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Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM)
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Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) Overview:
Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution three-day course is designed for system and network engineers and administrators implementing and administering FlexPod solutions. The course covers:
- Implementation procedures
- Management and basic troubleshooting tasks on the following:
- Cisco Nexus 9300
- Cisco MDS 9100
- Cisco UCS
- NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP
Who Should Attend:
- Network engineers, Network administrators, System Engineers
Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) Certifications:
- Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Specialist (FLEXPOD)
Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, you must have:
- General knowledge of networking technologies
- Basic understanding of storage operations
- Basic knowledge of server and server virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi.
- General knowledge of networking technologies. CCNA / CCNP Data Center recommended.
Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the architecture, features and components of FlexPod
- Describe implementation parameters for FlexPod Data Center including Cisco Nexus 9000, Cisco MDS 9100, Cisco UCS, NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP and VMware
- Describe FlexPod management tools
Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) Outline:
Module 1: FlexPod Overview
- Data Center Philosophy and Cisco VMDC Reference Architecture
- Benefits of FlexPod Data Center
- FlexPod Platform Components
- The FlexPod Cisco Validated Designs (CVD)
- FlexPod Architecture Platforms
- FlexPod Data Center Design Options
Module 2: FlexPod Networking
- Cisco Nexus Family of Products
- Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Hardware
- Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture and CLI
- Layer 2 Switching Features
- Port Channel Technology and vPC
Module 3: FlexPod SAN
- Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches
- Initial Switch Configuration
- FLOGI and FCNS Databases
- SAN Interfaces and Port Channels
- Cisco NPV, NPIV and VSANs
- Zoning
Module 4: FlexPod Compute
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware Components
- Cisco UCS User Interfaces
- Cisco UCS Physical Connectivity and High Availability
- Compute Node LAN Connectivity
- LAN Identity, Resource Pools and Policies
- Compute Node SAN Connectivity and Resource Pools
- Server Identity, Resource Pools and Policies
- Service Profile and Templates
Module 5: FlexPod Storage
- NetApp Storage Hardware Portfolio
- Clustered Data ONTAP Configuration Options
- Clustered Data ONTAP
- Physical Network Configuration
- IPspaces, Broadcast Domains and Subnets in Data ONTAP 8.3
- Logical Network Components
- SAN Network Configuration
- Storage Management
- Storage Virtual Machines (SVM)
- FC SVM with NetApp OnCommand System Manager
- NFS SVM with NetApp OnCommand System Manager
Module 6: FlexPod Virtualization
- Server Virtualization with VMware
- Networking in VMware
- Cisco Nexus 1000V
