Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric

Course details

Overview:

This course is designed for Network Engineers who install, implement, maintain, and troubleshoot the Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5000 Series Switches, the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, and Cisco MDS Multilayer Fabric Switches. The course covers the key components and procedures that are needed to troubleshoot and resolve common issues with the Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000, and MDS switches and the Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders in the network and SAN environments.

Objectives:

• Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives
• Describe the troubleshooting tools and methodologies that are available from the CLI and in Cisco DCNM that are used to identify and resolve issues in a Cisco Data Center network architecture
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to VLANs and PVLANs
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to port channels and vPCs
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to Cisco FabricPath
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to OTV
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to Fibre Channel interface operation
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to Fibre Channel switching when a Cisco Nexus switch is used in switched mode or in NPV mode
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to FCoE in the Cisco Data Center architecture
• Identify and resolve issues that are related to Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
• Identify and resolve issues that are specific to Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
• Identify and resolve issues that are specific to Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
• Identify and resolve issues that are specific to Cisco MDS Switches

Content:

• Tools and Methodologies of Troubleshooting
• Layer 2 Issue Troubleshooting
• SAN Switching Issue Troubleshooting
• FCoE Troubleshooting
• Platform-Specific Issue Troubleshooting