Join Fast Lane as we host a 10 part series on the complete Cisco Unified Data Center vision delivered as 1 hour WebEx webinars. Terry Jenkins, VP, Vendor GTM Strategies will be the host.

Terry has spent 22 years in the Cisco space most of which has been focused on large-scale data center architectures. As a former VP of Architecture at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and UBS Terry has been involved in over 15 global data center designs some as large as 400,000 sq ft, including several hundred Cisco switches and 1000’s of servers within each design. Terry will bring his vast experience and knowledge of both the technical and business relevance of modern data center strategies into the conversation as he walks you through Cisco’s latest innovations. The focus of the Power Series will be to introduce you to emerging architectures supporting a wide array of technologies that are driving application adoption and high bandwidth, low latency designs. To learn more about Terry’s background visit www.linkedin.com/in/terryjenkins/.

The Sessions include:

1. MDS and the Role of Fibre Channel and FCoE
2. The Power of Unified Computing
3. Leveraging Converged Architectures - FlexPod and Vblock
4. Management and Orchestration
5. The Power of Programmability
6. Introduction to ACI - Application Centric Infrastructures
7. Securing the Data Center

 

This session will explore the various innovations within the MDS portfolio and the world of storage including FC and FCoE. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, has been involved with MDS since its inception and, as a senior architect in both storage and networking, will provide a unique insight into the various benefits and challenges of modern Data Center storage designs. Through close connections within the Storage Business Unit at Cisco, Terry is well versed in the past, present and future of the portfolio.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 4: MDS and the Role of Fibre Channel and FCoE

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, August 14, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

This session will explore the power of unifying storage, network and compute into a single platform. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, has been involved with Cisco and they’re journey into compute since the early 2000’s when Cisco partnered with HP and IBM to introduce the concept of blade chassis into the Data Center industry. In the early days, Terry’s teams at Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers conducted some of the most exhaustive customer driven testing done on both of these vendor solutions and the Cisco Catalyst and MDS switches that were sold as part of those solutions. When Nuova, who later became Cisco’s spin-in called UCS, first presented their new approach, it was Terry’s team that conducted beta and early field trails. In the years since the launch in 2008, Terry has worked closely with the business units to develop many programs designed to help Cisco communicate the power of unified computing and the direct impact on organizations and their applications. Join this session to hear Terry explain these advantages in clear and simple terms while also updating you on the emerging use cases and products that are part of Cisco’s Unified Computing portfolio.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 5: The Power of Unified Computing

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, September 11, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

This session will explore the power of collapsing multiple vendors into a packaged solution consisting of server, networking, storage networking and backend storage arrays. The session will focus on the two leading approaches Cisco/NetApp FlexPod and VCE Vblock. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, close business relationship with these vendors enables him to deliver a clear and concise overview of the solutions and associated vendor products. Through this session, Terry will offer valuable insight into navigating the business and operational benefits of these solutions and will guide you through how to select the right products from each vendor for many of the common use cases deployed today.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 6: Leveraging Converged Architectures - FlexPod and Vblock

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, October 9, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

This session will focus on examining the rapidly evolving Data Center management landscape. Terry Jenkins', the presenter, has a long history in the Data Center world, you will receive a no nonsense evaluation of Cisco’s past challenges in network management and a view of the coming changes. Along with an overview of the leading solutions in this area, Terry will introduce you to new use cases and the power of automation and orchestration. He will also explain how, when properly adopted, these solutions can save organizations significant amounts of money and speed up the adoption of critical services in the Data Center.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 7: Management and Orchestration

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, October 23, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

This session will explore the emerging conversation around Software Defined Networking and programmability along with specifics on Cisco’s approach. If you are not sure what SDN is or how it will affect your organization, join Terry Jenkins, the presenter, as he explains the need to solve many well-known issues in the networking and Data Center design space. Learn how to navigate the buzz about SDN and programmability, how to evaluate the various approaches and find out how early adoption and partnering with Cisco on this journey can make it easier to embrace these disruptive technologies without disrupting your environment.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 8: The Power of Programmability

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, November 6, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

During this session, Terry Jenkins, the presenter, will focus on Cisco’s recently announced ACI solution. Throughout Terry’s career he has worked along side the same team that introduced Catalyst, MDS, UCS and now ACI. Via Terry’s experience and insight you will to gain an understanding of ACI, its current state and what the future holds for ACI. Use this session to begin to evaluate the areas where you think this approach will move your organization into the future.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 9: Introduction to ACI - Application Centric Infrastructure

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, November 20, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

