Summary: Ethan Banks and Tony Bourke discuss the Cisco Data Center certifications, focusing on the CCNA & CCNP tracks. We take a look at what the tracks cover, who the right candidates are for these tracks, and how to prep. Inevitably, a few rabbit trails are followed as we pontificate about FCoE adoption or lack thereof, Tony's progress in the CCIE DC track, the value of having Cisco DC certs but no VMware certs, the technology collision in the modern data center as job responsibilities change, and whether or not these tracks are too Cisco-focused. Oh. And isn't it about time we move to performance-based testing via challenge labs instead of multiple-choice questions at the professional level certs? Links Tony's Blog CCNA Data Center Track CCNP Data Center Track NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures - book Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS): A Complete Reference Guide to the Cisco Data Center Virtualization Server Architecture, 2nd Edition - book coming in July 2013
