DCSNS - Designing Cisco Storage Network Solutions

Summary

This course enables the student to design enterprise Cisco MDS 9000 solutions that include core Fibre Channel SANs, ISCSI for mid-range applications, and SAN extension solutions.
 
Prerequisites

Basic understanding of data storage hardware components and protocols, including SCSI and Fibre Channel.

Audience

• Channel Partners / Resellers
• Customers
• Employees

Skills taught

• Given a SAN environment, identify the components, services, and features of the MDS 9000 platform that can be used to improve the availability, scalability, performance, and manageability of the SAN.
• Given the MDS platform components, design a multiprotocol SAN to meet a variety of customer requirements.
• Given a SAN environment, design a SAN that enables storage consolidation.
• Given a SAN environment, design a SAN security implementation that includes port and fabric security, secure management protocols, and role-based access control to meet security policy requirements.
• Given an understanding of SAN extension applications, design a SAN extension solution that meets application availability, performance, and scalability requirements. 

Course outline

Module 1: MDS 9000 Platform Overview
Module 2: Designing SAN Fabrics
Module 3: Consolidating Storage in the Data Center
Module 4: Securing the SAN
Module 5: Designing SAN Extension Solutions
Appendix A: SCSI Overview
Appendix B: Fibre Channel Overview
Appendix C: MDS 9000 Hardware Installation Reference