350-601 cheat sheet

Exam at a glance

Domain weightings

How much of the exam each domain covers. Spend your study time in proportion — the heavier the domain, the more questions you'll see.

Key terms

Cisco Nexus

Cisco Nexus is the data center switching platform running NX-OS, providing high-density, low-latency Ethernet for spine-leaf fabrics. DCCOR covers Nexus features across the Network domain.

NX-OS

NX-OS is the network operating system on Cisco Nexus switches and MDS, supporting features like vPC, VDCs, and programmability. DCCOR covers configuring NX-OS for data center networking.

vPC

A virtual Port Channel (vPC) lets two Nexus switches appear as one to a downstream device, providing active-active links without spanning-tree blocking. DCCOR covers vPC configuration and troubleshooting.

VXLAN EVPN

VXLAN with BGP EVPN is the overlay/control-plane technology for scalable Layer 2/Layer 3 data center fabrics. DCCOR covers VXLAN EVPN as the modern spine-leaf fabric approach.

ACI

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) is an SDN data center fabric managed by the APIC controller using policy-based, intent-driven configuration. DCCOR covers ACI fabric components and policy model.

APIC

The Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is the centralized controller that manages and automates a Cisco ACI fabric. DCCOR covers APIC's role in policy and automation.

Cisco UCS

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) is the data center compute platform integrating servers, networking, and management, with B-Series blades and C-Series rack servers. DCCOR's Compute domain centers on UCS.

UCS Manager

UCS Manager is the embedded software on Fabric Interconnects that manages a UCS domain, including service profiles and policies. DCCOR covers UCS Manager for compute provisioning.

Service Profile

A Service Profile in UCS is a logical definition of a server's identity and configuration (WWNs, MACs, firmware, boot policy) that can be applied to a managed physical server — blade or rack. DCCOR covers service profiles and templates.

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel (FC) is the high-speed network protocol used to connect servers to storage arrays in a SAN. DCCOR's Storage Network domain covers FC zoning, fabrics, and services.

FCoE

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) encapsulates FC frames in Ethernet to converge storage and data networks on one link. DCCOR covers FCoE and unified fabric on Nexus.

Zoning

Zoning controls which initiators (servers) can access which targets (storage) within a Fibre Channel fabric, enforcing SAN segmentation. DCCOR covers zoning configuration for storage networking.

Nexus Dashboard

Cisco Nexus Dashboard is the operations platform that hosts data center automation, insights, and orchestration services across NX-OS and ACI fabrics. DCCOR covers automation tooling under Automation and AI.

Python

Python is the scripting language used with Cisco data center APIs and SDKs (NX-API, ACI REST) to automate configuration and operations. DCCOR covers interpreting Python and REST calls for automation.

MACsec

MACsec (802.1AE) provides Layer 2 hop-by-hop encryption and integrity for Ethernet links, used to secure data center interconnects. DCCOR covers MACsec among data center security features.