Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches v1.1

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Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCIMDS) v1.1

Course code: DCIMDS v1.1

Duration: 2 Days


Prerequisite:

•    Experience managing data center deployments
•    Knowledge of the fundamentals of SAN technologies
•    Understanding of business and application requirements

Course Description:

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. 

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

Intended Audience:
•    Solutions architects
•    Data center architects
•    Network architects
•    Systems engineers
•    Data center engineers
•    Network engineers
•    Technical decision makers
•    Cisco integrators and partners    

Course Outlines:

•    Describing Cisco MDS Platform 
o    Introduction and Advantages of Cisco MDS
o    Fixed Platforms
o    Modular Platforms

•    Describing Cisco MDS Architecture 
o    Store-and-Forward Architecture
o    High Availability
o    Redundancy

•    Describing Storage Technologies 
o    Fibre Channel
o    Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) Over Fibre Channel
o    Fibre Channel Over IP
o    Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

•    Managing Cisco MDS Switches
o    Cisco Data Center Network Manager
o    Cisco NX-OS CLI
o    Cisco NX-API

•    Describing and Using Cisco MDS Key Features 
o    Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs)
o    Inter-VSAN Routing
o    Port Channels
o    Slow-Drain Device and Path Analysis Using Congestion Control Mechanisms
o    N Port Virtualization (NPV) and N-Port Identifier Virtualization (NPIV)
o    Zoning
o    Smart Zoning
o    SAN Analytics and Telemetry Streaming
o    Diagnostics Toolbox
o    SAN Extension
o    Other Differentiator Features