This 5-day hands-on class gives you the essential knowledge and skills that you need to deploy the Cisco MDS 9000 Family.
Course topics include installing and bringing up the switch, configuring Virtual SANs (VSANs), domains, interfaces, and zones, implementing PortChannels, configuring management security, and basic troubleshooting. You will also learn how to configure highly available FCIP tunnels and tune the performance of your FCIP links.
In the lab, you will configure the switch from an out-of-the-box state, perform nondisruptive software upgrade, configure VSANs and zones, and implement a high-availability SAN design using FCIP.
Target Audience:
This course provides in-depth technical training for system engineers, network engineers, and field engineers who need to deploy, configure, and manage MDS 9000 Series switches.
Pre-requisites:
Understanding of basic data storage components and protocols and Fibre Channel SANs is recommended.
At Course Completion:
Identify the components, services and features of the MDS 9000 platform
Install the switch hardware and perform the initial software configuration process
Configure virtual SANs (VSANs), dynamic VSANs, and manage domains
Configure and zone FC interfaces
Configure intelligent addressing
Secure management interfaces
Configure PortChannels and FSPF
Explain how to implement FCC and QoS to reduce congestion and prioritize traffic flows
Configure high-availability SAN extension with FCIP
Implement inter-VSAN routing (IVR) for FCIP
Tune FCIP performance
Diagnose SAN problems and common configuration errors