This session will address an often overlooked and yet critical area of Data Center design - Security. Join Terry Jenkins, the presenter, as he walks you through the over-arching security concerns and solutions affecting Data Center designs. Terry will take you through the common areas that need to be addressed and provide an overview of the associated Cisco products that can be deployed to protect your organization’s critical data and traffic. Topics covered include:

• Unique Security challenges in tomorrow’s Data Center
• What is TrustSec?
• Hypervisor based security
• Security appliances
  • Physical
  • Virtual
• Integrating Security into infrastructure overlays
• Utilizing programmability to simplify Security operations
• The Identity Services Engine (ISE) role in the Data Center
• Implications of Cisco’s Source Fire acquisition

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 10: Securing the Data Center

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, December 4, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

Join Fast Lane as we host the 1 hour NetApp webinar below. Tia Williams, Subject Matter Expert and Instructor will be the host.

Tia Williams has been an instructor with Fast Lane for 4 years and is a former NetApp Technical Support Engineer. She has over 16 years of IT experience working with various technologies and holds several vendor certifications including NetApp NCIE, clustered-Data ONTAP NCDA, VMware VCP and Cisco CCNA Datacenter.

When she is not in the classroom, Tia spends her time developing courses related to clustered Data ONTAP and FlexPod.

1. Protecting Clustered Data ONTAP from Disaster

  If you experienced a disaster today, would you be able to recover your NetApp cluster? In this webinar we review the various methods of data protection with clustered Data ONTAP and discuss requirements for recovering from a complete cluster disaster. We will also cover:

• SnapMirror and SnapVault
• Requirements for failing over to disaster recovery site
• Recovering the NetApp cluster database

Protecting Clustered Data ONTAP from Disaster

Tia Williams, Instructor
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

1. Cisco Nexus Innovations
2. Clustered Data ONTAP in a Multi-tenant Environment
3. Global Data Center Evolution- Servers, Networking and Storage
4. The Impact of Applications on Data Center Architectures
5. Configuring NetApp Storage for FlexPod
6. Demystifying Cisco TrustSec
7. Optimize and Manage the Virtual Data Center with vSphere 5.5
8. NetApp E-series: Serious Performance for Data Intensive Workloads
9. Cisco ISE Webinar Series: Beyond BYOD
10. Fighting BYOD Sprawl with Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE)
11. Migrating From 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2
12. Enabling Big Data Solutions with Cloudera
13. Syncsort ECX: A File & Object Catalog for Your Entire NetApp and VMware Enterprise
14. Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 for 7-Mode Administrators
15. ABCs of FlexPod with Clustered ONTAP
16. Understanding Cisco's Open Network Environment
17. Managing the Virtual Data Center with Cisco UCS Director
18. What's New in Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2
19. Clustered Data ONTAP Disaster Recovery
20. Clustered Data ONTAP Multi-Tenant Environment
21. Migrating From 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP
22. Clustered Data ONTAP 101 for 7-Mode Administrators
23. The New Landscape of Cisco’s Data Center Certifications

2014 Webinars

 

Cisco Unified Data Center Session 3: Cisco Nexus Innovations

Original air date: Thursday, July 31, 2014

This session will explore various innovations within the Nexus portfolio. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, has been involved with Nexus since early in the beta design and pre-launch phases while being VP of Infrastructure at Lehman Brothers. Terry’s team was one of the first large enterprises to develop an end-to-end Data Center architecture based on the Nexus family of switches. In the past five years, Terry worked closely with Cisco’s Nexus business unit developing many programs that have assisted Cisco with their go-to-market activities. This has given him a very detailed insight into many product innovations as well as the customer challenges when developing Data Center switching designs. Terry will walk you through the whole product portfolio highlighting not only features and capabilities but will also make recommendations on proper placement.

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 3: Cisco Nexus Innovations

Terry Jenkins, Presenter
Thursday, July 31, 2014 @ 1:00PM ET

 

Clustered Data ONTAP in a Multi-tenant Environment

Original air date: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Multitenancy in the NetApp storage environment is supported in 7-Mode with MultiStore. But are these multitenant capabilities supported with clustered Data ONTAP? clustered Data ONTAP inherently supports multitenancy. In this webinar, attendees will gain insight into the inherent multitenant capabilities of clustered Data ONTAP, including secure separation and delegation of Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs). We will also discuss how clustered Data ONTAP inherently supports application and tenant separation within enterprise environments.

