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
• Use CLI for Basic Monitoring