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.
Lab Topology
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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
Course Labs
- Quickstart Switch Configuration
- Configuring Call Home
- Creating VSANs
- Configuring Interfaces
- Configuring Zones
- Configuring PortChannels
- Implementing an FCIP Tunnel
- Configuring FCIP High Availability
- Implementing IVR for SAN Extension
- Tuning FCIP Performance
- Using SPAN and the Cisco Port Analyzer Adapter
- Upgrading Switch Software
- 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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