DCIMDS – Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches v1.1
Description
Course
Name: Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCIMDS) v1.1
Duration:
2 Days
What you’ll learn in this course:
The Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCIMDS)
v1.1 course gives you an overview of Cisco® MDS 9000 Series Multilayer
Switches, including platform architecture, software, and management
capabilities. You will learn the key features that contribute to high
performance and availability, flexibility, and operational simplicity and
investment protection. During hands-on lab time, you’ll configure: a Multilayer
Director Switch (MDS) SAN fabric using Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)
and Command Line Interface (CLI) commands; SAN analytics and SAN telemetry
streaming; device aliases and zoning; and more. You’ll gain a technical
understanding of how to build highly available, scalable storage networks using
the robust, flexible hardware architecture with network and storage management
intelligence.
How you’ll benefit:
Gain a technical understanding of the Cisco MDS 9000 Series
Switches capabilities through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and
hands-on practice
Be the technical consultant on deployment options
Prepare to give technical demonstrations on the MDS 9000 Series
Who should enroll:
Solutions architects
Data center architects
Network architects
Systems engineers
Data center engineers
Network engineers
Technical decision makers
Cisco integrators and partners
Course
Objectives:
After
taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe Cisco MDS SAN features and advantages
Describe fixed and modular platforms
Describe Cisco MDS architecture and high-availability mechanisms
Describe technologies used in modern SANs
Describe SAN management with Cisco DCNM
Describe key value-add features that distinguish Cisco MDS
switches
Configure basic Cisco MDS features and interfaces using DCNM
Course Prerequisites:
To
fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and
skills:
Experience managing data center deployments
Knowledge of the fundamentals of SAN technologies
Understanding of business and application requirements
Course Outline:
Describing Cisco MDS Platform
Introduction and Advantages of Cisco MDS
Fixed Platforms
Modular Platforms
Describing Cisco MDS Architecture
Store-and-Forward Architecture
High Availability
Redundancy
Describing Storage Technologies
Fibre Channel
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Over Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Over IP
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
Managing Cisco MDS Switches
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco NX-OS CLI
Cisco NX-API
Describing and Using Cisco MDS Key Features
Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs)
Inter-VSAN Routing
Port Channels
Slow-Drain Device and Path Analysis Using Congestion Control
Mechanisms
N Port Virtualization (NPV) and N-Port Identifier Virtualization
(NPIV)
Zoning
Smart Zoning
SAN Analytics and Telemetry Streaming
Diagnostics Toolbox
SAN Extension
Other Differentiator Features
Labs Outline:
Perform Initial MDS Configuration
Set Up DCNM
Configure VSANs and Interfaces in Cisco DCNM
Configure Port Channels in Cisco DCNM
Configure Device Aliases and Zoning
Configure SAN Analytics and SAN Telemetry Streaming