Data Center and Storage

DCCUCS : Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System v1.0

Course Duration

3 Days

Delivery

ILT VILT

Overview

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The Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS) v1.0 certification & training 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™ and more.

What You'll Learn

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe and implement SAN on Cisco UCS
Describe Cisco UCS policies for service profiles
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

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

Prerequisites

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

These are the recommended Cisco courses that may help you meet these prerequisites:

Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA)
Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS)
Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)

Learning Journey

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Course 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

Lab Outline

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 Manager Using Scripting
Implement Syslog and Call Home

This course is not associated with any Certification.

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