We provide virtual course about DCIT: Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure. The course is designed to help students prepare for Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles.
Course description:
Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure is a skills-building course focused on the troubleshooting of LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center 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.
How you will benefit:
This course will help you:
• Learn how to deploy and troubleshoot various components of Cisco data center infrastructure to support performance, resiliency, scalability needs.
• Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software.
• Qualify for professional-level job roles
Course objectives:
After taking this course, you should 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 content:
• Troubleshooting the Data Center LAN Network
• Troubleshooting Data Center SAN
• Troubleshooting Data Center Unified Computing
• Troubleshooting Data Center ACI
Labs:
• Lab 1: Document the Network Baseline
• Lab 2: Troubleshoot LAN-RSTP
• Lab 3: Troubleshoot LAN-LACP
• Lab 4: Learning Lab: Troubleshoot LAN-vPC
• Lab 5: Troubleshoot LAN-FabricPath
• Lab 6: Troubleshoot LAN-OTV
• Lab 7: Troubleshoot LAN-OSPF
• Lab 8: Troubleshoot LAN-FHRP
• Lab 9: Troubleshoot LAN-VRF
• Lab 10: Troubleshoot LAN-VXLAN
• Lab 11: Troubleshoot LAN-CFS
• Lab 12: Troubleshoot LAN-FEX
• Lab 13: Troubleshoot SAN-FC Interfaces
• Lab 14: Troubleshoot SAN-FC VSANs, Zones, and Domain Services
• Lab 15: Troubleshoot SAN-NPV Mode
• Lab 16: Troubleshoot SAN-FCoE
• Lab 17: Troubleshoot SAN-DCB
• Lab 18: Troubleshoot Compute-Cisco UCS Management and Service Profile Deployment
• Lab 19: Troubleshoot Compute-Cisco UCS C-Series Server Boot from SAN
• Lab 20: Troubleshoot Compute-LAN Connectivity, Part 1
• Lab 21: Troubleshoot Compute-LAN Connectivity, Part 2
• Lab 22: Troubleshoot Compute-Cisco UCS C-Series Server Boot from SAN
• Lab 23: Troubleshoot Compute-Network Connectivity
• Lab 24: Troubleshoot ACI-Bare Metal Hosts
• Lab 25: Troubleshoot ACI-VMM
• Lab 26: Troubleshoot ACI-Contracts
• Lab 27: Troubleshoot ACI-External Layer 3
• Lab 28: Troubleshoot ACI-External Layer 2
Target audience:
Engineers involved in the troubleshooting of LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).
Prerequisites:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
• Configure, secure, and maintain LAN and SAN based on Cisco Nexus and MDS switches
• Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco Unified Computing System
• Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco ACI
The following Cisco courses may help you meet these prerequisites:
• Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
• Implementing and Administering Cisco Networking Technologies (CCNA)
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
Language:
• English course material, english speaking instructor
Certification:
This course will help you prepare to take exam 300-615 Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT). This exam is one of the concentration exams needed in order to get the new CCNP Data Center certification.