Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT)
Description
The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) v7.0 is a 5-day instructor-led course that is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is troubleshooting of LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS), and Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI). The course provides rich, hands-on experience in resolving problems on Cisco MDS switches, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco Fabric Extenders (FEXs), Cisco UCS, and Cisco ACI.
You’ll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to troubleshoot Cisco data center infrastructure.
You’ll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to troubleshoot Cisco data center infrastructure.
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Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe switch virtualization.
- Describe machine virtualization.
- Describe network virtualization, including overlays, virtual switches, and the Cisco Nexus 1000V solution.
- Describe Cisco FabricPath.
- Describe Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) connectivity.
- Describe Ethernet port channels and virtual port channels (vPC).
- Describe Cisco unified fabric.
- Identify Cisco UCS components.
- Describe Cisco UCS organizational hierarchy and role-based access control (RBAC).
- Describe how to deploy servers in Cisco UCS.
- Describe the purpose and advantages of application programming interfaces (API).
- Describe cloud computing basic concepts.
- Describe Cisco UCS Director, its functional blocks and deployment models.
- Describe Cisco UCS Director orchestration features: policies, virtual data centers, workflows, and catalogs.
- Describe Cisco ACI, traffic forwarding through the Cisco ACI fabric, as well as programming and orchestration capabilities.
- Explain traffic forwarding mechanisms in Cisco ACI.
- Describe programmability and orchestration capabilities of Cisco ACI
Outline
The course contains these components:
Course Outline
Lab Outline
Course Outline
- Troubleshooting the Data Center LAN Network
- Overview of the Troubleshooting Process
- Understanding CLI Troubleshooting Tools
- Troubleshooting VLANs and Private VLANs
- Troubleshooting Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
- Troubleshooting Cisco FabricPath
- Troubleshooting Cisco OTV
- Troubleshooting VXLAN
- Troubleshooting LISP
- Troubleshooting Routing Protocols
- Troubleshooting Data Center LAN Security
- Troubleshooting Platform-Specific Issues
- Troubleshooting Data Center SAN
- Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Interfaces
- Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Fabric Service
- Troubleshooting NPV Mode
- Troubleshooting FCoE
- Troubleshooting Data Center Unified Computing
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Architecture and Initialization
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Configuration
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
- Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager Integration
- Troubleshooting Data Center ACI
- Exploring the Tools and Methodology of Troubleshooting Cisco ACI
Lab Outline
- Lab 1: Document the Network Baseline
- Lab 2: Troubleshoot LAN—RSTP
- Lab 3: Troubleshoot LAN—LACP
- Lab 4: Troubleshoot LAN—vPC
- Lab 5: Troubleshoot LAN—FabricPath
- Lab 6: Troubleshoot LAN—OTV
- Lab 7: Troubleshoot LAN—VXLAN
- Lab 8: Troubleshoot LAN—OSPF
- Lab 9: Troubleshoot LAN—FHRP
- Lab 10: Troubleshoot LAN—CFS
- Lab 11: Troubleshoot LAN—VRF
- Lab 12: Troubleshoot LAN—FEX
- Lab 13: Troubleshoot SAN—Fibre Channel Interfaces
- Lab 14: Troubleshoot SAN—Fibre Channel VSANs, Zones, and Domain Services
- Lab 15: Troubleshoot SAN—NPV Mode
- Lab 16: Troubleshoot SAN—FCoE
- Lab 17: Troubleshoot SAN—DCB
- Lab 18: Troubleshoot Compute—Cisco UCS Management and Service Profile Deployment
- Lab 19: Troubleshoot Compute—Cisco UCS Integrated C-Series Server Boot from SAN
- Lab 20: Troubleshoot Compute—LAN Connectivity, Part 1
- Lab 21: Troubleshoot Compute—LAN Connectivity, Part 2
- Lab 22: Troubleshoot Compute—Cisco UCS C-Series Server Boot from SAN
- Lab 23: Troubleshoot Compute—Network Connectivity
- Lab 24: Troubleshoot ACI—Bare-Metal Hosts
- Lab 25: Troubleshoot ACI—VMM
- Lab 26: Troubleshoot ACI—Contracts
- Lab 27: Troubleshoot ACI—External Layer 3
- Lab 28: Troubleshoot ACI—External Layer 2
Prerequisite Knowledge
The knowledge and skills that a learner should possess before attending this course are as follows:
It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:
- Knowledge that can be gained by attending the Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) course
- Knowledge that can be gained by attending the Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) course
- Knowledge that can be gained by attending the Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) course
- Knowledge that can be gained by attending the Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI course
- Knowledge that can be gained by attending the Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) course
It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:
- Configure, secure, and maintain LANs and SANs based on Cisco Nexus and MDS switches
- Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco UCS
- Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco ACI
Associated certifications
- CCNP Data Center Certification