The focus of this skills-building course is 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.
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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
Course Info
Cost: $ 4,600
Length: 5.0 days (40 hours)
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