1. Overview – Data CenterArchitectures

2. Overview – Cisco Unified Computingsystem

3. Hardware Model comparison

4. Understanding the Cisco UCSComponents

• Fabric Interconnects

• 62XX and 63XX

• UCS Mini

• Chassis

• I/O Adapters & Modules

• Blades

• Rack

5. Managing Cisco Unified ComputingSystem Hardware

• Setting up Management IP Pools

• Setting up Resource Pools

6. Understanding Cisco UCSB-Series Networking Connectivity

• Physical Connectivity Configuration

• Cisco UCS B-Series LAN &SANConnectivity Configuration

7. Provision Cisco UCS ComputeResources

• Provision LAN & SAN Networking

• Provisioning Resource Pools inCiscoUCS Manager

• Provisioning Server Policies inCiscoUCS Manager

8. Hypervisors Implementation andConfiguration

• VMWare ESXi

9. Overview on Cisco UCS Managementtools

• UCS Central

• UCS Director

Lab:

• Exploring Cisco UCS Hardware
• Creating Simple Service profiles
• Configuring Resource Pools
• Reporting
• Creating service profile fromtemplate

• CCNA DC equivalent knowledge and experience

• Server operating systems,hypervisor and virtualization familiarity