Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System v1.0

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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