Who should attend
This course is designed for individuals in roles such as:
- Network engineer
- Systems engineer
- Data center engineer
- Consulting systems engineer
- Technical solutions architect
- Cisco integrators/partners
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, ensure you have:
- Fundamental familiarity with Fibre Channel
- Familiarity with data center infrastructure operations
- Experience in managing Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switches
- Basic understanding of virtualization fundamentals
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Deploy a vND Nexus Dashboard on VMware
- Understand and troubleshoot fabric discovery
- Utilize NDFC for MDS administration
- Implement RBAC for User Management and Remote Authentication integration
- Monitor Alarms, Logs, Events, and Audit logging
- Perform N/F/TE/Port-Channel Port Monitoring
- Conduct Endpoint Visibility and Performance Monitoring
- Manage switch software upgrades using NDFC
- Use important Nexus Dashboard CLI Commands
- Generate Tech-Support troubleshooting files
- Execute ND Backup and Restore procedures
- Handle NDFC Upgrades and common deployment issues
- Apply advanced troubleshooting for efficient SAN operations
Detailed Course Outline
- Nexus Dashboard Apps and Personas
- Deployment Options Overview
- Virtual vs Physical Appliance Selection
- Installation hardware & IP address requirements
- NDFC Licensing
- NDFC Fabric Discovery
- Overview of Nexus Dashboard
- Fabric Discovery & Overview of ND Fabric Controller
- SAN Configuration
- VSAN Creation
- Administration of FC Interfaces (E-port, N-port) & Port-Channels
- Zoning Administration
- NDFC RBAC Configuration and LDAP Integration
- Alarms, Logs, Events & Audit logging
- Endpoint Visibility & Performance Monitoring
- Congestion Analysis
- MDS Image Management
- Administrative and Troubleshooting Tasks
- CLI Troubleshooting Commands
- Generating a Show Tech-Support
- Switch Discovery Troubleshooting
- Backup and Restore Procedures
- Common deployment issues