IASNS - Implementing Cisco Advanced Storage Networking Solutions v3.2.3

Overview:

Learn advanced skills in implementing and troubleshooting Cisco storage networks in this course that focuses on advanced storage networking topics for the Cisco MDS family of switches, including building virtual SAN fabrics, building heterogeneous SAN fabrics, configuring management and security services, configuring iSCSI, and advanced troubleshooting skills. A significant portion of the course is devoted to troubleshooting.

You'll learn to implement advanced Cisco MDS 9000 technologies and features that apply primarily to enterprise SANs, and you'll troubleshoot common SAN problems and configuration errors.

IASNS v3.2.3 merges CASI and a portion of the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) content formerly found in CMSE, and it includes additional supplemental content covering:

• New Hardware Platforms
  • MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular Switch
  • MDS 18/4-Port Multiservice Module
  • MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• New Feature Set
  • Storage Media Encryption (SME)
  • Data Mobility Manager (DMM)
  • N-Port Virtualizer (NPV)

Description:

1. Building Enterprise SAN Fabrics

• Configuring Advanced Fabric Services
• Implementing Virtual Fabric Addressing
• Implementing Inter-VSAN Routing
• Tuning Fabric Performance
• Building Heterogeneous Fabrics

2. Implementing Management and Security Services

• Management Infrastructure Implementation
• Monitoring Health and Performance
• Configuring AAA Services
• Implementing Port and Fabric Security

3. Advanced Troubleshooting

• Basic Troubleshooting Tools Review
• Capturing Protocol Traces
• Using Physical Port Diagnostics
• Troubleshooting Combined Generation 1 and Generation 2 Hardware
  Components
• Troubleshooting Fx_Port Issues
• Troubleshooting the Data Path
• Troubleshooting Fabric Manager and Device Manager

4. Implementing iSCSI

• iSCSI Protocol Overview
• Basic iSCSI Configuration
• iSCSI Implementation Options
• iSCSI Server Load Balancing

Agenda:

Lab 1-1: Using Advanced Fabric Services

Lab 1-2: Implementing IVR

Lab 2-1: Implementing Management VSANs

Lab 2-2: Monitoring Health and Performance

Lab 2-3: Configuring AAA Services

Lab 2-4: Implementing Fabric and Port Security

Lab 3-1: Using RSPAN and the Cisco Fabric Analyzer

Lab 3-2: Using Port and Host Diagnostics

Lab 3-3: Challenge Lab

Lab 4-1: Deploying an iSCSI SAN

Lab 4-2: Configuring iSLB

Audience:

• Customers
• Employee
• Channel Partners/Resellers

Objectives:

• Given a detailed Fibre Channel SAN design specification, implement a SAN with multiple virtual fabrics using the full range of features and capabilities provided by the Cisco MDS platform, so that the SAN demonstrates high availability, scalability, performance, and interoperability
• Given a detailed set of Fibre Channel SAN management requirements, configure and use fabric management, performance management, and security services on the Cisco MDS platform, so that the SAN can be effectively managed, tuned, and secured
• Given a set of observable symptoms on a Fibre Channel SAN, diagnose and correct software configuration issues and inoperable hardware components, so problems are resolved with minimal disruption to the SAN environment
• Given a set of requirements for an iSCSI implementation, identify and configure the appropriate iSCSI features to meet requirements for an iSCSI implementation.