Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System v1.0
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Course Details
Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS) v1.0
Course code: DCCUCS 1.0
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisite:
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
Course Description:
The Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS) v1.0 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 and implementing key features of Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Director, Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight
Course Objectives:
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
Intended Audience:
• Cisco integrators and partners
• Consulting systems engineers
• Network administrators
• Network engineers
• Network managers
• Server administrators
• Systems engineers
• Storage administrators
• Technical solutions architects
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
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 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