video recordings, tech presentations and live labs to leverage.  All of that is provided at no cost to Cisco Partners. http://www.cisco.com/go/pec

UCS practice can be done by downloading free UCS Platform emulator from http://developer.cisco.com.  The UCS PE is an excellent tool and can do just about everything except actually boot from SAN. It runs as a virtual machine under either VMware Workstation or VMPlayer.

For Nexus 1000V, you need two hosts. Cisco C-200 or C-210 server are available on the used market at good prices.