The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) v7.0 course shows you how to troubleshoot LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS), and Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI). You will learn methodologies and tools to identify issues that may occur in data center network architecture. You will get extensive hands-on practice troubleshooting installation, configuration and interconnectivity issues on Cisco Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) switches, Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco Fabric Extenders (FEXs), Cisco UCS, Cisco ACI, and more. This course helps prepare you to take the exam: 300-615 Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT)
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Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Outline the troubleshooting process, and highlight which questions to ask
- Describe the troubleshooting tools and methodologies that are available from the CLI and are used to identify and resolve issues in a Cisco Data Center network architecture
- Identify and resolve issues related to VLANs and PVLANs
- Identify and resolve issues related to port channels and virtual port channels
- Identify and resolve issues related to Cisco FabricPath
- Identify and resolve issues related to OTV
- Identify and resolve issues related to VXLAN
- Identify and resolve issues related to LISP
- Describe troubleshooting of routing protocols, such as OSPF, ISIS, and PIM.
- Describe troubleshooting of the AAA and RBAC
- Identify and resolve issues related to a single device
- Identify and resolve issues related to Fibre Channel interface operation
- Identify and resolve issues related to Fibre Channel switching when the Cisco NX-OS software switch is used in switched mode (vs. NPV mode)
- Identify and resolve issues related to Fibre Channel switching when the NX-OS switch is used in N Port Virtualization (NPV) mode
- Identify and resolve issues related to FIP and FCoE, including FCoE performance
- Describe Cisco UCS architecture, initial setup, tools and service aids that are available for Cisco UCS troubleshooting and interpretation of the output
- Describe Cisco UCS configuration and troubleshoot related issues
- Describe Cisco UCS B-Series operation and troubleshoot related issues
- Describe LAN, SAN and Fibre Channel operations, including in depth troubleshooting procedures
- Describe Cisco IMC utilities to validate performance and facilitate data-gathering activities for Cisco UCS C-Series troubleshooting, as well troubleshooting approach to hardware and firmware failures
- Define proper procedures to configure LAN and SAN connectivity and avoid issues with the P81E virtual interface card (VIC)
- Troubleshoot integration of Cisco UCS C-Series servers with Cisco UCS Manager
- Identify tools, protocols and methods to effectively troubleshoot Cisco ACI
Length: 180.0 days (40 hours)
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