Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Switches (DCMDS)

Description

Course Outline

• Section 1: Describing Cisco MDS Platform
• Section 2: Describing Key Product Features
• Section 3: Describing New Product Features
• Section 4: Deploying Cisco MDS Features
• Section 5: Troubleshooting Common Cisco MDS Issues

Lab Outline

• Discovery 1: Set Up DCNM
• Discovery 2: Explore DCNM-SAN Client and DCNM Device Manager
• Discovery 3: Configure and Use RBAC
• Discovery 4: Configure and Use RBAC with DCNM-SAN Client and Device Manager
• Discovery 5: Manage VSANs and FC Domain
• Discovery 6: Configure NPV and N-Port Identification Virtualization (NPIV)
• Discovery 7: Configure Interfaces
• Discovery 8: Configure Device Aliases and Zoning
• Discovery 9: Explore and Automate with NX-API
• Discovery 10: Perform Slow Drain Analysis with Cisco DCNM
• Discovery 11: Configure FCIP Tunnels and FCIP High Availability (HA)
• Discovery 12: Configure IVR for SAN Extension
• Discovery 13: Troubleshoot Zoning and Zone Merges

Aim

Through expert instruction and extensive hands-on practice, you will learn how to deploy and use capabilities such as virtual storage area networks (VSANs), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), N-Port Virtualization (NPV) fabric security, zoning, automation with NX-API, Slow Drain Analysis, Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) tunnels, and more. You will learn how to configure and implement platform features and learn troubleshooting techniques pertaining to Fibre Channel (FC) domains, firmware upgrades, zones, and zone mergers.

Participant requirements

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic understanding of data storage hardware components and protocols, including Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) and Fibre Channel
• Basic understanding of network protocols, including Ethernet and IP
• Basic routing and switching knowledge

Participant

• Data center systems engineers
• Data center field engineers
• Data center architects
• Technical decision makers
• Network architects
• Cisco integrators and partners