Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches
Course code
CI-DCIMDS
Duration
2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours
Course Overview
Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Outline
Course Overview
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.
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
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
Detailed program
- 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
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
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Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches
Course code:
CI-DCIMDS
Duration:
2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours