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Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 2: Global Data Center Evolution- Servers, Networking and Storage

Original air date: Thursday, July 10, 2014
This session will explore the evolution of major components within the Data Center industry. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, will provide insight into how this evolution has driven vendors to adapt their products to keep pace. Terry will walk you through a historical conversation around some of the key engineering challenges that have shaped this evolution. Terry will highlight many areas that network, storage and server engineers rarely consider when designing Data Centers. As a lead architect for many designs spanning 100’s of cabinets, and 1000’s of products his insight and perspective will shed light into these areas. You will leave with a renewed perspective on vendor design goals within their products and solutions, new areas to examine within your own designs and a confidence to properly choose the right technologies for your situations.

 

Cisco Unified Data Center Power Series Session 1: The Impact of Applications on Data Center Architectures

Original air date: Thursday, June 19, 2014
This session will introduce the challenges organizations are facing today as you try to keep pace with the rapidly evolving technologies and architectures in the data center industry. Terry Jenkins, the presenter, will walk you through some of the many challenges to be faced and highlight some you may not be aware of. Based on his vast experience in leading major data center rollouts Terry will introduce you to many techniques and real world solutions that are used by large enterprises to overcome these problems. Terry’s insight into the engineering and business perspectives of data center design will leave you both confident and challenged as you return to your organization to address these situations.

 

Configuring NetApp Storage for FlexPod

Original air date: Wednesday, June 4, 2014

NetApp storage in FlexPod provides a foundation for features such as server high availablity, SAN boot, hypervisor storage and more. In this webinar we begin with a brief comparison of FlexPod Express, Datacenter and Select and explore how NetApp fits into each of these architectures. We will also investigate how NetApp storage supports the foundational features of FlexPod and define the NetApp storage configuration required to support these features. Our webinar will conclude with a live review of a NetApp configuration supporting FlexPod.

 

Demystifying Cisco TrustSec

Original air date: Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

Cisco TrustSec replaces traditional network overlay methods with a topology-independent approach to integrated security policy enforcement. Cisco TrustSec addresses several IT challenges faced by businesses today by providing centralized policy distribution and uniform enforcement methods across multiple platforms through the use of Cisco-specific and standards based functionality.

Join industry expert, Natalie Timms, for our one hour Demystifying Cisco TrustSec Webinar where we will cover both technical concepts and practical deployment use cases that explain the advantages of deploying a Cisco TrustSec solution.

• Understanding the Problem Space - Business Justification and Advantages
• Cisco TrustSec Components - Protocols, Features and Devices
• Deploying Cisco TrustSec - Uses case for BYOD and Data Center Segmentation

Natalie Timms is a former program manager with the CCIE certification team at Cisco, before becoming an independent consultant. With more than 20 years experience with computer networking, she has contributed at the IETF standards level and has written many technical papers and is also a Cisco Press author and US patent holder. Natalie has also been an instructor in the Asia Pac region for Wellfleet Communications/Bay Networks and a multiple Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker award winner. Natalie has a CCIE Security Certification and has a BSc in Computer Science and Statistics from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

 

Optimize and Manage the Virtual Data Center with vSphere 5.5

Original air date: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

Businesses are transforming their data centers into simplified cloud computing environments which deliver the next generation of IT services. The VMware vSphere 5.5 release offer features to increase efficiency, utilization and automation of a data center’s operational assets.

Join industry expert, Mike Sutton, in our Optimize and Manage the Virtual Data Center with vSphere 5.5 webinar where we will discuss the VMware vSphere 5.5 release and how you can optimize the management of any virtual data center or cloud platform. Mike has 20+ years of IT experience and several VMware certifications. Currently, Mike provides both consulting and education training in the areas of cloud computing solutions, data center infrastructure and virtualization technologies.

Topics covered include:

• The virtual data center and the public, hybrid, and private cloud value proposition
• The new features and capabilities within VMware vSphere 5.5 release
• Why the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification is relevant to career skills development
• The VMware add-on products and advanced training available to transform your data center’s cloud, mobility and infrastructure services
• Q&A session

 

NetApp E-series: Serious Performance for Data Intensive Workloads

Original air date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

E-Series is versatile, reliable storage that appeals to a wide range of customers, from entry level up to big data HPC environments. The key for these different segments is that E-Series systems deliver superior price/performance for SAN, where the application drives the data management. Attend this one-hour Fast Lane webinar to learn what use cases are best served by the NetApp E-series platform and how E-series is optimized for these workloads. We will also take a look at the special requirements of a Hadoop based file system and how the E-series platform meets these needs. Be sure to register to attend this Webinar on January 15th at 2pm eastern presented by E-series expert Derek Sorrells.

