Course Outline
Pre-Requisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
General knowledge of servers
Routing and switching knowledge
Storage area networking knowledge
Server virtualization knowledge
DCFNDU - Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations v1.0
Lessons
The DCCUCS - Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System v1.0 course shows you how to deploy, secure, operate, and maintain Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) B-series blade servers, Cisco UCS C-Series, and S-Series rack servers for use in data centers. You will learn how to implement management and orchestration software for Cisco UCS. You will gain hands-on practice: configuring key features of Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Manager; implementing UCS management software including Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Gain in-depth experience implementing and maintaining Cisco UCS servers to help you accelerate and provide robust UCS deployments
- Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software
- Describe and implement Fibre Channel, zoning, and N-Port Virtualization (NPV) features on Cisco UCS
- Describe and implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on Cisco UCS
- Describe Cisco UCS policies for service profiles
- Describe Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) and Single Root I/O Virtualization
- Describe and implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) on Cisco UCS
- Describe and implement external authentication providers on Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe and implement key management on Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe Cisco UCS Director
- Describe and implement Cisco Intersight
- Describe the scripting options for Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe and implement monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager
OUTLINE
Implementing Cisco UCS Storage Area Network (SAN)
- SAN Introduction
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Fibre Channels modes
- Named VSANs
- Cisco UCS Fibre Channel and FCoE Storage Connectivity
Describing Cisco UCS Policies for Service Profiles
- Storage Policies and Profiles
- Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Policies
- Boot Policy
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Policies
- Scrub Policies
- Maintenance Policies
Describing Cisco Adapter FEX and Single Root I/O Virtualization
- Cisco FEX Overview
- Cisco Adapter FEX
- Single Root I/O Virtualization
Implementing RBAC on Cisco UCS
- RBAC in Cisco UCS
- Users, Roles, and Privileges
- Functions of Organizations and Locales
- Effective Rights of a User
Implementing External Authentication Providers
- Options for External Authentication Providers
Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager
- Public Key Infrastructure
Implementing Cisco UCS Director
- Cisco UCS Director Overview
- Policies, Virtual Data Centers, and Catalogs
- Cisco UCS Director Virtualization Support
- Managing Compute with Cisco UCS Director
- Cisco UCS Manager Orchestration
- Self-Service Portal
- Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
Implementing Cisco Intersight
- Cisco UCS Director Overview
- Important Features of Cisco Intersight
Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager
- Cisco UCS Manager XML API
- Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
- Managed Object Browser
- Cisco UCS PowerTool
- Cisco UCS Python Software Development Kit (SDK)
Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager
- Public Key Infrastructure
Implementing Cisco Intersight
- Cisco Intersight Overview
- Important Features of Cisco Intersight
Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager
- Cisco UCS Manager XML API
Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
- Managed Object Browser
- Cisco UCS Manager PowerTool
- Cisco UCS Python SDK
Implementing Monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager
- Logging Sources in Cisco UCS Manager
- Port Monitoring Capabilities of Cisco UCS Manager
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Security Ramifications
- Cisco UCS Manager Call Home Feature
LABS
- Configure Pod-Specific Device Aliases
- Configure Zoning
- Configure VSANs in Cisco UCS Manager
- Configure Unified Ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
- Install and Boot VMware Elastic Sky X Integrated (ESXi) on Cisco UCS from the FCoE Logical Unit Number (LUN) via FCoE
- Configure RBAC
- Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users via Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (OpenLDAP)
- Configure a Trusted Point and Key Ring in Cisco UCS Manager
- Configure Cisco UCS with Cisco Intersight
- Configure Cisco UCS Manager Using Scripting
- Implement Syslog and Call Home
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Server administrators
- Network engineers
- Systems engineers
- Consulting systems engineers
- Technical solutions architects
- Network administrators
- Storage administrators
- Network managers
- Cisco integrators and partners
Cancellation Policy
We require 16 calendar days notice to reschedule or cancel any registration. Failure to provide the required notification will result in 100% charge of the course. If a student does not attend a scheduled course without prior notification it will result in full forfeiture of the funds and no reschedule will be allowed. Within the required notification period, only student substitutions will be permitted. Reschedules are permitted at anytime with 16 or more calendar days notice. Enrollments must be rescheduled within six months of the cancel date or funds on account will be forfeited.
Training Location
Online Classroom
your office
your city,
your province
your country
I would never take another course that starts at 11AM and goes to 9PM again. The way the course was laid out really took away from the capturing of what was presented as it was 5-6 hours of watching a screen before getting to the actual labs. There has to be a better way to lay out this particular course. In my previous course, the lectures were broken up by labs which worked out fantastic and kept you engaged in the course. There were days when in order to actually complete the labs, would go over the 9PM day end time frame. Was able to get the primary labs done, but if you want to get all the content completed, you cannot complete it in the window of this course, you will need to come back on your own time.