Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure v7.0

Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) v7.0

Course code: DCIT 7.0

Duration: 5 Days

Prerequisite:

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
•    Configure, secure, and maintain LAN and SAN based on Cisco Nexus and MDS switches
•    Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco Unified Computing System
•    Configure, secure, and maintain Cisco ACI

Course Description:

The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) v7.0 course shows you how to troubleshoot LAN, SAN, Cisco® Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®), and Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI®).You will learn methodologies and tools to identify issues that may occur in data center network architecture. You will get extensive hands-on practice troubleshooting installation, configuration and interconnectivity issues on Cisco Multilayer Director Switch (MDS) switches, Cisco Nexus® switches, Cisco Fabric Extenders (FEXs), Cisco UCS, Cisco ACI, and more. This course earns you 50 Continuing Education (CE) credits towards recertification.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:
•    Describe how to troubleshoot the data center network, troubleshooting tools and methodologies available from the Command-Line Interface (CLI) that are used to identify and resolve issues in a Cisco data center network architecture
•    Identify and resolve issues that are related to: Virtual LANs (VLANs) and private VLANs (PVLANs); port channels and virtual port channels; Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV); and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
•    Describe troubleshooting of routing protocols such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM), and LAN security features
•    Identify and resolve issues that are related to a single device
•    Identify and resolve issues that are related to Fibre Channel interface operation
•    Identify and resolve Fibre Channel switching issues when the Cisco NX-OS Software is used in switched mode, and in N-Port Virtualization (NPV) mode
•    Identify and resolve issues that are related to Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP), 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, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server operation and troubleshoot related issues
•    Describe LAN, SAN, and Fibre Channel operations, including in-depth troubleshooting procedures

•    Describe Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) tools for validating performance and facilitating data-gathering activities for Cisco UCS C-Series server troubleshooting, and the troubleshooting approach for hardware and firmware failures
•    Define the proper procedures for configuring LAN and SAN connectivity, avoiding issues with the VIC, troubleshooting connectivity issues and Cisco UCS C-Series server integration with Cisco UCS Manager
•    Identify the tools, protocols, and methods to effectively troubleshoot Cisco ACI
•    Describe how to troubleshoot automation, scripting tools, and programmability

Intended Audience:

•    Network designers
•    Network administrators
•    Network engineers
•    System engineers
•    Data center engineers
•    Consulting systems engineers
•    Technical solutions architects
•    Server administrators
•    Network managers
•    Cisco integrators and partners

Course Outline:

Describing the Troubleshooting Process
•    Troubleshooting Overview
•    Narrow Down the Cause of the Problem

Understanding CLI Troubleshooting Tools
•    Ping, Pong, and Traceroute
•    Debugging, Event History, and System Monitoring
•    Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Encapsulated Remote SPAN
•    Ethanalyzer, Embedded Logic Analyzer Module (ELAM), and Data Plane Sampling Capture
•    Logging
•    Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics
•    Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Cisco Embedded Event Manager (EEM), and Remote Network Monitor (RMON)

Troubleshooting VLANs and PVLANs

Troubleshoot VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
•    Troubleshoot Layer 2 Issues
•    VLANs and Switched Virtual Interfaces (SVIs) on Cisco Nexus Series Switches
•    Troubleshoot VLANs, PVLANs, and SVIs
•    Troubleshoot Rapid Per VLAN Spanning Tree+ (PVST+)

Troubleshooting Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
•    Port Channel Overview
•    Virtual Port Channel (vPC) Overview
•    Troubleshoot vPCs
•    Common vPC Issues

Troubleshooting Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)
•    Cisco OTV Features
•    Common Cisco OTV Issues
•    Cisco OTV Troubleshooting
•    Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) Isolation Between Data Centers Using Cisco OTV

Troubleshooting Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
•    VXLAN Overlay Features
•    VXLAN Multiprotocol Border Gateway Protocol (MP-BGP) Ethernet VPN
•    Common VXLAN Issues
•    VXLAN Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Routing and High-Availability Protocols
•    Troubleshoot Basic Routing Issues
•    Troubleshoot OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
•    Troubleshoot EIGRP
•    Troubleshoot PIM
•    Troubleshoot First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)