 

2013 Webinars

Cisco ISE Webinar Series: Beyond BYOD

Original air date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

In this webinar, the first in a two-part series, we will be introducing you to the components required for a secure enterprise network, and show you how ISE solutions answer the needs for Triple A services and network access policy deployment and enforcement. We will also introduce you to ISE’s Guest Access, Profiling and Posture capabilities.

 

Fighting BYOD Sprawl with Cisco’s Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Original air date: Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The BYOD phenomenon is a hacker’s paradise: it facilitates moving corporate assets from fixed, company owned resources to mobile, hard-to-control devices outside the ownership of IT.

In this webinar, we will show you how you can use Cisco’s ISE to control BYOD Sprawl, implementing granular policy on any device that has access to company resources. You will learn about the latest ISE (Version 1.2) features that make for seamless integration with top MDM (Mobile Device Manager) vendors, and how ISE stays up-to-date on the latest mobile computing platforms.

 

Migrating From 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2

Original air date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Part two of our clustered Data ONTAP series focuses on the migration from 7-mode. Learn how to prepare for migration to clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 and get an overview of what is required to complete the migration. We will also discuss the methods available for migration including use of the new NetApp 7-mode Transition Tool.

 

Enabling Big Data Solutions with Cloudera

Original air date: Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Would you like to learn how companies are implementing Big Data to solve complex problems? Join our presenter, Ryan Goldman, in our upcoming webinar, Enabling Big Data Solutions with Cloudera.

During this webinar, you will:

• Hear a very brief history of—and the motivation for—Hadoop
• Learn about Hadoop training for enterprise disruption (and not being disrupted)
• Find out how your team can make or break the data value chain
• Hear a success story: Persado supports marketing language engineering with Cloudera Data Analyst Training

This webinar will end with a question and answer session where you can ask about the Cloudera training curriculum.

 

Syncsort ECX: A File & Object Catalog for Your Entire NetApp and VMware Enterprise

Original air date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013

As a NetApp FAS Administrator, you may have a few questions about your file storage:

• How quickly can you find one file in a pool of millions or even billions of files?
• Can you quickly locate classified/secured files that have leaked onto unsecured networks?
• What types of files take up the most space?
• Do you have a clear understanding of how much space may be wasted in your NetApp environment?
• How old is your data?
• Can you meet your compliance reporting needs in terms of verifying that your Snapshots, SnapVaults and/or SnapMirror have completed successfully?

There were no easy answers to these questions until Syncsort ECX. ECX is an Enterprise Catalog software which provides unprecedented IT visibility, knowledge, and efficiency for NetApp and VMware customers. ECX catalogs both NetApp and VMware infrastructures and allows you to rapidly search across all tiers of storage for files and other IT objects.
Join us in this technical webinar to get a quick demo of ECX. You will be surprised at what you can uncover in your NetApp and VMware environments.

 

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 for 7-Mode Administrators

Original air date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013

In this webinar, the first of a two part webinar series, we explore the architecture and use cases for clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 (formerly known as Cluster-Mode). We will compare features and functionality of clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 with 7-mode. This webinar will prepare you for part 2 where we will talk about migrating from 7-mode Data ONTAP to clustered ONTAP and the tools that are available.

 

ABCs of FlexPod with Clustered ONTAP

Original air date: September 25, 2013

In this webinar, we will describe features and benefits of clustered ONTAP in a FlexPod environment.  We will also compare differences in the architecture of FlexPod with 7-Mode and a FlexPod with clustered Data ONTAP. Our discussion will also include recent updates to the validated design  guides including the Nexus 7000 and managing FlexPod with Cisco UCS Director. 

 

Understanding Cisco's Open Network Environment

Original air date: August 13, 2013

Cisco’s Open Network Environment (ONE) is a comprehensive solution to help networks become more open, programmable, and application-aware. In this 1-hour webinar, you’ll learn how Cisco leapfrogs industry norms while maintaining compatibility with industry supported standards like OpenFlow. Join our industry expert, Dutch Dyer, as he explains:

• What differentiates Cisco ONE from “standard” Software Defined Networking (SDN)
• How the ONE Platform Kit (onePK) enables direct operation of the network
• What agents and controllers bring to the table
• Why a virtual network overlay is advantageous

Former Cisco Advanced Services Senior Data Center Program Manager and Air Force Major, Michael “Dutch” Dyer has over 17 years data center systems design, development, implementation and leadership experience with Cisco, the Department of Defense and commercial industry. President and Senior Data Center Consultant (SDCC) for the Iron Mountain Consulting Group, Dutch is a noted author, Cisco certified instructor, DoD INFOSEC award winner and data center virtualization proponent.

