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.
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
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.
Prerequisites
Student prerequisites are as follows:
- Anyone involved in the acquisition, deployment, or maintenance of the Cisco SAN architecture.
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
Lab Topology
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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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