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Hands-On Lab Workshop: Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1: VXLAN EVPN Fabric Deployment
Join us for an interactive VXLAN EVPN lab session that combines guided walkthroughs, real-world insights, and hands-on practice using Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1. During the lab walkthrough, we'll discuss the workflow for onboarding Cisco Nexus switches, configuring vPCs, and building VRFs and networks. You'll learn how segmentation and tenant connectivity are implemented, along with key concepts such as route leaking, external route advertisement, and the roles of Border Gateways and Border Gateway Spines, as well as an overview of additional Nexus Dashboard labs and learning resources, and a look at what's coming next.
WWT Sets a New Standard for Enterprise-Ready AI with Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
Discover how WWT, Cisco and NVIDIA are giving enterprises a clear, secure path to turn AI ambition into real-world impact with the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA modular reference design, supported by proven expertise and ready-to-use resources.
Cisco AI Defense Capture the Flag (CTF)
Experience Cisco AI Defense in an interactive Capture the Flag (CTF), designed to showcase how Cisco is securing the future of GenAI.
Is Security Now a Prerequisite for AI Adoption? Inside Cisco's Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
As companies move from chatbots to agents, the hardest work isn't prompting — it's building an always-on, governable, cost-aware system that leaders can trust. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Cisco's President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel, NVIDIA's Vice President, Americas Partner Organization Craig Weinstein and WWT CTO Mike Taylor discuss how Cisco's Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA is designed to close the gap between experimentation and execution by treating AI as infrastructure.
Cisco Secure Access
The Cisco Secure Access lab is your chance to get your hands on Cisco's SSE solution. During this lab, you will look at data loss prevention, unified policy, zero trust, and the benefits of quick udp internet connection. Get started today!
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Cisco AI Defense
Join us for Cisco AI Defense, an interactive Capture the Flag (CTF) experience designed to showcase how Cisco is securing the future of GenAI.
This is a single player CTF, which will be open for 72 hours. We will have a shared scoreboard, and the winners will be determined by least incorrect submissions
Powered by our advanced Cyber Range platform, this immersive simulation challenges participants to exploit and defend against real-world AI vulnerabilities — including prompt injection, jailbreaking, and misuse of generative models. You'll see firsthand how Cisco's AI Defense identifies and mitigates these threats in real time.
Cisco ACI Multisite Nexus Dashboard 3.2 Orchestrator (NDO)
Cisco's Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) allows an ACI policy to be managed with a single pane of glass to for the whole environment. The key to NDO, the administrator is able to create consistent security and connectivity policies across multiple physical, and virtual sites.
This lab will go through all the steps necessary to bring up an ACI Multi-Site environment from two existing ACI fabrics.
Multi-Site DCNM Lab
This lab will enable a student to build a basic Multi-Site fabric using Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) for complete end-to-end connectivity.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 2.2 Fabric Controller Lab
This lab will enable a student to build a basic multi-site fabric using Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) for complete end-to-end connectivity.
Building Cisco ACI Multisite using NEXUS Dashboard 3.2 Orchestrator (NDO)
Cisco ACI is a policy-driven CLOS or Spine/Leaf based switching fabric utilizing layer 3 ECMP routing in the underlay and VXLAN encapsulation in the overlay to transport layer two and layer three traffic East/West across the fabric and North/South in and out of the fabric. ACI consists of the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC), a centralized controller that manages all aspects of the ACI fabric. The leaf switches are ToR switches that provide connectivity between servers and external networks, and the spine switches are Layer 3 switches that provide ECMP high-bandwidth connectivity between leaf switches. An ACI fabric can be expanded East/West by adding leafs, cabling to the spines, and registering them. ACI was designed to operate as "One Big Switch" (like a chassis-based NEXUS 7K) with the controllers acting like the Supervisors, the spines as fabric modules, and leafs acting as blades. This approach allows us to decouple these elements from the chassis and place them anywhere in the data center. The leafs (blades) can be placed anywhere in the data center, so you are not limited to a chassis.
We can take this decoupling one step further and put a leaf in a remote data center (remote leaf), place a spine and leaf fabric extension into a second data center (multi-pod), or a new spine-leaf fabric in a data center (multi-site). Using the NEXUS Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO), we can treat multiple fabrics as one entity from a policy standpoint and manage and perform day two operations from a single pane of glass. The power of ACI allows us to stretch layer two and layer three across multiple fabrics and use a single policy for forwarding traffic in the data center.
This Learning Module will guide you through basics and implementation skills.
Exploring Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 3.2
Cisco has been at the forefront of developing a suite of standalone tools, collectively known as the Day 2 Operations Suite. Recently, Cisco has initiated the integration of these tools into a unified interface called NEXUS Dashboard, providing a consolidated view and shared data repositories for enhanced application correlation. This integration facilitates a comprehensive understanding of application performance and network events, leading to more efficient data center network management.
Exploring Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 3.2
Cisco has been at the forefront of developing a suite of standalone tools for data center networking, collectively known as the Day 2 Operations Suite. Recently, Cisco has initiated the integration of these tools into a unified interface called NEXUS Dashboard, providing a consolidated view and shared data repositories for enhanced application correlation. This Learning path is designed specifically for those new to networking or new to the NEXUS Dashboard product. Future learning paths will go into more detail about operating and implementing the NEXUS Dashboard platform.
