CONTENUTI

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
• TroubleshootingVXLAN

 

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 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 Interconnect 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 Discovery

 

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS Configuration

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

 

Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Servers

• Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
• 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
• Use 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 One-View
• 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 Bootcamp
• Node Registration
• Connection to Cisco Intersight
• Onboarding Sites

 

Exploring theTools 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
• Troubleshoot 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

 

Labs

• Discovery Lab 1: Document the Network Baseline
• Discovery Lab 2: Troubleshoot Rapid PVST+
• Discovery Lab 3: Troubleshoot LACP
• Discovery Lab 4: Troubleshoot vPC
• Discovery Lab 5: Troubleshoot VXLAN
• Discovery Lab 6: Troubleshoot OSPF
• Discovery Lab 7: Troubleshoot FHRP
• Discovery Lab 8: Troubleshoot Cisco Fabric Services
• Discovery Lab 9: Troubleshoot VRF
• Discovery Lab 10: Troubleshoot Cisco Fibre Channel Interfaces
• Discovery Lab 11: Troubleshoot Fibre Channel VSANs, Zones, and Domain Services
• Discovery Lab 12 Troubleshoot NPV Mode
• Discovery Lab 13: Troubleshoot Cisco UCS Management and Service Profile Deployment
• Discovery Lab 14: Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Server LAN Connectivity
• Discovery Lab 15: Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Server Boot from the Fibre Channel LUN
• Discovery Lab 16: Troubleshoot Cisco UCS C-Series Server Management Connectivity
• Discovery Lab 17: Troubleshoot Cisco ACI Integration with VMware vCenter
• Discovery Lab 18 Troubleshoot Contracts in Cisco ACI
• Discovery Lab 19: Troubleshoot Cisco ACI External Layer 3 Connectivity
• Discovery Lab 20: Troubleshoot Cisco ACI External Layer 2 Connectivity