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UCS Test Drive for Technical Decision Makers

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Length: 2 days

Format: Lecture/Lab

Course Version: 5.5

Product Version: 2.2(3a)

Why Firefly
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hands-on training and customized laboratories to deliver a highly interactive and immersive course.

Course Description

Prerequisites

The Cisco Unified Computing System family of products


is a next-generation computing solution based on
industry-standard technologies and innovative
management concepts. Cisco UCS redefines the way
data centers use and deploy compute resources while
reducing management overhead and increasing
efficiency. This two-day course provides you with an
architectural overview of the Cisco UCS and how it can
be deployed to increase compute density, reduce the
cabling, power, and cooling burdens, and accelerate
server provisioning in both virtualized and nonvirtualized environments for a variety of datacenter
workloads.

You will gain the most from this seminar if you have basic
knowledge of Intel x86 server solutions, data center networking
technologies, and storage area networks.

This course examines the challenges in today's


datacenters and explores how Cisco UCS can be used
to reduce complexity and increase scale. You will have
hands-on labs and will gain information to enable you,
the technical decision maker, to understand the
architecture and value of Cisco UCS products. The
course features UCS Manager version 2.2(3a) content.
The course also describes UCS enterprise
management tools such as UCS Central 1.1(2a) and
UCS Director 5.0. It also briefly discusses the Cisco
UCS Invicta Solution, UCS M-Series Servers and UCS
Mini. The course includes hands-on labs that
demonstrate the deployment and management of
compute resources in a Cisco UCS environment.

Related Training
Unified Computing System Implementation Professionals
(UCS-IP)

Learning Objectives

Discuss challenges in the Data Center today and the


Evolution to Cloud Computing
Describe the Cisco UCS B-, C-, and M-Series servers and
UCS Mini hardware components
Describe the Cisco UCS management framework
Provide a detailed description of Cisco UCS core network
connectivity
Describe port configuration on the Cisco UCS fabric
interconnect
Describe how to create and manage Service Profiles
Explain Use Cases that demonstrate how Cisco UCS can
benefit application deployments and provide business
value
Describe Converged Infrastructure solution such as
VSPEX, VBLOCK and FlexPod

Who Should Attend


This course provides an introduction to the Cisco
Unified Computing System for data center and system
architects, network administrators, and systems
administrators.

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UCS Test Drive for Technical Decision Makers


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Lesson 5: UCS Port Configuration

Lesson 1: Challenges in the Data Center


Today

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Port Configuration


Fabric Interconnect Storage Area Network Connectivity

Emergence of Cloud Computing


Evolution of Server Scalability
Converged Infrastructure
Management and Provisioning

Lesson 6: Creating Service Profiles


Overview of Service Profile Wizards
Simple Service Profile Wizards
Expert Service Profile Wizards

Lesson 2: Cisco Unified Computing


System Overview

Cisco UCS Architecture


Data Center Bridging
Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
Cisco UCS B-Series Fabric Interconnect Components
Cisco UCS B-Series Models and Options
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards
Cisco UCS C-Series Models and Options
UCS C-Series Integration with UCS Manager
UCS M-Series Servers
UCS Mini
Cisco UCS B-Series Power Requirements
Supported Configurations

Lesson 7: Managing Service Profiles


Associating and Disassociating Service Profiles to Server
Blades
Using Service Profiles
Compute Node Failures
KVM and Virtual Media Utilities

Lesson 8: Use Cases


Application Deployments on Cisco UCS
Vblock, VPSEX and FlexPod Infrastructure Stacks

Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Management


Framework

Cisco UCS Management Architecture


XML API and Third Party Tools for Monitoring,
Deployment, and Orchestration
Hierarchical Resource Management
Cisco UCS Service Profiles
Service Profile Templates
UCS Central
UCS Director

Workshops
Lab 1: Initial Configuration
Lab 2: Upgrading UCS Components
Lab 3: Creating Simple Service Profiles

Lab 4: Configuring Resource Pools

Lesson 4: Cisco UCS Core Network


Connectivity

Lab 5: Creating Service Profiles from Templates

UCSM Local and Storage Area Networks


Cisco UCS Core Network Connectivity Requirements
End Host Mode (EHM) on the Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect
EHM with Disjointed L2 Networks
Cisco UCS SAN Connectivity Requirements
SAN End Host Mode (EHM) on the Cisco UCS Fabric
Interconnect

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Lab 6: Creating Mobile Service Profiles

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