Exploring Day 2 Operations with the NEXUS Dashboard 3.2 Insights-Lab
Cisco NEXUS Dashboard Insights 6.5 (NDI 6.5) offers many data sources of telemetry, such as Syslog, RIB, and FIB tables and streaming telemetry. It then ingests these datasets, extracts the metadata, and correlates against a daily updated database from Cisco. This telemetry and correlation of the metadata allow NDI to derive insights and suggest remediation actions for finding root cause analysis and predictive failure.
Monitoring datacenter networks with Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 3.2 and Insights
Cisco Nexus Dashboard provides a unified and seamless experience for common data center services (Figure 2) on your networks, whether Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), Cisco NX-OS (through its Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller service and/or running in standalone mode), or even some third-party switches. The Cisco Nexus Dashboard Admin Console (Figure 4) informs the operator of the health of the various clusters, fabrics, and infrastructure services to quickly detect issues and their root cause, allowing users to toggle between the different Cisco Nexus Dashboard services as needed. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator, and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights services are being integrated as part of simplifying the overall consumption experience for our customers. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) consolidates management for multiple NX-OS‒based switches, bringing automation and monitoring for LAN, EVPN VXLAN, and SAN fabrics.
Operating Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 3.2
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform serves as a unified management interface for diverse data center networks, offering a shared environment to operate Cisco's suite of data center services, including Nexus Dashboard Insights (NDI), Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO) and NEXUS Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC). This lab will guide the user on the necessary administrative steps to set up the NEXUS Dashboard platform. These include backup, upgrades, authentication, remote storage, and other critical administrative tasks.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 Fundamentals Lab
The Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 4.1 Fundamentals lab is a virtual environment hosted inside WWT's ATC. To access the environment, launch the lab, and the virtual application and simulated hardware will be reserved for the duration. Once the lab is reserved, credentials and remote access information will be supplied to access a jump box into the lab environment. A lab guide explores everyday NEXUS Dashboard administrative tasks, including backup, remote storage, software upgrades, and managing the platform, which are all included in the lab.
The base lab is designed to introduce students to the Nexus Dashboard, explicitly focusing on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the latest 4.1 release. This lab is ideal for individuals new to the Nexus Dashboard or who have not yet explored the latest features. The lab environment includes a 3-node Nexus Dashboard cluster with pre-installed NEXUS Insights (NI). The Nexus Dashboard has been prepopulated with online data, and snapshot sites are preconfigured to facilitate using NEXUS Insights in subsequent exercises. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nexus Dashboard GUI, helping students become familiar with its functionalities and features. The primary goal is to provide a comprehensive overview of the Nexus Dashboard GUI, assisting students to become familiar with its functionalities and features.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1 Intermediate Lab
The Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform serves as a unified management interface for diverse data center networks, offering a shared environment to operate Cisco's suite of data center services, including Nexus Dashboard Intersight and NEXUS Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC). This lab will guide the user on the necessary administrative steps to set up the NEXUS Dashboard platform. These include backup, remote storage, and other critical administrative tasks.
Operating Cisco NEXUS Dashboard 3.2 Insights
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights (NDI) delivers a data-driven architecture for continuous network assurance, leveraging advanced analytics and AI to correlate telemetry from ACI and NX-OS fabrics into actionable intelligence. Rather than relying on reactive troubleshooting, NDI enables predictive operations by detecting anomalies, isolating root causes, and identifying performance risks before they impact production.
Hands-On Lab Workshop: Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1: VXLAN EVPN Fabric Deployment
Join us for an interactive VXLAN EVPN lab session that combines guided walkthroughs, real-world insights, and hands-on practice using Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1. During the lab walkthrough, we'll discuss the workflow for onboarding Cisco Nexus switches, configuring vPCs, and building VRFs and networks. You'll learn how segmentation and tenant connectivity are implemented, along with key concepts such as route leaking, external route advertisement, and the roles of Border Gateways and Border Gateway Spines, as well as an overview of additional Nexus Dashboard labs and learning resources, and a look at what's coming next.
2026 ZKast - Moving AI from Lab to Factory Floor: A Conversation with Jim Kavanaugh
Cisco is making a massive pivot toward Silicon One and AI-ready Ethernet, and as their largest global partner, WWT, is at the center of this evolution.
Cisco XDR Foundations
Cisco XDR lab to facilitate understanding around foundational XDR use for threat hunting, and providing know-how on deployment, and integration.
Stop Stacking Boxes. Start Designing Security.
Back-to-back firewalls were effective 15-20 years ago, but in today's encrypted, identity-driven and rapidly evolving threat landscape, they add cost and complexity without meaningful protection. Modern security replaces duplicated perimeters with platform-integrated NGFW enforcement, segmentation and coordinated prevention—delivering stronger, measurable defense through intelligent design rather than stacked legacy controls.
Get Hands-On with Army GEMSS Triage Support
Discover how Army GEMSS Triage Support helps Army IT teams quickly resolve complex Cisco technology challenges before the contract year ends. Learn what triage is, how to submit a request and why now is the time to use your remaining triage weeks to strengthen your network and mission readiness.
Nexus Dashboard 4.x Learning Series
This learning series begins with the fundamental concepts of Cisco Nexus Dashboard 4.1, giving you a strong foundation in platform architecture, device management, and network visibility. You'll then move into Day 0, 1, and 2 operations, covering switch onboarding, initial configuration, ongoing management, and operational workflows to maintain a healthy network. The series culminates with building VXLAN EVPN fabrics, including advanced tasks like external route advertisement, route leaking, and Multi-Site Domain integration, giving hands-on experience with scalable, distributed data center architectures, all managed through the unified Nexus Dashboard interface.