CCIE Data Center

Storage Networking

Introduction

Presenter Introduction
• Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
– bmcgahan@ine.com

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 Online Classroom Overview
• Adjusting your bandwidth
– Multiple bandwidth streams available
– Auto adjust available – off by default
• Asking questions
– Questions during presentation
– Q&A after each section
• Classes are recorded
– Recording access available ~ 1 week after class
completion

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Class Format
• Start time is 9:00 PDT (GMT -8)
– ~10 min break every hour
– Class duration ~5 hours daily
• Class is mixture of slides, diagrams, and
hands-on CLI examples

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 INE’s CCIE DC Training Strategy
• Overall topics are too large for a single 5-day
“bootcamp”
• INE’s strategy is three main topic domains
– Nexus Switching – Currently available as VoD
– Storage  This Class
– Computing

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Intended Audience
• Class assumes solid foundation of LAN
Switching & Routing
• Class assumes basic knowledge of SAN
components
– Disks, File Systems, Storage Protocols, HBAs, etc.
• Class does not assume prior knowledge of
implementing SAN Switching on NX-OS/SAN-OS

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 What To Expect Out Of Class
• What this class is
– SAN within the scope of CCIE Data Center
– Small scope compared to Nexus Switching and
Unified Computing
• What this class is not
– Detailed coverage of everything SAN
– I.e. this class is not CCIE Storage

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High Level Class Topic Flow

• Three main topic domains this week
– Fibre Channel Switching
– IP Storage
– Converged Ethernet

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 Fibre Channel Switching
• Fibre Channel (FC) Protocol Components
• FC Port Types
• SAN Port Channels
• SAN ISLs and Trunking
• Virtual SANs (VSANs)
• FC Fabric Services
• FC Zoning
• FC Security
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IP Storage
• iSCSI
• FCIP
• IP Storage High Availability
• IP Storage Security

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 Converged Ethernet
• Unified Fabric Components
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• N_Port Virtualization (NPV)
• N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)
• Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• Data Center Quality of Service (QoS)

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Storage & Unified Computing System (UCS)

• UCS storage topics will be covered in UCS class
– Server profiles, boot from SAN, FI in NPV mode, etc.
• Chicken & Egg problem with UCS Storage
– Can’t understand UCS Storage without understanding
Storage
– Can’t understand UCS Storage without understanding
UCS
– Learn Storage first, then UCS, then UCS Storage
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 CCIE Data Center Blueprint
• Details at http://www.cisco.com/go/ccie

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DC Lab Exam SAN Hardware & Software

• MDS 9222i v5.2(2)
• Nexus 5548 v5.1(3)
• Nexus 7009 v6.0(2) w/ SUP1, 10GE F1,
10GE M1
• UCS-6248 Fabric Interconnects v2.0(1x)
• Palo & Emulex mezzanine cards
• Cisco Data Center Manager software v5.2(2)
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 Recommended Resources
• Introduction to Storage Area Networks
• Storage Networks Explained: Basics and Application
of Fibre Channel SAN, NAS, iSCSI, InfiniBand and
FCoE
• Cisco Storage Networking Cookbook
• Cisco Documentation
– Design guides, configuration guides, command
references, etc.
• Cisco Live Virtual
– http://www.ciscolive365.com
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Q&A

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