Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches

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.
• Provisioning Cisco MDS Switches.
• Describe key product features of the MDS platform.
• Describe and implement automation an Cisco MDS Switches.
• Configure and implement the Cisco MDS switches and platform features.
• Resolve issues and troubleshoot FC domains, zones and zone merges, and switch boot and firmware upgrades.

Outline

• Describing Cisco MDS Platform
  • Cisco MDS 9700/9300/9200/9100 Hardware
  • 32-Gb Fibre Channel
  • Cisco NX-OS
  • Cisco DCNM
  • Fibre Channel Architecture
  • FCoE Architecture
• Provisioning Cisco MDS Switches
  • Power-On Auto-Provisioning
  • Cisco DCNM
  • Using Cisco DCNM 11.x
  • RBAC and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
• Building the Fibre Channel Fabric with Cisco MDS Switches
  • Virtual SANs
  • Port Channels and VSAN Trunking
  • Zoning and Smart Zoning
  • Device Aliases
  • Inter-VSAN Routing
  • Fibre Channel Fabric Security
  • Building SAN Extensions
  • Inter-VSAN Routing
  • Slow Drain Analysis
  • SAN Analytics and Telemetry Streaming
  • Cisco Secure Boot
  • NPV and NPIV
• Automating Cisco MDS Fabric
  • Cisco MDS NX_APIPython API
  • Ansible
• Monitoring and Reporting Cisco MDS Features
  • Cisco DCNM SAN Reports and Alarms
  • SAN Analytics and SAN Telemetry Streaming
• Troubleshooting Common Cisco MDS Issues
  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Domains, Zones and Zone Merges
  • Boot and Upgrade Issues

Lab outline

• Set Up DCNM
• Explore DCNM-SAN Client and DCNM Device Manager
• Configure and Use RBAC
• Configure and Use RBAC with DCNM-SAN Client and Device Manager
• Manage VSANs and Fibre Channel Domain
• Configure NPV and N-Port Identification Virtualization (NPIV)
• Configure Interfaces
• Configure Device Aliases and Zoning
• Explore and Automate with NX-API
• Perform Slow Drain Analysis with Cisco DCNM
• Configure SAN Analysis and SAN Telemetry Streaming
• Configure FCIP Tunnels and FCIP High Availability
• Configure IVR for SAN Extension
• Troubleshoot Zoning and Zone Merges