Cisco Data Centre & Storage

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

• 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.

The Designing Cisco Data Center Solutions (DCSNS) is a 5 day ILT course, designed to help students prepare for the DCSNS certification 642-357. DCSNS is designed to give students a firm understanding of how to design a Storage Area Network (SAN) around Cisco FC switches and Directors in the MDS and Nexus series products.

• Module 1: MDS 9000 Platform Fundamentals
• Module 2: SAN Design
• Module 3: SAN Extension Design
• Module 4: SAN Security