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Cisco Storage Design Fundamentals (CSDF)
Course version 4.4
Product version 5.2
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2 days
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Lecture/lab
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| Course description |
CSDF is an intensive 2-day instructor-led training (ILT) lecture/lab course that provides learners with basic skills in designing Cisco storage networks. You will learn about and implement a broad range of features on the Cisco MDS 9000 platform, including Virtual SANs (VSANs), PortChannels, advanced security features, FCoE, SAN extension with FCIP, and iSCSI solutions. In the lab, you will configure the switch from an out-of-the-box state and install the Cisco Fabric Manager GUI management application. You will configure VSANs, zones, PortChannels, and FCIP to implement a high-availability extended SAN design.
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| Why Firefly? |
This course provides prospective Cisco MDS 9000 customers with an architectural overview of the MDS 9000 portfolio. Rather than focusing on operations, this course is designed to help pre-sales customers evaluate the MDS 9000 and to identify and resolve integration issues before they occur.
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| Learning objectives |
After you complete this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the hardware architecture and components of the MDS 9000 family of switches
- Explain how intelligent fabric services on the MDS 9000 platform enable the design of scalable SAN fabrics
- Configure and demonstrate key features of the Cisco MDS 9000 platform
- Explain the fundamentals of SCSI and Fibre Channel operation
- Explain how to use the features of the Cisco MDS 9000 platform to solve customer challenges
- Describe the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocol and its applications
- Describe the Intelligent Services Modules available for the MDS 9000 platform
- Explain how to optimize traffic flows on the MDS 9000 platform
- Describe the benefits of consolidation in the Data Center including network I/O consolidation using FCoE and Cisco virtual server switching solutions
- Design an end-to-end SAN security solution
- Explain the options available for extending an MDS 9000 SAN infrastructure over IP and optical networks
- Explain how iSCSI can be used to enable migration of mid-range applications to the SAN
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| Who should attend |
This course provides an introduction to the MDS 9000 family for pre-sales engineers, system engineers, network engineers, and technical decision makers who need to design and implement SAN fabrics using MDS 9000 Family switches. Enrollment is open to Cisco SEs, Cisco channel partners, and customers.
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| Recommended prerequisites |
- You will gain the most from this course if you have experience working with storage and storage networking technologies.
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