Cisco – DCIUCS – Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System

Description

Overview:

The Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS) v1.0 is an introductory course that shows you how to deploy, secure, operate, and maintain the Cisco Unified Computing system (Cisco UCS©) B-Series blade servers, Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series rack servers, and Cisco HyperFlex product family for use in data centers. You will gain hands-on practice on basic Cisco UCS server configuration, performing backup and restore activities, and more.

Prerequisite(s):

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

These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:

• Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA©_)
• Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
• Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.2
• Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) v6.2
• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) or Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)

Audience:

• Server administrators
• Network engineers
• Systems engineers
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects
• Network administrators
• Storage administrators
• Network managers
• Sales engineers
• Cisco integrators and partners

Outline:

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

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
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Ethernet End-Host Mode Compared to Switching Mode
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Uplink Pinning
• Cisco UCS C-Series Integration

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

Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profiles

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

Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates

• Service Profile Templates

Implementing iSCSI on Cisco UCS

• iSCSI Addressing
• iSCSI Support in Cisco UCS

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

Implementing Cisco UCS Backups

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

Lab Outline

• Explore Cisco UCS Manager GUI
• Configure Server and Uplink Ports
• Configure VLANs
• Configure Basic Identity Pools
• Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
• Configure a Service Profile Template
• Configure an iSCSI Service Profile on Cisco UCS
• Perform Backup and Restore Activities