Cisco
Multi-protocol Storage Essentials v1.0 (CMSE) -
5-day Course
Course Designed and Developed for Cisco by
CCI
Course
Description
Leveraging an organization’s existing Fibre Channel,
storage area networking infrastructure to gain
efficiencies in performance, reliability, and total
cost of ownership was a daunting and expensive task.
This task is now made simpler and less costly using
Cisco’s MDS 9000 family of products. Using the MDS
9000 IP Services Module, organizations have the
capability to handle IP related storage transport
solutions on the same physical chassis that handles
Fibre Channel and they can extend the coverage of
their SAN to the Metropolitan or Wide Area Network
(MAN/WAN).
This course will
teach you have to consolidate distributed storage
using iSCSI, how to cost effectively connect remote
SAN Islands using FCIP and how maximize the use of
FCIP and iSCSI when deploying Cisco SAN solutions.
You will get an overview of the full suite of SAN
extension solutions that Cisco offers their SAN
customers including and introduction Optical DWD and
CWDM solutions. The details of the iSCSI and FCIP
protocols will be described and you will learn how
to configure and troubleshoot these protocols in a
“real-world” lab environment for the MDS 9000 IP
services module as well as the Cisco 7200/7400
router with an FCIP port adapter.
Course Objectives
In this course you will learn how to:
- Understand where
to position Cisco’s FCIP and iSCSI solutions to
cost effectively consolidate and extend your
customers SAN
- Learn the Cisco
IPS Module features and performance optimization
for transporting SAN traffic over a TCP/IP network
- Detail FCIP and
its function on the MDS-9000
- Detail iSCSI and
its function on the MDS-9000
- Use hands-on
labs to Configure FCIP on the MDS-9000
- Use hands on
labs to Configure iSCSI on the MDS-9000
- Learn how to
Implement IP Services within an MDS-9000 Fabric
Switch environment
- Explore
Troubleshooting scenario in a multi-protocol
environment using the MDS 9000 and the IPS Module
- Learn how to
configure and troubleshoot FCIP on the 7200 router
using the FCIP port adapter
- Understand
interoperability between the MDS 9000 IPS module
and the Cisco FCIP port adapter
Intended Audience
The audience for CMSE is Cisco System SEs working on
MDS-9000 solutions; OSM and OSM Partner SEs;
Customer Support and Field Technician personnel
deploying and configuring IP Services on the
MDS-9000; Technical professionals within companies
who are deploying the MDS-9000 product.
Prerequisites
Student prerequisites are as follows:
- MDS-9000
Configuration and Troubleshooting course
- Intermediate
knowledge of TCP/IP and Storage Area Networking
Course Outline
CSDE teaches the details of “how to determine
requirements for” and “how to design”
high performance, high available, secure, and
scalable SANs incorporating the MDS 9000 series
products for small enterprises, isolated SANs, and
geographically dispersed SANs. It builds upon the
“what are the features and concepts behind SAN and
Fibre Channel for the MDS 9000” taught in MDSCT and
FCIP and iSCSI concepts taught in CMSE.
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