This introductory course shows you how to deploy, secure, operate and maintain the Cisco Unified Computing system (Cisco UCS) B-Series blade server, Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series rack servers, and Cisco HyperFlex product family, for use in data centers.

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Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe Cisco UCS server hardware
Describe Cisco UCS connectivity
Describe the Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform, its data writing and reading processes, and data optimization
Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profiles
Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profile templates
Describe and implement iSCSI on Cisco UCS
Describe and implement Cisco UCS firmware updates
Describe and implement Cisco UCS backups

1

  • Describing Cisco UCS Server Hardware

  • Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
    Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
    Cisco UCS S-Series Rack Servers
    Cisco Virtual Interface Cards
    Hyperconvergence Overview
    Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series Servers
2

  • Describing Cisco UCS Connectivity

  • Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
    Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
    Cisco UCS C-Series Connectivity
    Cisco UCS S-Series Connectivity
    Cisco HyperFlex Connectivity Architecture
    Cisco HyperFlex Edge Connectivity
    Ethernet End-Host Mode Compared to Switching Mode
    Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Uplink Pinning
    Cisco UCS C-Series Integration
3

  • Describing the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform

  • Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software
    Writing Data to Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
    Reading Data from Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
    Data Optimization in Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
4

  • Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profiles

  • Portability Issue with Nonabstracted Identities
    Cisco UCS Service Profile
    Identity Pools
    Server Pools
    IP Pools
5

  • Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates

  • Service Profile Templates
6

  • Implementing iSCSI on Cisco UCS

  • iSCSI Addressing
    Evolution of SCSI from DAS to SAN
    iSCSI Multipathing
7

  • Implementing Cisco UCS Firmware Updates

  • Update Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware
    Download Tasks for the Infrastructure Image
    Download Tasks for Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware Packages
    Best Practices for Updating Firmware in Cisco UCS Manager
    Firmware Upgrades Using Auto Install
    Capability Catalog Updates
    Host Firmware Packages
    Driver Updates for Operating Systems and Hypervisors
8

  • Implementing Cisco UCS Backups

  • Compare Backup Options in Cisco UCS Manager
    Compare Two Import Types
    Policy Backup

Audience

This course is ideal for Server administrators, Network engineers, Systems engineers, Consulting systems engineers,Technical solutions architects, Network administrators, Storage administrators, Network managers, Sales engineers, andCisco 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 Storage area networking Server virtualization

$2,195

Length: 2.0 days (16 hours)

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