Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI)

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COURSE INFORMATION

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Overview:

In the Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) course, you will learn to rack installations, provision server hardware, and direct operating systems or hypervisor installations. Significant content is devoted to management, maintenance, and troubleshooting. You will review Cisco data center virtualization solutions and how to execute a virtualization solution based on a detailed implementation plan.

The course follows an actual implementation workflow providing hands-on practice by configuring the most recent Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) solutions, including Cisco UCS B-Series, Cisco UCS C-Series, VMware’s vSphere and Cisco Nexus 1000v v1.5.x and 2.2.x product families.

Who Should Attend:

• System engineers and technicians who implement Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers
• Data center (LAN, SAN, Server) administrators, managers, designers, and engineers

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Certifications:

This course is part of the following Certifications:

• Cisco Certified Network Professional Data Center (CCNP Data Center)
• Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, you must have:

• Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center (CCNA Data Center) or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Server operating systems, hypervisor and virtualization familiarity
• Attended Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI)

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Objectives:

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Implement Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers in standalone mode. Boot from the local hard drive and mount the Fibre Channel SAN LUN for shared storage
• Install Cisco R-Series rack enclosures in the data center
• Install components in the Cisco UCS C-Series rack server prior to rack mounting
• Install Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers in a Cisco R-Series rack
• Use the Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade or downgrade C-Series firmware to the correct version
• Provision SNMP and syslog, and use C-Series monitoring tools
• Use the Cisco Integrated Management Controller to provision LAN and SAN connectivity for the C-Series server
• Use the LSI MegaRAID web user interface to provision local hard drives into a RAID 5 array
• Install VMware ESXi in the C-Series server local hard drives
• Implement system management, maintenance, and high-availability services for Cisco UCS B-Series
• Implement local and remote authentication services to restrict privileges and delegate management authority in Cisco UCS Manager
• List the processes for managing the firmware repository and upgrade or downgrade Cisco UCS firmware components using Cisco UCS Manager
• Implement backup and restore capabilities in Cisco UCS Manager
• Implement syslog, Smart Call Home, and SPAN
• Maintain Cisco UCS in a high-availability configuration
• Implement generation 1 and generation 2 connectivity
• Differentiate between physical connections on the IOM and the redundant connections for management and data plane over the I/O MUX and midplane
• Install and power up Cisco UCS B-Series hardware
• Implement LAN connectivity for Cisco UCS B-Series hardware
• Implement SAN connectivity for Cisco UCS B-Series hardware
• Provision servers by leveraging reusable pools, policies, and templates that allow for rapid provisioning and consistency of policy
• Perform initial Cisco UCS cluster setup and provide management IP addresses for blade servers
• Provision VLANs and fabric interconnect uplinks for server connectivity to the Layer 3 data center cloud
• Provision VSANs and fabric interconnect Fibre Channel uplinks for server connectivity to the data center storage cloud
• Provision resource pools for servers, UUIDs, MAC addresses, WWNN, WWPN, and iSCSI
• Configure reusable server policies in Cisco UCS Manager
• Provision service profiles with initial and updating templates
• Implement virtualization features unique to Cisco UCS that improve performance and manageability
• Describe Cisco VM-FEX and Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough technologies
• Provision Cisco VM-FEX in Cisco UCS Manager and the VMware vCenter Server
• Provision Cisco VM-FEX universal passthrough in Cisco UCS Manager and the VMware vCenter Server

Follow On Courses:

• Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD)
• Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCT)
• Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFD)
• Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI)
• Troubleshooting Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFT)

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Outline:

• Module 1: Course Introduction
• Module 2: Implement Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Module 3: Manage the Cisco UCS B-Series
• Module 4: Implement Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
• Module 5: Provision Cisco UCS Compute Resources
• Module 6: Implementing Cisco UCS Server Virtualization Features

Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) Labs:

• Lab 1: Perform Initial C-Series Implementation
• Lab 2: Update Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware from the Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility
• Lab 3: Implement LAN and SAN Connectivity
• Lab 4: Install VMware ESXi on the Local RAID and Verify SAN Connectivity
• Lab 5: Provision Cisco UCS Ethernet Connectivity and Management IP Pools
• Lab 6: Configure RBAC
• Lab 7: Back Up and Restore Cisco UCS Manager Database Objects
• Lab 8: Configure Logging in Cisco UCS
• Lab 9: Provision Identity and Resource Pools
• Lab 10: Provision Mobile Service Profiles from Updating Templates
• Lab 11: Test High Availability
• Lab 12: Provision VMware Integration
• Lab 13: Provision M81-KR Cisco VM-FEX
• Lab 14: Provision M81-KR Cisco VM-FEX Universal Pass-Through

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