It’s important to understand the driving factors behind the Cumulus open network operating system and why it works the way it does. In this course, Cumulus: The Big Picture, you’ll learn to how to work with the Cumulus OS. First, you’ll explore some basic functionality in the OS, including bridging and routing. Next, you’ll discover how to deploy a VXLAN fabric with BGP EVPN as the control-plane along with BGP unnumbered. Finally, you’ll learn how to monitor your network with Cumulus NetQ. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of the Cumulus needed to fully provision, deploy and operate this open networking solution.
Author Name: Aninda Chatterjee
Author Description:
Aninda Chatterjee is a network engineer, specializing in Enterprise and Data Center technologies. He holds a CCIE in Routing & Switching and runs an active blog called The ASCII Construct. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science. Outside of this, he is an active gamer and his choice of console is the PS4.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Understanding and Introducing Cumulus Linux
  18mins
• Adapting BGP for Data Center Designs
  19mins
• VXLAN as a Network Virtualization Overlay
  48mins
• Designing and Monitoring Networks Running Cumulus Linux
  19mins