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Impl. Cisco Storage Networking Solutions v3.2


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"CCI's instructor was very knowledgeable in the SAN area and his willingness to discuss topics raised by the participants, very remarkable.”

 

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Implementing Cisco Storage Networking Solutions (ICSNS) - 5-day Hands-on Cisco Authorized Course


Course Description

Being responsible for your company’s storage networking solution, you face many challenges everyday. The data storage requirements necessary for business continuance can be very difficult to manage. You have many things to consider; disaster recovery, data security and integrity, network administration and management, without creating network downtime. When you complete the ICSNS course you will be prepared to tackle all of these issues with a scalable, secure, and manageable solution that is cost effective and will exceed corporate expectations.

Implementing Cisco Storage Networking Solutions (ICSNS) v3.2 is a 5-day lecture/lab course that provides you with skills in implementing and troubleshooting Cisco storage networks. Hands-On lab exercises will teach you traffic management features associated with Intelligent Network Services for the MDS 9000 series. You will use diagnostic tools in order to diagnose SAN problems and common configuration errors.

This course replaces MDS 9000 Configuration Troubleshooting (MDSCT) v2.2. It also contains the Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) content formerly found in Cisco Multiprotocol Storage Essentials (CMSE) v2.0.



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Course Objectives

Given an MDS 9000 switch:

  • Safely install the switch hardware
  • Perform the initial software configuration process

Given a SAN design:

  • Implement the logical topology specified by a SAN design
  • Verify connectivity between end devices
  • Describe the traffic management features associated with Intelligent Network Services for the MDS 9000 series
  • Configure basic traffic management services for the SAN

Given a SAN environment:

  • Describe how to use FCIP to implement appropriate solutions for SAN extension
  • Identify MDS 9000 diagnostic tools to diagnose SAN problems and common configuration errors


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Intended Audience

This course is designed for field and channel partner system engineers, network engineers, and customers who need to deploy, configure, and manage MDS 9000 Family of products.

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Prerequisites

Student prerequisites are as follows:

  • Anyone involved in the acquisition, deployment, or maintenance of the Cisco SAN architecture.



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Course Outline

Module 1: MDS 9000 Platform Overview

  • MDS 9000 Platform Component Intro
  • Using Intelligent Network Services (INS)
  • Integrated Management Implementation
  • MDS 9000 System Architecture

Module 2: System Installation and Initial Configuration

  • Installing Switch Hardware
  • Initial Switch Configuration
  • Installing and Licensing SAN-OS
  • Utilizing Call Home

Module 3: Building Virtual SANs

  • Configuring VSANs
  • Managing Domains
  • Configuring Interfaces
  • Configuring Dynamic VSANs
  • Using Intelligent Addressing
  • Implementing Zones
  • Improving Management Security

Module 4: Managing SAN Traffic

  • Configuring PortChannels
  • Configure Routing and Load Balancing
  • Configure Traffic Priority

Module 5: Implementing FCIP

  • FCIP Overview
  • Configuring FCIP
  • Configuring FCIP High Availability
  • IVR for SAN Extension
  • Tuning FCIP Performance

Module 6: Troubleshooting Tools and Scenarios

  • Diagnostic Tools and Concepts
  • Capture and Analyze SAN Traffic
  • Basic Troubleshooting Scenarios

Appendix A: The Fibre Channel Protocol

  • SCSI Protocol
  • FC Protocol Concepts
  • FC Layers
  • FC Login
  • FC Error Recovery
  • FC Switched Fabric

Appendix B: Installation and Configuration Reference

  • Switch Hardware Installation Reference



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Lab Topology

Lab Topology

Course Labs

Quickstart Switch Configuration

  • Use CLI to complete the initial switch configuration process
  • Install the Cisco Fabric Manager
  • Create VSANs and assign port with Fabric Manager
  • Create device aliases with Fabric Manager
  • Configure Zones and Zone Sets using Fabric Manager

Configuring Call Home

  • Configure Call Home Feature
  • Test Call Home Feature

Creating VSANs

  • Create and Assign VSAN memberships to interfaces
  • Implement redundant virtual fabrics with VSANs
  • Manually configure the Domain ID and principal switch in a VSAN

Configuring Interfaces

  • Configure Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces to:
  • Allow attachment by node devices
  • Create an ISL by node devices
  • Configure FC switchport modes to create trunking E_Ports
  • Confirm common device registration information across switches

Configuring Zones

  • Configure device aliases for use in zone configurations
  • Enable enhanced Zoning
  • Create zones and zonesets for devices in the primary and secondary VSANs
  • Configure the zoneset distribution feature
  • Merge zones in a variety of configurations
  • Import, export, back up, and recover a zone set

Configuring PortChannels

  • Manually create a PortChannel
  • Use PortChannel Wizard to creat a PortChannel
  • Enable PortChannel autocreation
  • When a link goes down
    • Observe the behavior of FSPF with and without PortChannels
    • Configure port tracking and observe results

Implementing an FCIP Tunnel

  • Complete initial switch configuration process
  • Configure a Gigabit Ethernet Interface
  • Configure an FCIP profile
  • Configure an FCIP tunnel
  • Create device aliases, zones, and zonesets fro devices that communicate on the FCIP tunnel
  • Create and test a disk partition on the remote storage device

Configuring FCIP High Availability

  • Use Fabric Manager FCIP Wizard to configure FCIP tunnels
  • Use Fabric Manager PortChannel Wizard to configure FC PortChannel between two IPS modules

` Implementing IVR for SAN Extension

  • Configure VSANs to isolate both sides of the WAN link
  • Configure IVR

Tuning FCIP Performance

  • Generate workloads with the SAN Extension Tuner and document performance measurements
  • Tune TCP parameters and observe changes to performance measurements

Using SPAN and the Cisco Port Analyzer Adapter

  • Configure SPAN source and destination port settings
  • Create a SPAN session and capture data traffic
  • Use Ethereal to analyze the FLOGI, PLOGI, and PRLI processes

Upgrading Switch Software

  • Upgrade the switch software
  • Troubleshoot incompatible software versions

Challenge Lab

In this activity, you will configure the lab pod to meet a set of configuration requirements without the aid of step-by-step instructions.

  • Configure your SAN as follows:
    • Each server requires redundant access to a single LUN
    • 6 Gb ISL is the primary path for VSAN 22 traffic
    • 2 Gb ISL is the primary path for VSAN 33 traffic
    • Assign FCID 0x580102 to Host1 in VSAN 22
    • Assign FCID 0x4d0a00 to Host2 in VSAN 33
    • Trunk minimum allowed VSANs

 


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