Cisco Updated 300-615 Exam Blueprint, Syllabus and Topics

1.1 Troubleshoot routing protocols

• 1.1.a OSPFv2, OSPFv3
• 1.1.b MP-BGP
• 1.1.c PIM
• 1.1.d FHRP (HSRP, VRRP)

1.2 Troubleshoot switching protocols, such as RSTP+, LACP, and vPC

1.3 Troubleshoot overlay protocols, such as VXLAN EVPN and OTV

1.4 Troubleshoot Application Centric Infrastructure

• 1.4.a Fabric discovery
• 1.4.b Access policies
• 1.4.c VMM domain integration
• 1.4.d Tenant policies
• 1.4.e Packet flow (unicast, multicast, and broadcast)
• 1.4.f External connectivity

2.1 Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System rack servers

2.2 Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Computing System blade chassis

• 2.2.a Infrastructure such as chassis, power, IOM
• 2.2.b Network (VLANs, pools and policies, templates, QoS)
• 2.2.c Storage (SAN connectivity, FC zoning, VSANs, pools, policies, templates)
• 2.2.d Server pools and boot policies

2.3 Troubleshoot packet flow from server to the fabric

2.4 Troubleshoot hardware interoperability

• 2.4.a Converged Network Adapters / port expanders
• 2.4.b Firmware
• 2.4.c I/O modules / FEX
• 2.4.d Fabric interconnects

2.5 Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability

3.1 Troubleshoot Fibre Channel

• 3.1.a Switched fabric initialization
• 3.1.b Fibre Channel buffer credit starvation
• 3.1.c FCID
• 3.1.d Cisco Fabric Services
• 3.1.e Zoning
• 3.1.f Device alias
• 3.1.g NPV and NPIV
• 3.1.h VSAN

3.2 Troubleshoot FCoE Cisco Unified Fabric (FIP, DCB)

4.1 Troubleshoot automation and scripting tools

• 4.1.a EEM
• 4.1.b Scheduler

4.2 Troubleshoot programmability

• 4.2.a Bash shell and guest shell for NX-OS
• 4.2.b REST API
• 4.2.c JSON and XML encodings

5.1 Troubleshoot firmware upgrades, packages, and interoperability

5.2 Troubleshoot integration of centralized management

5.3 Troubleshooting network security

• 5.3.a Fabric binding and port security
• 5.3.b AAA and RBAC
• 5.3.c First-hop security such as dynamic ARP, DHCP snooping, and port security
• 5.3.d Troubleshoot CoPP

5.4 Troubleshoot ACI security domains and role mapping

5.5 Troubleshoot data center compute security

• 5.5.a Troubleshoot AAA and RBAC
• 5.5.b Troubleshoot key management

5.6 Troubleshoot storage security

• 5.6.a AAA and RBAC
• 5.6.b Port security
• 5.6.c Fabric binding