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Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFT) v5.0
3 days Lecture/Lab
Course outline

Module 1: Tools and Methodologies of Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Understanding CLI Troubleshooting Tools

  • Troubleshooting Methodology
  • Ping, Pong, and Traceroute
  • Monitor System, Processes, and CPU
  • Switched Port Analyzer
  • Ethanalyzer
  • Logging
  • Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics
  • Blink or Beacon
  • SNMP and RMON
  • CLI Debug

Lesson 2: Understanding Cisco DCNM Troubleshooting Tools

  • Cisco DCNM for LAN
  • Cisco DCNM for SAN

Module 2: Layer 2 Issue Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Troubleshooting VLANs and PVLANs

  • Troubleshooting VLANs and PVLANs
  • Troubleshooting VTP

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Port Channels

  • Troubleshooting LACP
  • Troubleshooting vPCs

Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Cisco FabricPath

  • Cisco FabricPath Control Plane
  • Cisco FabricPath Data Plane
  • Troubleshooting Cisco FabricPath

Lesson 4: Troubleshooting OTV

  • OTV Review
  • Troubleshooting OTV
  • HSRP Isolation Between Data Centers Using OTV

Module 3: SAN Switching Issue Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Interfaces

  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Port Interfaces
  • Troubleshooting SAN Port Channel Interfaces

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Fabric Services

  • Troubleshooting VSANs
  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Domain
  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Name Services
  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Zoning
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services on Cisco MDS Series and Cisco Nexus Switches

Lesson 3: Troubleshooting NPV Mode

  • NPIV and NPV Mode FLOGI Processes
  • Troubleshooting NPV Mode

Module 4: FCoE Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Troubleshooting FCoE

  • Troubleshooting FIP
  • Troubleshooting FCoE Performance

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting DCBX

  • Troubleshooting DCBX
  • Troubleshooting PFC

Module 5: Platform-Specific Issue Troubleshooting

Lesson 1: Troubleshooting the Cisco Nexus 7000

  • Troubleshooting Licensing
  • Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services
  • Troubleshooting VDCs
  • Troubleshooting Routing
  • Troubleshooting Unicast Traffic
  • Troubleshooting Memory
  • Troubleshooting CPU
  • Troubleshooting Switch Fabric
  • Troubleshooting CoPP and Data Plane Rate Limiters

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Nexus 5500 Platform Switches

  • Troubleshooting Licensing
  • Troubleshooting Cisco IOS ISSU
  • Troubleshooting Configuration Synchronization
  • Troubleshooting QoS
  • Troubleshooting CRC Errors
  • Troubleshooting CPU
  • Troubleshooting Unified Ports

Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders

  • Troubleshooting Fabric-Extender Configuration and Management
  • Troubleshooting Fabric-Extender Queuing and Packet Drops

Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Cisco MDS Switches

  • Troubleshooting Licensing
  • Troubleshooting Installs, Upgrades, and Reboots
  • Troubleshooting Ports
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services
  • Troubleshooting VSANs
  • Troubleshooting Zones and Zone Sets
Course labs

Lab 1-1: Network Baseline Documentation
Lab 2-1: Troubleshoot vPCs
Lab 2-2: Troubleshoot Cisco FabricPath
Lab 2-3: Troubleshoot OTV Issues
Lab 3-1: Troubleshoot Fibre Channel Interfaces
Lab 3-2: Troubleshoot Fibre Channel VSANs, Zones, and Domain Services
Lab 3-3: Troubleshoot NPV Mode
Lab 4-1: Troubleshoot FCoE—Part 1
Lab 4-2: Troubleshoot FCoE—Part 2
Lab 5-1: Troubleshoot VDCs
Lab 5-2: Troubleshoot Cisco Fabric Services
Lab 5-3: Troubleshoot the Fabric Extender


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