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.

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Learning 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

1

  • 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
2

  • 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
3

  • Describing Cisco Adapter FEX and Single Root I/O Virtualization

  • Cisco FEX Overview
    Cisco Adapter FEX
    Single Root I/O Virtualization
4

  • Implementing RBAC on Cisco UCS

  • RBAC in Cisco UCS
    Users, Roles, and Privileges
    Functions of Organizations and Locales
    Effective Rights of a User
5

  • Implementing External Authentication Providers

  • Options for External Authentication Providers
6

  • Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager

  • Public Key Infrastructure
7

  • 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
8

  • Implementing Cisco Intersight

  • Cisco UCS Director Overview
    Important Features of Cisco Intersight
9

  • 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)
10

  • Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager

  • Public Key Infrastructure
11

  • Implementing Cisco Intersight

  • Cisco Intersight Overview
    Important Features of Cisco Intersight
12

  • Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager

  • Cisco UCS Manager XML API
    Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
    Managed Object Browser
    Cisco UCS Manager PowerTool
    Cisco UCS Python SDK
13

  • 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
14

  • 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 with Cisco Intersight
    Configure Cisco UCS Manager Using Scripting
    Implement Syslog and Call Home

Audience

This course is ideal for Server administrators, Network engineers, Systems engineers, Consulting systems engineers, Technical solutions architects, Network administrators, Storage administrators, Network managers, and Cisco integrators and partners.

Language

English

Prerequisites

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

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Length: 3.0 days (24 hours)

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