Cisco® Configuring Cisco® Unified Computing System v1.0 (DCCUCS)
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 key features of Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Manager; implementing UCS management software including Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight™; and more.
Course Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe and implement Fibre Channel, zoning, and N
- Port Virtualization (NPV) features on Cisco UCS Describe and implement Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) on Cisco UCS Describe Cisco UCS policies for service profiles Describe Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender (FEX) and Single Root I/O Virtualization 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
Agenda
- SAN Introduction
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Fibre Channels modes
- Named VSANs
- Cisco UCS Fibre Channel and FCoE Storage Connectivity
- Storage Policies and Profiles
- Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Policies
- Boot Policy
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Policies
- Scrub Policies
- Maintenance Policies
- Cisco FEX Overview
- Cisco Adapter FEX
- Single Root I/O Virtualization
- RBAC in Cisco UCS
- Users, Roles, and Privileges
- Functions of Organizations and Locales
- Effective Rights of a User
- Options for External Authentication Providers
- Public Key Infrastructure
- 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
- Cisco UCS Director Overview
- Important Features of Cisco Intersight
- Cisco UCS Manager XML API
- Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
- Managed Object Browser
- Cisco UCS PowerTool
- Cisco UCS Python Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Cisco Intersight Overview
- Important Features of Cisco Intersight
- Cisco UCS Manager XML API
- Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
- Managed Object Browser
- Cisco UCS Manager PowerTool
- Cisco UCS Python SDK
- 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
- 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 with Cisco Intersight
- Configure Cisco UCS Manager Using Scripting
- Implement Syslog and Call Home
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Course Type: Instructor Led