Designing Cisco Storage Network Solutions (DCSNS v 3.0)

Duration: 5 days

Course Price: £1945 +VAT

Prerequisites

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

Who should attend

Channel Partner/Reseller
Customers
Employee

The 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.

Course Objectives

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

Future Sessions

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For future sessions please enquire on 0845 850 8060.