Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

Course Description

The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) course is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for profession-al-level data center roles.

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. You’ll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to troubleshoot Cisco data center infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.0 or higher
Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) v6.0 or higher
Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII) v6.0 or higher
Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI) v6.0 or higher
Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) v6.0 or higher

It is recommended, but not required, to have the following

skills and knowledge before attending this course:
Configure, secure, and maintain LANs and SANs based on Cisco Nexus and MDS switches
Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco UCS
Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco ACI

Who Should Attend

Data center administrators and engineers, Network administrators and engineers, Consulting systems engineers, Cisco integrators and partners, Data center designers and managers, Network designers and managers, Systems engineers

Learning Objectives

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

Related Training

Implementing Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCII)
Data Center Unified Computing Implementation (DCUCI)
Implementing Cisco Data Center Virtualization and Automation (DCVAI)

Course Info

Length:	5 day
Format:	Lecture and Lab
Delivery Method:	Virtual / Onsite
Max. Capacity:	16

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PDF

DCIT-DS-EN-20190109.pdf