DCIT (300-615)

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The Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure (DCIT) course prepares you to identify and resolve issues across LAN, SAN, Cisco UCS, Unified Fabric, and Cisco ACI environments. Through hands-on labs and real-world scenarios, you’ll learn to troubleshoot installation, configuration, and interconnectivity problems using Cisco Nexus, MDS switches, FEXs, and management tools. This training readies you for the 300-615 DCIT exam, earning you the Cisco Certified Specialist – Data Center Operations certification and fulfilling a concentration requirement for CCNP Data Center.

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Course Description

Key Takeaways

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

Who should attend

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

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:

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

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offerings: