Course Information

About this course:

This course will provide you the skills to use Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches. You will learn about the platform architecture, in-depth software knowledge, and management capabilities around it.

The course will introduce the key features that contribute to flexibility, availability, high performance, operational simplicity and investment protection. 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.

With the help of hands-on labs, you’ll be practically configuring a Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) SAN fabric using Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and CLI commands; device aliases and zoning; SAN analytics and SAN telemetry streaming; and more.

Course Objective:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• 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 Series switches
• Configure basic Cisco MDS features and interfaces using DCNM
• 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

Audience:

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

Prerequisite:

You should have the following knowledge and skills to fully benefit from this course:

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