6 CNC courses delivered Live Online

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional, consultant and/or those who work in network cabling system design, implementation and operation. Overview With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer. It is therefore vital that the mission-critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with high-availability and efficiency in mind. Among all the facilities, network cabling is the foundation for the network and one of the major contributors to the availability of the data center.CNCDP© is a 2-day course designed to expose participants to in-depth knowledge in designing and installing the data network cabling system which includes key subject matters such as; technical standards, designing of different cabling sub-systems, calculation of material requirements, architecture, installation, testing and acceptance. INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEM (SCS) * Brief history of SCS * Basic copper and fibre transmission * Copper and fibre cabling * Single and multimode fibre * Step/graded index multimode fibre * Difference between Commercial Wiring and data centre cabling * Development of standards * Role of standards * ANSI/TIA 568 standard * Common standards * The new usage of cabling to support Smart building HORIZONTAL AND ADMINISTRATION - COMMERCIAL BUILDING * Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568 * Functional elements and example * Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas * Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations * Zone wiring * Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect * Angled and flat panels * Creating a cabling schematic design * Convert schematic into physical layout * Calculating the material list HORIZONTAL AND ADMINISTRATION - DATA CENTRE * Standard diagram recap: TIA-942 * Basic/Reduced/Typical data centre setup * Traditional 3 layers network design/ Spine and Leaf network design * Select termination hardware * Administration design * ToR/EoR/Spine & Leaf cabling design * Network and cabling resiliency * Create cabling schematic design for ToR/EoR * Convert into patch panel/rack layout * Calculate the material list for ToR/EoR BUILDING BACKBONE - COMMERCIAL BUILDING * Backbone diagram * Calculate the copper backbone requirements per Telecom Room (TR) * Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per Telecom Room * Summarize the building backbone requirements * Recognised cables * Backbone Patch panels * The maximum backbone distances * Create cabling schematic design * Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout BUILDING BACKBONE - DATA CENTRE * TIA-942 based backbone topology * TIA-942 backbone requirements * Recognised backbone cable * ToR/EoR/Spine and Leaf * Backbone distance estimation * Resiliency of backbone cable routes * Creating cabling schematic design * Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout * Field and Fusion Termination for fibre connectors * Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS * ANSI/TIA569-D Cable pathway and spaces * Common requirements for the rooms * Definition of the rooms * Entrance Room/Demarcation * Ceiling and floor pathways types * Cable trays/basket/ladder/conduit * Inner duct/sleeve/slot * Calculating of pathway size * Cable run best practices * Cable management/AIM * Grounding and bonding * Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling * Fire stopping * Fire rated barrier * Fire rated jacket cable CAMPUS / OUTDOOR BACKBONE * Common campus cable installation and cable types : Aerial cable / Direct-buried / Underground in-conduit * Outdoor cable installation planning * Lightning / surge protection * Approved ground for surge protector * Creating a schematic diagram * Converting a schematic into a physical layout SITE INSPECTION AND TESTING * Visual site inspection notes * Installation common issues * Copper testing standard * Permanent link / Channel / Patch cord / MPTL testing configuration * Fibre connectors * Fibre testing standard * Tier 1 & 2 certification * Fibre link definition * Fibre testing steps * Fibre inspection and cleaning * Calibrating the test sets - 3 methods * Setting up mandrel for testing * Fibre loss budget calculation * G.657 Bend insensitive fibre * Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) EXAM - CERTIFIED NETWORK CABLING DESIGN PROFESSIONAL (CNCDP©) * The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions. * The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam. ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for Network administrators Network operators Network architects System installers System integrators System administrators Overview After taking this course, you should be able to: Explain the advantages of CNC for service lifecycle functions Describe the architecture of the Cisco Crosswork Network Controller and its components Describe the main operations features and capabilities of CNC Perform the installation and initial configuration of the Cisco Crosswork Network Controller Onboard network devices in CNC Enable data collection in CNC using Crosswork Data Gateway Provision traffic engineering policies to be used by network services Explore network topology and inventory details by using the available visualizing tools Optimize a network service instance for bandwidth utilization during the lifetime of service instances Bind newly provisioned Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN service instances to traffic engineering policies Develop custom Layer 2 and Layer 3 Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN service definitions Configure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor the health of devices Develop plays and playbooks for closed loop automation Automate network operations and maintenance tasks Explore closed loop workflows Use northbound application programing interfaces to integrate other systems with CNC Send alerts to northbound systems Configure the collection and exporting of data to external endpoints Manage the Crosswork cluster Deploy CNC for optimal availability, scalability, and performance Troubleshoot CNC issues The Implementing Cisco Crosswork Network Controller (SPCNCI) v1.0 course introduces you to the Cisco© Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) and its installation. Through a series of lectures and labs you will learn to use Cisco CNC to streamline, manage, and automate service lifecycle functions spanning across service provisioning, visualization, monitoring, and optimization. You will also get an overview of Cisco CNC as an IP transport network controller platform, of its components, and of its utility in various use-cases such as boosting operational agility, improving intent-based service delivery, and reducing the cost of operations.This course will also teach you about creating custom service definitions, tactical traffic engineering policies, automated provisioning of services, and real-time traffic optimization. Additionally, you will learn about implementing closed loop automation workflows for remediation, optimization, and maintenance. Finally, this course will teach you to understand APIs to help interface with other systems, as well as best practices, including sizing guidelines across components of the CNC meant to meet scalability and high-availability requirements. COURSE OUTLINE * Introducing Cisco CNC * Exploring Cisco CNC Architecture * Describing Cisco CNC Unified Functions * Installing and Configuring Cisco CNC * Onboarding Network Devices * Setting Up Data Collection * Provisioning Traffic Engineering Policies * Visualizing and Exploring Network Topology and Inventory Details * Optimizing Networks Using Closed-Loop Automation * Orchestrating VPN Services * Developing Custom L2VPN and L3VPN Service Definitions * Configuring KPIs to Monitor Device Health * Automating Maintenance and Closed Loop Remediation * Automating Network Maintenance Tasks * Exploring Closed Loop Workflows * Exploring Northbound APIs for External System Integration * Managing System Alerts * Collecting and Exporting Data to External Endpoints * Operating a Cisco Crosswork Cluster * Implementing CNC for High Availability, Scalability, and Performance * Troubleshooting Cisco CNC ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Cisco Implementing Cisco Crosswork Network Controller v1.0 (SPCNCI) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Cisco Implementing Cisco Crosswork Network Controller v1.0 (SPCNCI) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

