Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches Overview (DCMDSO)
Description
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches Overview (DCMDSO) v1.5 is a 1-day instructor-led or virtual-led course that gives you a technical overview of how Cisco Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) 9000 Series, can be used to build highly available and scalable storage networks with advanced security and unified management. The course is for technical decision makers and IT professionals who architect, implement, and manage data center Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. In this course, you’ll learn about key capabilities of the MDS 9000 Series, including platforms, architecture, software, management, and key features that contribute to performance, high availability, flexibility, and operational simplicity of storage environments.
The DCMDSO course is part of Cisco Black Belt Academy Aligned Content. It belongs to Black Belt MDS Presales Stage-2,
The DCMDSO course is part of Cisco Black Belt Academy Aligned Content. It belongs to Black Belt MDS Presales Stage-2,
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Objectives
Upon completing this course, students will be able to meet these objectives:
- 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
- Describe key value-add features that distinguish Cisco MDS switches
Outline
The course contains these components:
Define Cisco MDS Platform Overview
Define Cisco MDS Platform Overview
- Introduction and Advantages of Cisco MDS
- Fixed Platforms
- Modular Platforms
- Store-and-Forward Architecture
- High Availability
- Redundancy
- Virtual Storage Area Networks
- Port Channels
- Slow Drain Device and Path Analysis Using Congestion Control Mechanisms
- Cisco DCNM SAN Insights for SAN Analytics
- Zoning
- Smart Zoning
- Other Differentiating Features
- Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Prerequisite Knowledge
The knowledge and skills that students are expected to have before attending this course are:
- Experience managing Data Center deployments
- Fundamentals of SAN technologies
- Understanding of business and application requirements