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Cisco Storage Design Fundamentals (CSDF)
Course version 4.4
Product version 5.2
2 days Lecture/lab
Course outline

Lesson 1: MDS 9000 Platform Components and Architecture

  • The MDS 9000 Platform
  • MDS 9000 Modules
  • Crossbar and Supervisor Module Architecture
  • Switching Module Architectures
  • Switching Module Oversubscription

Lesson 2: Intelligent Fabric Services

  • Virtual SANs
  • Inter-VSAN Routing
  • Intelligent Addressing Services
  • Switch Interoperability
  • Intelligent Services Modules
  • FAIS Overview
  • SANTap
  • Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup Overview
  • Storage Media Encryption
  • SCSI Flow Services and Fibre Channel Write Acceleration
  • I/O Accelerator Package
  • Data Mobility Manager
  • SAN Device Virtualization
  • FlexAttach
  • TRustSec Link Encryption Feature

Lesson 3: Initial Setup, Licensing, Fabric Manager, CLI

  • Performing the Initial Setup
  • Cisco Fabric Manager Server
  • Cisco Fabric Manager
  • The Command Line Interface
  • Software Licensing

Lesson 4: Consolidation in the Data Center

  • The Benefits of Consolidation
  • Server Consolidation
  • Endpoint Virtualization
  • Data Mobility Manager
  • Network Consolidation
  • Mainframe and Open Systems SAN Consolidation
  • Network I/O Consolidation using FCoE
  • Virtual Server Switching

Lesson 5: Optimizing Performance

  • Fibre Channel Congestion Control
  • Quality of Service
  • Load Balancing
  • Link Aggregation Using PortChannels
  • SAN Performance Management

Lesson 6: Securing the SAN Fabric

  • SAN Security Issues
  • Securing Management Access
  • Host and Switch Authentication
  • Fabric Binding and Port Security
  • Link Encryption
  • Storage Media Encryption
  • Zoning Overview

Lesson 7: SAN Extension Solutions

  • SAN Extension Applications
  • SAN Extension Transports
  • Fibre Channel over IP
  • High Availability FCIP Configurations
  • Using IVR for SAN Extension
  • SAN Extension Security
  • FCIP Performance Enhancements
  • Fibre Channel Write Acceleration
  • I/O Accelerator Package
  • XRC Acceleration

Lesson 8: Building iSCSI Solutions

  • iSCSI Overview
  • Deploying iSCSI
  • Securing iSCSI

Lesson 9: SCSI and Fibre Channel Primer

  • SCSI Operations
  • SCSI Protocol Overview
  • Fibre Channel Overview
  • Fibre Channel Flow Control
  • Fibre Channel Addressing
  • Fabric Login
  • Standard Fabric Services
Course labs

Lab 1: Initial Switch Configuration
Lab 2: Accessing Fibre Channel-Attached Disks
Lab 3: Configuring High-Availability SAN Extension
Lab 4: Configuring IVR for SAN Extension
Lab 5: Exploring Fabric Manager Tools
Lab 6: Implementing iSCSI


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