Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT)

 The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) skills-building course focuses on troubleshooting of LANs, SANs, Cisco Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).The course provides rich hands-on experience in resolving problems on Cisco MDS switches, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco fabric extenders (FEXs), Cisco UCS, and Cisco ACI.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe switch virtualization, machine virtualization, and network virtualization, including overlays, virtual switches, and the Cisco Nexus 1000V solution.
  • Describe Cisco FabricPath, Cisco Fabric Extender (FEX) connectivity, and unified fabric.
  • Describe Ethernet and virtual port channels.
  • Identify Cisco UCS components.
  • Describe Cisco UCS organizational hierarchy and role-based access control (RBAC).
  • Describe how to deploy servers in Cisco UCS.
  • Describe the purpose and advantages of application programming interfaces (API).
  • Describe how to deploy servers in Cisco UCS.
  • Describe cloud computing basic concepts.
  • Describe Cisco UCS Director, its functional blocks and deployment models and also orchestration features: policies, virtual data centers, workflows, and catalogs.
  • Describe programmability and orchestration capabilities of Cisco AC, traffic forwarding through the Cisco ACI fabric.
  • Explain traffic forwarding mechanisms in Cisco ACI.

Outline

Module 1: Troubleshooting the Data Center LAN Network

  • Lesson 2: Overview of the Troubleshooting Process
  • Lesson 2: Understanding CLI Troubleshooting Tools
  • Lesson 3: Troubleshooting VLANs and Private VLANs
  • Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
  • Lesson 5: Troubleshooting Cisco FabricPath
  • Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Cisco OTV
  • Lesson 7: Troubleshooting VXLAN
  • Lesson 8: Troubleshooting LISP
  • Lesson 9: Troubleshooting Routing Protocols
  • Lesson 10: Troubleshooting Data Center LAN Security
  • Lesson 11: Troubleshooting Platform-Specific Issues

Module 2: Troubleshooting Data Center SAN

  • Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Interfaces
  • Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Fabric Service
  • Lesson 3: Troubleshooting NPV Mode
  • Lesson 4: Troubleshooting FCoE

Module 3: Troubleshooting Data Center Unified Computing

  • Lesson 1: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Architecture and Initialization
  • Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Configuration
  • Lesson 3: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
  • Lesson 4: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
  • Lesson 5: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
  • Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
  • Lesson 7: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager Integration

Module 4: Troubleshooting Data Center ACI

  • Lesson 1: Exploring the Tools and Methodology of Troubleshooting Cisco ACI

Audience

  • Network Designer
  • Network Administrator
  • Network Engineer
  • System Engineer
  • Consulting Systems Engineer
  • Technical Solutions Architect
  • Channel Partners

Duration

5 Days
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