Cisco UCS Director Foundation v6.6

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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