Cisco UCS Director Foundation v6.6
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Course Details
Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6
Course code: UCSDF v6.6
Duration: 3 Days
Prerequisite:
• General knowledge of cloud and data center virtualization
• Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp storage, Cisco Nexus® switches, and VMware vCenter
• Knowledge of data center processes and best practices
Course Description:
The Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6 course helps you understand concepts, architecture, and deployment use cases for Cisco UCS® Director. You will gain hands-on experience in deploying basic Cisco UCS Director solutions. You will also practice using core features that most implementations require, such as services design, using the self-service portal for provisioning services, creating workflows that enable cloud automation and standardize IT services, and more.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
• Understand Cisco UCS Director architecture
• Understand deployment models of Cisco UCS Director
• Configure virtual data centers, policies, and catalogs
• Understand the unified infrastructure management capabilities of Cisco UCS Director
• Understand orchestration and build advanced workflows
• Understand 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
• Understanding Data Center Challenges
• Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
• Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
• Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Explaining Global System Settings
• Understanding Site and Pod Management
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Understanding the Design Phase
• Understanding Policies
• Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
Understanding Deployment Through the Self-Service Portal
• Understanding the Self-Service Provisioning Portal
• Understanding Service Request
Introducing Orchestration
• Understanding Orchestration
Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
• Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
• Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
Introducing Application Containers
• Understanding Application Containers
Lab outline:
• Configure Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery
• Cisco UCS Director GUI Familiarization
• Service Design
• Catalogs
• Self-Service Portal
• Orchestration Workflow Design
• Advanced Workflow Design
• Create an Application Container