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DCIT - Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Infrastructure

Learn to diagnose LAN, SAN, Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric, Cisco Unified Computing System and Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure.

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What you’ll learn

Describing the Troubleshooting Process

  • Troubleshooting Overview
  • Troubleshooting Overview and Issue Identification

Understanding CLI Troubleshooting Tools

  • Ping, Pong, and Traceroute
  • Debugging, Event History, and System Monitoring
  • SPAN and Encapsulated Remote SPAN
  • Ethanalyzer, ELAM, and Data Plane Sampling Capture
  • Logging
  • Cisco Generic Online Diagnostics
  • SNMP, Cisco EEM, and RMON

Troubleshooting VLANs and PVLANs

  • Troubleshooting VTP
  • Troubleshooting Layer 2 Issues
  • VLANs and SVIs on Cisco Nexus Series Switches
  • Troubleshooting VLANs, PVLANs, and SVIs
  • Troubleshooting Rapid PVST+

Troubleshooting Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels

  • Port Channel Overview
  • vPC Overview
  • Troubleshooting vPCs
  • Common vPC Issues

Troubleshooting VXLAN

  • VXLAN Overlay Features
  • VXLAN MP-BGP Ethernet VPN
  • Common VXLAN Issues
  • Troubleshooting VXLAN

Troubleshooting Routing and High-Availability Protocols

  • Troubleshooting Basic Routing Issues
  • Troubleshooting OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
  • Troubleshooting EIGRP
  • Troubleshooting PIM
  • Troubleshooting FHRP

Troubleshooting Data Center LAN Security

  • Troubleshooting AAA and RBAC
  • Troubleshooting First-Hop Security
  • Troubleshooting ACLs

Troubleshooting Platform-Specific Issues

  • Cisco Fabric Services Overview
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services
  • Troubleshooting Configuration Profiles
  • Common VDC Issues
  • Troubleshooting VDC
  • Troubleshooting VRF
  • Cisco FEX Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Cisco ISSU

Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Interfaces

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

Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Fabric Services

  • Troubleshooting VSANs
  • Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Domain and Name Services
  • Distributed Device Aliases
  • Troubleshooting Zoning and Fabric Merges
  • Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services

Troubleshooting NPV Mode

  • NPIV and NPV Overview
  • Troubleshooting NPV Mode

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Architecture and Initialization

  • Troubleshooting Fabric Interconnects in Standalone and Cluster Mode
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Management Access
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Manager CLI
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS with Embedded Tools
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Hardware Diseovery

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Configuration

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

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Servers

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

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity

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

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series Servers

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

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series LAN and SAN Connectivity

  • Troubleshooting the Cisco UCS C-Series VIC Module and Connectivity to Cisco IMC
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series LAN Connectivity
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series SAN Connectivity
  • Using SPAN to Capture Cisco UCS C-Series Server Traffic
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series iSCSI Boot

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series and Cisco UCS Manager Integration

  • Integrating Cisco UCS C-Series Servers with Cisco UCS Manager
  • Troubleshooting FEX Discovery and VIC Issues

Cisco Intersight Overview

  • Cisco Intersight
  • Cisco Intersight Architecture
  • Flexible Deployment Models
  • Cisco Intersight Security
  • Cisco Intersight Authentication Options
  • Setup Cisco Intersight SaaS Account
  • Cisco Intersight Role-Based Access Control
  • Connected Cisco Technical Assistance Center
  • Cisco Intersight Tagging
  • Cisco Intersight Dashboard, Inventory, and Faults
  • Firmware Management
  • Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) Feature
  • Best Practices for Updating Firmware using Cisco Intersight
  • Cisco Intersight Managed Operating System Installation
  • Context Launch and KVM

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Overview

  • The Need for Day-2 Operations Tools
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights Application Use Cases
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator Application Use Cases
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller Application Use Cases
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker Application Use Cases
  • Physical and Virtual Cisco Nexus Dashboard Platforms
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Node Roles
  • Deployment and Placement of Nodes Across Sites
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard OneView
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Software Stack

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Connectivity and Installation

  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Logical Network Connectivity
  • Physical Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Connection
  • IP Pools for Services Configuration
  • Connection Mode Comparison
  • Cisco Nexus Dashboard Installation Procedures
  • User Interface Bootstrap
  • Node Registration
  • Connection to Cisco Intersight
  • Onboarding Sites

Exploring the Tools and Methodologies for Troubleshooting Cisco ACI

  • Troubleshooting the Fabric Discovery Process
  • Traditional Troubleshooting Methods in Cisco ACI
  • Atomic Counters, Faults, and Health Scores
  • Troubleshooting Tenant-Based Policies
  • Packet Flow Through the Cisco ACI Fabric
  • Troubleshooting AAA and RBAC

Troubleshooting Automation and Programmability Tools

  • Troubleshooting the Cisco NX-OS Scheduler
  • Troubleshooting REST API, JSON, and XML Encodings
  • Cisco NX-OS Programmability

On-Box Programmability and Automation with Cisco NX-OS

  • Working with Cisco NX-OS Bash
  • Linux Containers and Guest Shell
  • Python API
  • Embedded Event Manager
  • Docker Containers on Cisco NX-OS

Off-Box Programmability and Automation with Cisco NX-OS

  • NX-API Enhancement
  • Model-Driven Programmability on Cisco NX-OS
  • Ansible for Cisco NX-OS
  • Introduction to Terraform
  • Utilization of Terraform
  • Terraform for Cisco NX-OS

Upcoming training

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Flexible startTime to be confirmed
On-DemandONLINE · English
2026-11-09 — 2026-11-138:30 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Virtual Classroom LiveONLINE · English