Troubleshoot Data Center LAN Security
•    Troubleshoot Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
•    Troubleshoot First-Hop Security
•    Troubleshoot Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
•    Troubleshoot Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Troubleshooting Platform-Specific Issues
•    Cisco Fabric Services Overview
•    Troubleshoot Cisco Fabric Services
•    Configure and Troubleshoot Configuration Profiles
•    Common Virtual Device Contexts (VDC) Issues
•    Troubleshoot VDC
•    Troubleshoot Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
•    Cisco FEX Troubleshooting
•    Troubleshoot Cisco In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)

Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Interfaces
•    Fibre Channel Overview
•    Troubleshoot Fibre Channel Interfaces and Device Registration
•    Troubleshoot Fibre Channel Port Channels
•    Troubleshoot Port Security and Fabric Binding

Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Fabric Services
•    Troubleshoot Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs)
•    Troubleshoot Fibre Channel Domain and Name Services
•    Troubleshoot Zoning and Fabric Merges
•    Troubleshoot Cisco Fabric Services

Troubleshooting NPV Mode
•    N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and NPV Overview
•    Troubleshoot NPV Mode

Troubleshooting FCoE
•    FCoE and FIP Overview
•    Troubleshoot FIP
•    Troubleshoot FCoE- and QoS-Related Issues
•    Troubleshoot Data Center Bridging (DCB)
•    Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Architecture and Initialization
•    Troubleshoot Fabric Interconnect in Standalone and Cluster Mode
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS Management Access
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS Manager CLI
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS with Embedded Tools
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS Hardware Discovery

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Configuration
•    Stateless Computing
•    Troubleshoot Service Profile Association Issues Due to Unavailable Addresses
•    Other Service Profile Association Issues
•    Cisco UCS Manageability
•    Troubleshoot Authentication Failures

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server
•    Troubleshoot Firmware Upgrade and Operating System Drivers
•    Troubleshoot Remote Access
•    Troubleshoot Server Hardware

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot Link-Level Issues
•    Troubleshoot Connectivity Issues for Specific Servers
•    Troubleshoot Intermittent Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot Disjoint Layer 2 Networks
•    Troubleshoot Redundant Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS B-Series SAN Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot Directly Attached Storage
•    Troubleshoot Server Boot from SAN and iSCSI
•    Use SPAN for Troubleshooting
•    Analyze Packet Flow

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Initialization and Cisco IMC
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Hardware and Firmware

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot the Cisco UCS C-Series VIC Module and Connectivity to Cisco IMC
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series LAN Connectivity
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series SAN Connectivity
•    Use SPAN to Capture Cisco UCS C-Series Server Traffic
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Boot from the Fibre Channel Logical Unit Number LUN
•    Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series iSCSI Boot

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager Integration
•    Integrate Cisco UCS C-Series Servers with Cisco UCS Manager
•    Troubleshoot FEX Discovery and VIC Issues

Exploring the Tools and Methodologies for Troubleshooting Cisco ACI
•    Troubleshoot the Fabric Discovery Process
•    Traditional Troubleshooting Methods in Cisco ACI
•    Atomic Counters, Faults, and Health Scores
•    Troubleshoot Tenant-Based Policies
•    Packet Flow Through Cisco ACI Fabric
•    Troubleshoot AAA and RBAC
•    Troubleshoot Automation and Scripting Tools
•    Troubleshoot Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) EEM
•    Troubleshoot the Cisco NX-OS Scheduler

Troubleshooting Programmability
•    Troubleshoot Bash Shell and Guest Shell for NX-OS
•    Troubleshoot Representational State Transfer (REST) API, JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and Extensible Markup Language (XML) Encodings

Lab Outline:

•    Designing Enterprise Connectivity
•    Designing an Enterprise Network with BGP Internet Connectivity
•    Designing an Enterprise Campus LAN
•    Designing Resilient Enterprise WAN
•    Designing QoS in an Enterprise Network
•    Designing an Enterprise IPv6 Network