Cisco UCS Training

Cisco UCS Training defines ways to support a Cisco Unified Computing system solution in a virtualized data center environment. It is a groundbreaking approach to computing.

Cisco UCS Training Curriculum

Overview about Datacenter Management and Cisco UCS

Evolution of server scalability
Management challenges that exist in modern datacenters
Challenges faced by traditional blade server deployments

The Cisco Unified Computing System

Components of Cisco UCS
Logical view of the Cisco UCS
Standards and processes for the I/O Consolidation
Defining Cisco UCS Hardware Components

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Installing Cisco UCS Hardware

Installation guidelines for the Cisco UCS Platform
Power supply configuration options for the Cisco UCS chassis
Install the various modules of a Cisco UCS Chassis
Describing Unified Connectivity

Hardware component connectivity
Connectivity between Fabric Interconnects for High availability
Fabric Interconnect network configuration
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Graphical User Interface
Command Line Interface
Connect Commands
Cisco UCS startup and shutdown Procedures
Cisco UCS Manager Fundamentals

Resources managed by Cisco UCS
Cisco UCS resource Pools
Cisco UCS Service Profiles
Cisco UCS Service Profile Policies
Service Profiles in the basic opt-in model
Service Profile in the logical server model
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Server and Uplink Ethernet ports in Cisco UCS
Ethernet Host Virtualizer mode
Ethernet switching mode
Configuration and use of VLANs in the Cisco UCS environment
Virtual Network Interface cards
Provisioning VLANS
Port channel configuration
How pin Groups function
LAN tools
Compute Node SAN Connectivity

NPIV
Configuration and Use of VSANs
Virtual host bus adapters
SAN uplink and server Fibre Channel ports
How Pins Group function
Provisioning VSAN’s
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Use of Mobile Service Profiles
MAC addresses and pools
Worldwide names and pools
UUID pools
Management IP Pools
Server Pools
Pool qualifier and policies
Creating & Managing Service Profiles

Create a Service Profile
Expert wizard to create a Service Profile
Create & Update Service Profile template
Scrub Policies
Associating Service Profiles with computer nodes
Process for moving a logical server
Use KVM and virtual media utilities to access a computer node
vNIC & vHBA creation and templates
Operating System Provisioning

SAN-based operating System installation
Local disk operating system installation
Network based operating system installation
Policies

MAC Policies
Ethernet Policies
WWNN Policies
Scrub Policies
UUID policies
RAID Policies
Boot Policies
Power Policies
Equipment Policies
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Cisco UCS Management Groups
Create Organizations
Create Locales
Create Users
Create Roles
Role-Based Access Control
RBAC configuration
Remote RBAC Configuration
Configuration of AAA features and options
Integrating with Active Directory
Backup And Restore

Supported backup types
Backup and Import Jobs
Configure Backup job
Configure import job
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High availability connectivity of Fabric interconnects
Cisco UCS regarding high availability
How to configure high availability
How to manage high availability
Monitoring System Events

Upgrading Software In The Cisco Unified Computing System