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Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) v6.2

This course includes Cisco Training Exclusives TheDCIT - Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6.2course is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification...

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$4,395 USD GSA  $3,763.98
Course Code 4868
Duration 5 days
Available Formats Classroom
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This course includes Cisco Training Exclusives

TheDCIT - Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v6.2course is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is troubleshooting 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.

Youll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to troubleshoot Cisco data center infrastructures.

Skills Gained

  • Outline the troubleshooting process, and highlight which questions to ask
  • Describe the troubleshooting tools and methodologies available from the CLI and 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 as 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

Who Can Benefit

  • 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

Course Details

1. Overview

2. Setting up OneView appliance

3. Managing network connectivity

4. Adding enclosure to OneView

5. Manage servers and continuous integration (CI) server profiles

6. Environmental management

7. Use alerts and notifications to monitor the hardware

8. Manage the appliance

9. REST API and troubleshooting

Lab 1: Navigating the HPVL training environment

Lab 2: Installing and configuring the HP OneView

Lab 3: Configuring the networks

Lab 4: Adding the enclosures

Lab 5: Managing the server profiles

Lab 6: Accessing HP OneView by using REST API calls

Lab 7: Managing HP OneView with PowerShell library for REST

Lab 8: Health and environmental monitoring

Lab 9: OneView appliance maintenance

Lab 10: OneView appliance and managed environment