CiscoProfessionalOn requestUpdated: July 2026

DCNX Training for Your Team — Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center

Somewhere between the campus network and the cloud sits the estate nobody trained anyone for: racks of Nexus switches, a VXLAN fabric designed by a contractor, and a network team that learned NX-OS by cautious analogy with IOS. DCNX (Implementing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center) closes that gap with formal, current-generation platform training.

The course covers the modern standalone Nexus stack end to end: platform architecture, vPC and Layer 3 design, VXLAN EVPN overlay fabrics, controller-assisted fabric management and the day-two disciplines — upgrades, consistency, non-disruptive change — that separate a fabric from a pile of switches. It is the natural deep-dive for teams whose data center runs NX-OS rather than ACI, and a strong precursor to automation training once the fabric itself is under control.

We organize delivery through authorized partners with instructors who build EVPN fabrics for a living — live online in your time zone, on site, or as a private group with labs shaped around your target design.

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Who this course is for

Enterprise network engineers moving into data center switching
Teams building or refreshing a VXLAN EVPN fabric on Nexus hardware
Engineers running NX-OS estates who never had formal platform training
Integrator engineers deploying Nexus-based fabrics at customer sites

What your team will learn

Topic areas below are grouped in our own words. The full official agenda is available on request — it comes from the authorized partner as part of your quote.

NX-OS as a platform: what makes Nexus switches different from the campus gear you know
The classics done right: vPC, spanning-tree hygiene and Layer 3 on the data center LAN
VXLAN EVPN fabrics — building an overlay network that scales past VLAN arithmetic
Managing fabrics with controller-based tooling instead of switch-by-switch sessions
Day-two operations: upgrades, configuration consistency and change without downtime
Where automation hooks in: NX-OS programmability without leaving the network team behind

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Key facts

Duration	On request
Level	Professional
Prerequisites	CCNA-level networking knowledge and familiarity with data center switching concepts
Formats	Live online (VILT), On-site at your location, Private group, Seats in scheduled groups
Languages	English + local-language instructors on request

Formats and how we organize it

Live online (VILT)
On-site at your location
Private group
Seats in scheduled groups

One request → three options

Fill in the form below — it takes a couple of minutes. Within 5 business days you compare 2–3 concrete offers — provider, instructor, dates, price below the public list. We contract and administer the delivery end to end. Details:how we work and vendor training.

DCNX vs alternatives: which to choose

Factual criteria only — level, duration, audience and certification. The right choice depends on your team's starting point and stack.

Cisco DCCOR (Data Center Core)

The CCNP Data Center core (exam 350-601) spanning network, compute, storage and automation. Choose DCCOR for certification and full-stack breadth; DCNX when the job is specifically Nexus switching and VXLAN fabrics, taught at working depth.

Cisco DCACI (ACI Implementation)

The other fabric philosophy: policy-driven ACI with the APIC controller, mapped to exam 300-620. Choose DCACI if your fabric runs ACI; DCNX for standalone NX-OS and EVPN designs. Estates migrating between the two often train both.

A custom intensive

Building one specific fabric? A custom 2–4 day program on our materials can rehearse your actual design — your underlay choices, your EVPN topology, your migration sequence — instead of the general curriculum.

Need only part of DCNX?

If your team needs a subset of this program — or a mix of topics from several courses — we build a custom 2–4 day intensive on our own materials, shaped by your infrastructure. One custom program typically replaces 2–3 catalog courses.

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DCNX: frequently asked questions

How does DCNX relate to older Nexus courses?

It is the current-generation course for standalone NX-OS switching and fabrics, superseding the older platform-specific Nexus curricula. Coverage centers on how Nexus estates are actually built today: vPC-based LAN designs, VXLAN EVPN overlays and controller-assisted fabric management.

Is this the right course if we are choosing between EVPN and ACI?

It teaches the EVPN side at working depth, which is half of an informed decision. Teams genuinely undecided often pair DCNX with DCACI or take DCCOR for the panorama first. If the hardware is bought and runs standalone NX-OS, DCNX is the direct answer.

Does DCNX prepare a certification exam?

No single exam maps to it. The CCNP Data Center core exam 350-601 covers NX-OS and fabric topics among others, via the DCCOR course. DCNX is chosen for implementation depth on Nexus platforms — typically ahead of a fabric build or refresh.

Our engineers come from campus networking — will the course land?

That is the intended audience: CCNA-level routing and switching is assumed, data center specifics are not. The course makes the campus-to-DC transition explicit — where familiar concepts carry over, and where vPC, overlays and fabric thinking replace them.

How do we organize DCNX training?

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