DCIMDS - Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches v1.1

Overview

Duration: 2 days

TheIntroducing 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.

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
Initialize a Cisco MDS switch and add it to DCNM
Describe key value-add features that distinguish Cisco MDS switches
Configure basic Cisco MDS features and interfaces using DCNM

Audience

Technical decision-makers and professionals who architect, implement, or manage data center SAN environments, including:

Solutions architects
Datacenter architects
Network architects
Systems engineers
Datacenter engineers
Network engineers
Technical decision-makers
Cisco integrators and partners

Content

1. Describing Cisco MDS Platform

Introduction and Advantages of Cisco MDS
Fixed Platforms
Modular Platforms

2. Describing Cisco MDS Architecture

Store-and-Forward Architecture
High Availability
Redundancy

3. Describing Storage Technologies

Fibre Channel
Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Over Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Over IP
Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

4. Managing Cisco MDS Switches

Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco NX-OS CLI
Cisco NX-API

5. 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 Differentiate or Features

Lab 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
Use CLI for Basic Monitoring

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

Certification

Data Center

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