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

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.

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

Course Outline

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

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 Differentiator Features

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Course Length: 2 Days

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