Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Switches | DCMDS

Category	ID	Duration	Level	Price
Cisco	13212	4 Day(s)	Intermediate	$3,800.00

Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Switches (DCMDS)

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This course is currently available for private groups only. Please contact us at info@productivitypointls.com for more information and special pricing.

Course Overview

The Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCMDS) v3.1 course shows you how to implement, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco® MDS 9000 Series Switches, to build highly available, scalable storage networks. Through expert instruction and extensive hands-on practice, you will learn how to deploy and use capabilities such as Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), N-Port Virtualization (NPV) fabric security, zoning, automation with NX-API, Slow Drain Analysis, SAN analytics, Fibre Channel over TCP/IP (FCIP) tunnels, and more.

You will learn how to configure and implement platform features and learn troubleshooting techniques pertaining to Fibre Channel (FC) domains, firmware upgrades, zones, and zone mergers. This course prepares you for Cisco CCNP Data Center and Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center SAN Implementation certifications.

This course helps you prepare to take the exam, Implementing Cisco Storage Area Networking (300-625 DCSAN), which leads to CCNP Data Center® and the Certified Specialist - Data Center SAN Implementation certifications.

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

· Discover and describe the Cisco Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) platform of multilayer switches and directors. Describe the MDS hardware, NX-OS operating system, Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) management software, and key architectures of the platform, such as FC and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
· Describe key product features of the MDS platform, including VSANs, RBAC, NPV, port channels, zoning, device aliases, inter-VSAN routing (IVR), and fabric security
· Describe and implement state-of-the-art product features, including NX-API, slow-drain analysis, SAN Analytics and 32-GB Fibre Channel interfaces
· Configure and implement the Cisco MDS switches and platform features, such as initial configuration, building a fabric, building a SAN extension, and configuring inter-VSAN routing for that purpose
· Configure FCIP tunnels
· Resolve issues and troubleshoot FC domains, zones and zone merges, and switch boot and firmware upgrades

Cisco Certified Specialist - Data Center SAN Implementation Certification
Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center (CCNP DATA CENTER)

Introducing Cisco Nexus 9000 Switches in NX-OS Mode (DCINX9K)

Configuring VXLANs on Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches (DCVX9K)

Introducing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCIMDS)

Introducing Cisco NX-OS Switches and Fabrics in the Data Center (DCINX)

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Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Switches (DCMDS)

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