Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI v6.6
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Course Details
Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI) v6.6
Course code: UCSDACI v6.6
Duration: 4 Days
Prerequisite:
• Understanding of server design and architecture
• Familiarity with Cisco UCS, Cisco ACI, server virtualization, and storage concepts
Course Description:
The Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI) v6.6 course shows you how to use Cisco UCS® Director software to manage physical and virtual infrastructure elements, including Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™). You will learn to use orchestration and automation functions of Cisco UCS Director to effectively manage infrastructure and automate IT processes. The course offers hands-on experience installing and configuring Cisco UCS Director software. You will also learn about features such as bare-metal provisioning; compute, network, and storage management; orchestration, including Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC); Cisco UCS Director custom tasks, and more.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Data center challenges and cloud solutions
• Cisco UCS Director architecture
• Cisco UCS Director setup and configuration
• Cisco ACI
• Multitenancy in FlexPod Cisco ACI infrastructure
• Resource groups and service offerings
• Tenant onboarding
• Self-service provisioning
• Application containers
Intended Audience:
• Data center architects
• Cloud infrastructure architects
• Network engineers
• System administrators
• Storage administrators
• Engineers requiring advanced configuration skills
• Cisco integrators and partners
Course Outlines:
• Introducing Cisco UCS Director
o Understanding Data Center Challenges
o Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
o Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
o Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
• Introducing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
o Understanding Cisco ACI Overview
o Understanding Cisco ACI Terms and Constructs
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
o Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Introducing Role-Based Access Control
o Explaining User Groups/Roles/Users
• Introducing Orchestration
o Understanding Orchestration
• Introducing Cisco UCS Director ACI
o Explaining Cisco UCS Director with ACI Solution
• Understanding Multitenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
o Explaining Multitenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
o Understanding Resource Groups and Service Offerings
• Introducing Advanced Tenant Onboarding
o Onboarding a Tenant
o Tagging Resources
• Introducing Application Containers
o Understanding Application Profiles
o Understanding Service Container Catalog
• Understanding Deployment Through Self-Service Portal
o Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
o Understanding Service Request
• Understanding Virtual Data Center
o Understanding Policies
o Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case