 

Managing the Virtual Data Center with Cisco UCS Director

Original air date: July 30, 2013

Businesses everywhere have realized the value of cloud technologies and as a result, Cisco UCS Director (formerly known as Cisco Cloupia) has become very valuable software. Please join us for our free 1 hour webinar where we will discuss the key features of Cisco UCS Director and how you can use it to manage your virtual data center. Topics covered include:

• The rebranding of Cisco Cloupia to Cisco UCS Director
• The cloud value proposition for managing converged infrastructure
• Key strategies and delivery models utilized in a successful journey to cloud
• Cisco systems infrastructure and cloud management solutions

 

What's New in Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2

Original air date: May 23, 2013

Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 is finally here. In this exciting webinar we will take a first look at the new features and benefits of this highly anticipated release. Our discussion will include:

• Changes to Aggregate & Volume
• Single Node Installs
• Switchless Clusters
• NAS Protocol Enhancements
• Infinite Volume Enhancements
• Storage QoS
• Important Considerations Before Upgrading

Join NetApp expert Tia Williams as she goes over these topics and answers your questions about Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2.

 

Clustered Data ONTAP Disaster Recovery

Original air date: April 16, 2013

Part four of our four-part Clustered Data ONTAP series: We will explore disaster recovery options for Clustered Data ONTAP including intra-cluster and inter-cluster SnapMirror. We will also discuss various ways to recover one node versus the entire cluster in the event of a disaster.

 

Clustered Data ONTAP Multi-Tenant Environment

Original air date: March 19, 2013

Part three of our Clustered Data ONTAP series focuses on the multi-tenant capabilities of Clustered Data ONTAP (formerly known as Cluster-Mode). Compare Vserver administration and delegation capabilities with the capabilities of MultiStore vFilers. A demo will be performed covering common multi-tenant Vserver administrative tasks including restricting Vserver administrator access.

 

Migrating From 7-Mode to Clustered Data ONTAP

Original air date: February 21, 2013

Part two of our Clustered Data ONTAP series focuses on the migration from 7-mode. Learn how to prepare for migration to Clustered Data ONTAP and get an overview of what is required to complete the migration.

 

Clustered Data ONTAP 101 for 7-Mode Administrators

Original air date: January 29, 2013

In this Webinar, the first of a four part webinar series, we explore the architecture and use cases for Clustered Data ONTAP (formerly known as Cluster-Mode). We will compare features and functionality of Clustered Data ONTAP with 7-mode.

 

The New Landscape of Cisco’s Data Center Certifications

Original air date: January 16, 2013

In this Webinar, we look into the exciting changes and updates to Cisco's Data Center certifications. We’ll explore the new landscape to best choose the path and the most appropriate certifications for your job and career. We will also discuss what is retiring from Cisco and look at prerequisites, recommended training and exams for all Cisco DC certifications.

2012 Webinars

What’s New and Exciting in VMware vSphere 5.1

Original air date: December 5, 2012

In this webinar, we will introduce the most significant and exciting new features of vSphere 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1. We will also highlight some of the differences from the previous release, some of which are significant, but subtle and easily overlooked.

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CUWN 7.2 Training Update

Original air date: March 29, 2012

This webinar provides an overview of the key new features and enhancements to CUWN 7.2, covering implementation considerations, and high-level configuration information, including RRM enhancements, Alloy QoS, FlexConnect enhancements, Wi-Fi Direct, WebAuth scalability enhancements, MSE Virtual Appliance and High Availability, and 802.11u Hotspot and MSAP.

The primary intended audience is customers considering upgrading their network to WLC 7.2/NCS 1.1, and the technical staff responsible for implementing this latest WLAN code.

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Becoming a Certified Wireless Expert: from CWNA to CCIE

Original air date: March 27, 2012

Fast Lane and Leading Wireless Expert, Jerome Henry--CCIE and contributing member of the IEEE standards--offer you this career guiding Webinar. Whether you are just considering a career in wireless or you are working towards your CCIE Wireless, this webinar will take you through the growing value of wireless certifications, and provide you a roadmap for your own Wireless Professional career plan.

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Exploring Cisco Virtual eXperience Infrastructure (VXI), and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

Original air date: March 14, 2012

Cisco has introduced the Cisco Virtualization eXperience Infrastructure (VXI) to overcome many streaming video problems by combining collaboration tools and a virtualized Data Center infrastructure. In this webinar, Senior Fast Lane Instructor Barry Walker helps network professionals understand how to overcome these problems before embarking on a desktop virtualization solution in their enterprise.

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