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SECURING KUBERNETES TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces concepts, procedures, and best practices to harden Kubernetes based systems and container-based applications against security threats. It deals with the main areas of cloud-native security: Kubernetes cluster setup, Kubernetes cluster hardening, hardening the underlying operating system and networks, minimizing microservices vulnerabilities, obtaining supply chain security as well as monitoring, logging, and runtime security. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Harden Kubernetes systems and clusters. * Harden containers. * Configure and use Kubernetes audit logs. SECURING KUBERNETES TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Technical staff working with Kubernetes * Prerequisites: Kubernetes_for_engineers_course.htm Definitive Docker for engineers * Duration 2 days SECURING KUBERNETES TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS This course does not only deal with the daily security administration of Kubernetes-based systems but also prepares delegates for the official Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) exams of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Structure: 50% theory 50% hands on lab exercise MODULE 1: USER AND AUTHORIZATION MANAGEMENT * Users and service accounts in Kubernetes * Authenticating users * Managing authorizations with RBAC MODULE 2: SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY * Vulnerabilit checking for images * Image validation in Kubernetes * Reducing image footprint * Secure image registries MODULE 3: VALIDATING CLUSTER SETUP AND PENETRATION TESTING * Use CIS benchmark to review the security configuration of Kubernetes components. * Modify the cluster components' configuration to match the CIS Benchmark. * Penetration testing Kubernetes for known vulnerabilities. MODULE 4: SYSTEM HARDENING * Use kernel hardening tools * Setup appropriate OS level security domains * Container runtime sandboxes * Limit network access MODULE 5: MONITORING AND LOGGING * Configure Kubernetes audit logs * Configure Audit Policies * Monitor applications behaviour with Falco

Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours Overview Topics Include:Installation of a multi-node Kubernetes cluster using kubeadm, and how to grow a cluster.Choosing and implementing cluster networking.Various methods of application lifecycle management, including scaling, updates and roll-backs.Configuring security both for the cluster as well as containers.Managing storage available to containers.Learn monitoring, logging and troubleshooting of containers and the cluster.Configure scheduling and affinity of container deployments.Use Helm and Charts to automate application deployment.Understand Federation for fault-tolerance and higher availability. In this vendor agnostic course, you'll learn the installation, configuration and administration of a production-grade Kubernetes cluster. INTRODUCTION * Linux Foundation * Linux Foundation Training * Linux Foundation Certifications * Laboratory Exercises, Solutions and Resources * Distribution Details * Labs BASICS OF KUBERNETES * Define Kubernetes * Cluster Structure * Adoption * Project Governance and CNCF * Labs INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION * Getting Started With Kubernetes * Minikube * kubeadm * More Installation Tools * Labs KUBERNETES ARCHITECTURE * Kubernetes Architecture * Networking * Other Cluster Systems * Labs APIS AND ACCESS * API Access * Annotations * Working with A Simple Pod * kubectl and API * Swagger and OpenAPI * Labs API OBJECTS * API Objects * The v1 Group * API Resources * RBAC APIs * Labs MANAGING STATE WITH DEPLOYMENTS * Deployment Overview * Managing Deployment States * Deployments and Replica Sets * DaemonSets * Labels * Labs SERVICES * Overview * Accessing Services * DNS * Labs VOLUMES AND DATA * Volumes Overview * Volumes * Persistent Volumes * Passing Data To Pods * ConfigMaps * Labs INGRESS * Overview * Ingress Controller * Ingress Rules * Labs SCHEDULING * Overview * Scheduler Settings * Policies * Affinity Rules * Taints and Tolerations * Labs LOGGING AND TROUBLESHOOTING * Overview * Troubleshooting Flow * Basic Start Sequence * Monitoring * Logging * Troubleshooting Resources * Labs CUSTOM RESOURCE DEFINITION * Overview * Custom Resource Definitions * Aggregated APIs * Labs KUBERNETES FEDERATION * Overview * Federated Resources * Labs HELM * Overview * Helm * Using Helm * Labs SECURITY * Overview * Accessing the API * Authentication and Authorization * Admission Controller * Pod Policies * Network Policies * Labs