Implementing High Performance Computing Networks with the Cisco SFS (HPCSFS)

• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

It is strongly recommended that the learner should have taken the CCNA, DCSNS and ICSNS courses or have an equivalent background to fully benefit from this course.

Enable systems and field engineers who implement high performance computing solutions with the Cisco Server Fabric Switch.

This course is a 4-day training program designed for systems and field engineers who implement high performance computing solutions with the Cisco SFS 7000 Server Fabric Switch. This includes in depth coverage of the Infiniband protocols, HPC design considerations and implementations. Hands-on labs provide skills in configuring and verifying the switch fabric, fibre channel and Ethernet gateways, performance monitoring and Linux Storage setup and more.

This subtopic provides an overview of how the course is organized. The course contains these components

• 1. Fundamentals of High Performance Computing
• 2. Designing HPC Server Fabrics
• 3. Implementing Server Fabrics with the Cisco SFS
• 4. Building the Unified Compute Fabric
• 5. Configuring the Ethernet Gateway
• 6. Configuring the Fibre Channel Gateway
• 7. Boot over InfiniBand