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Implementing Advanced Cisco Storage Networking Solutions (IASNS) v4.4r1
Product version NX-OS 5.2.6
5 days Lecture/Lab
Course outline

Module 1: Managing Enterprise SANs

Lesson 1: Intelligent Fabric Services

  • MDS Intelligent Services Modules
  • Fabric-Based Applications
  • SANTap
  • Network-Accelerated Serverless Backup
  • Data Security Services
  • Data Mobility
  • I/O Acceleration

Lesson 2: Data Mobility Manager

  • Overview of Data Mobility Manager
  • Configuring Data Mobility Manager
  • Cisco DMM SAN Topologies

Lesson 3: Management Infrastructure Implementation

  • Command Line Interface Commands
  • Command Line Interface Variables and Aliases
  • Overlay VSANs
  • Fabric-Device Management Interface Implementation
  • Cisco Discovery Protocol
  • CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials Implementation

Lesson 4: Fibre Channel over Ethernet

  • FCoE Consolidated Data Center Design
  • I/O consolidation Using the Nexus 5000
  • Current FCoE Architecture
  • FCOE ENode MAC Address
  • FCoE Initialization Protocol
  • Converged Enhanced Ethernet
  • Priority Flow control
  • Data Center Bridging Exchange
  • Cisco Nexus 5K Interfaces

Lesson 5: Federated DCNM-SAN Servers

  • DCNM-SAN Server Install
  • Federated DCNM-SAN Servers
  • DCNM-SAN Installation Prerequisites

Module 2: Securing the SAN

Lesson 1: Management Security

  • Configuring SSH
  • AAA Solutions and Services
  • Implementing AAA Services
  • AAA Service Options
  • CFS Distributing AAA Configurations
  • Implementing RBAC
  • Configuring RBAC and User Accounts
  • Distributing RBAC Configurations

Lesson 2: Implementing Port and Fabric Security

  • Port Security Features
  • Port Security Configuration
  • Distributing Port Security
  • Fabric Binding for Fibre Channel
  • FC-SP (DHCHAP) Overview
  • Configuring FCSP
  • Overview of IP ACLs
  • Configuring IP ACLs
  • Configuring Certificate Authorities (CA) and Digital Certificates
  • Configuring IPsec Network Security
  • TRustSec Link Encryption feature

Lesson 3: Storage Media Encryption

  • Overview of SME
  • Key Management
  • Implementing SME

Module 3: Tuning SAN Performance

Lesson 1: Monitoring SAN Performance

  • RMON
  • System Message Logging
  • Onboard Failure Logging
  • Command Scheduler
  • Configuring the Embedded Event Manager
  • Performance Manager and DCNM-SAN Web Browser view

Lesson 2: I/O Acceleration

  • Protocol Acceleration Overview
  • MDS 9000 I/O Accelerator Package
  • Configuring I/O Accelerator
  • Verifying IOA Configuration

Lesson 3: Congestion Control and QoS

  • Virtual Output Queues
  • Configuring FCC
  • Configuring QoS
  • QoS Behavior with Generation-1 and Generation-2 Switching Modules
  • Zone-Based QoS

Module 4: Troubleshooting the SAN

Lesson 1: Lesson 1: Capturing and Analyzing SAN Traffic

  • SPAN Overview
  • RSPAN Overview
  • Implementing RSPAN
  • Port Analyzer Adapter Configuration
  • The Cisco Fabric Analyzer
  • Wireshark Overview

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Gen 1-2-3 modules

  • Managing Buffer Credits
  • Advanced Interface Parameters
  • Port Bandwidth Reservation
  • Verifying Port Index Allocation
  • Troubleshooting Supervisor Upgrades

Module 5: Implementing iSCSI

Lesson 1: iSCSI Configuration

  • iSCSI Protocol Overview
  • iSCSI Naming Schemes
  • iSCSI Implementation on IPS Modules
  • FC-to-iSCSI Routing Overview
  • Overview of iSCSI Configuration Steps
  • Verifying the Configuration
  • iSCSI Configuration Options

Lesson 2: iSCSI High Availability and Security

  • iSCSI High Availability
  • iSCSI Security

Lesson 3: iSCSI Server Load Balancing

  • Configuring iSLB Features and Prerequisites
  • Configuring iSLB Initiators and Targets
  • Configuring Load Balancing using VRRP

Appendix: SDV_FlexAttach

Course labs

Lab 1: Data Mobility Manager
Lab 2: Management VSANs
Lab 3: RBAC and RADIUS
Lab 4: Fabric and Port Security
Lab 5: DCNM-SAN Server
Lab 6: SME
Lab 7: Performance Monitoring
Lab 8: I/O Acceleration
Lab 9: Quality of Service
Lab 10: Challenge Lab
Lab 11: RSPAN and the Cisco Fabric Analyzer
Lab 12: Port Resources
Lab 13: Deploying iSCSI
Lab 14: Configuring VRRP for iSCSI
Lab 15: iSCSI Server Load-Balancing (iSLB)


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