DCMDS – Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches v2.0

Short Course Description

5 Day

Course Overview

Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches (DCMDS) v3.0 is a 5-day instructor-led course that is presented by Cisco Learning Partners to their end-user customers. This Cisco MDS training course is a five-day program that is designed for systems and field engineers who implement storage networking solutions with the Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch platform. This Cisco DCMDS course covers the key concepts and procedures that you need to know to install, configure, and manage the Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch platform to improve the availability, scalability, performance, and manageability of the SAN.

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Basic understanding of data storage hardware components and protocols, including SCSI and Fibre Channel
• Basic understanding of networking protocols, including Ethernet and IP

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Identify the components, services, and features of the Cisco MDS 9000 Series switch platform that can be used to improve the availability, scalability, performance, and manageability of the SAN
• Describe how to install and configure the Cisco MDS 9000 switch and perform the initial software configuration process
• Explain how to implement the logical topology that is specified by a SAN design, so that connectivity between end devices can be verified
• Describe the traffic management features associated with Intelligent Network Services for the Cisco MDS 9000 switches in order to configure basic traffic management services for the SAN
• Describe how to configure Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), modules on Cisco MDS 9500 Series switches
• Explain how to implement security so that management access is secure, and that only trusted devices are allowed to connect to the fabric
• Describe how to use FCIP to implement appropriate solutions for SAN extension solutions