DCFM 200

This class provides the technical and process information needed to manage, monitor and troubleshoot SANs utilizing the Brocade DCFM management tool. Lectures introduce the main concepts with a minimum of theory and a maximum of practical applications. Hands-on lab exercises apply the processes defined in lecture. DCFM 200 is based on DCFM v10.0.

Target Group
SAN architects, systems engineers, and SAN operators that are involved with configuration, change management, maintenance, monitoring, and configuration

Knowledge Prerequisites
Familiarity with the basic concepts and operation of Brocade M-Series and B-Series switches:
• Concepts: Fabric, ISLs, zoning, FC routing, M-EOS & FOS
• Operation: Familiarity with command-line and GUI interfaces

Course Objective
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
• Describe the DCFM family of products.
• Describe and implement a DCFM environment.
• Describe the B-Series and M-Series Element Manager.
• Describe and demonstrate zoning using DCFM.
• Describe and demonstrate Fibre Channel routing using DCFM.
• Demonstrate device and switch performance.
• Describe common DCFM management features such as firmware management, fabric management, event management and non-DCFM product integration into DCFM.
• Describe additional DCFM features such as Call Home, proxy server support and DCFM server backup and restore.
• Describe the processes used to gather support information and review DCFM troubleshooting features.

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