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- Solutions architects
- Data center architects
- Network architects
- Systems engineers
- Data center engineers
- Network engineers
- Technical decision makers
- Cisco integrators and partners
- 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
- Experience managing data center deployments
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of SAN technologies
- Understanding of business and application requirements
2 days - 16 hours
- 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 Differentiating Features
- Lab 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