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
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