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DCUCS - Configuring Data Center Unified Computing v2.0
Using UCS Manager v2.0, learn to install, configure, and maintain UCS B-Series and C-Series servers.
In this course, you will learn to install, configure, and maintain Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series and C-Series servers with a strong emphasis on Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. You will focus on the management, maintenance, and troubleshooting of UCS B-Series and C-Series servers. You will cover virtualization solutions and how to execute a virtualization solution on UCS B-series and C-series hardware.
New features of the UCS v2.0 code will be addressed with additional information provided on the new hardware additions to the UCS portfolio, including the 6248 series Fabric Interconnects, 2208 I/O modules (IOMs), and 1280 virtual interface cards (VICs).
What You'll Learn
- Benefits of Cisco UCS
- UCS connectivity configuration and management
- Stateless computing and unified fabric
- Cisco UCS management and maintenance
- Installation and configuration of the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers
Who Needs to Attend
- Data center engineers, datacenter administrators, and system engineers
- Data center architects and managers
- Program and project managers
Prerequisites
- General knowledge of servers
- Knowledge of routing, switching, storage area networking, and server virtualization
Follow-On Courses
There are no follow-ons for this course.
Course Outline
1. Benefits of Cisco UCS
- Data Center
- Evolution of Server Scalability
- Blade Server Challenges
- Management Challenges
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware
Components
- Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
- Cisco UCS B-Series Fabric Components
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- I/O Consolidation
- Cisco UCS Management Framework and Features
- Management Architecture, Requirements, Features, and Capabilities
- Managing Cisco UCS
- External Management Framework
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Requirements
- Fault Detection and Correction Using Cisco UCS Manager
- Installing Cisco UCS B-Series Hardware
- Installing Cisco UCS B-Series Hardware
- Physical and Environmental Requirements for Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
- Physical Installation of Rack-Mount Slides in the Enclosure and on the Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis
- Opening the Cases of Cisco UCS B200, B230, B250, and B440 Blade Servers
- Steps for Physical Installation and Removal of Local Hard Drives
- Installation of RAID BBUs and RAID Key in Cisco UCS B440 Blade Servers
- Installation of IOMs and Power Supplies in the Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis
- Installation and Removal of Fan Units
- Installation of Cisco UCS B200, B230, B250, and B440 Blade Servers
- Installation and Removal of SFP+ Copper Twinax and Optical Modules
- Power Requirements
2. Cisco UCS Connectivity Configuration and Management
- Configuring Cisco UCS B-Series Physical
Connectivity
- I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription with the Cisco UCS 2104XP Series Fabric Extender
- I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription with the Cisco UCS 2208XP Series IOM
- Port Personalities
- Exploring the Cisco UCS B-Series User
Interfaces
- Cisco UCS Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI) Layout
- Navigation Pane
- Command Line Interface (CLI) Shells
- Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
- Port Personality States of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces on the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric Interconnect
- Port Personality States of Unified Ports on the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect
- Configuring Port Channels to Northbound Switches
- Configuring Discrete Mode and Port Channel Mode on Southbound Chassis Links
- End Host Mode (EHM)
- Disjointed Layer 2 Uplink Support in EHM
- EHM Compared to Switched Mode
- Requirements for Configuring VLANs in Cisco UCS Manager
- Role of the virtual network interface card (vNIC) in Abstracting MAC Addresses
- Failover
- Static IOM Pinning and Recovery from Failure
- Automatic Uplink Pinning and Recovery from Failure
- Configuration of Manual Uplink Pinning and Recovery from Failure
- Best Practices for Connecting Cisco UCS
- Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
- Fibre Channel Switching
- Fibre Channel Operating Modes
- Fibre Channel Switching Mode
- EHM and N Port Virtualization (NPV)
- Benefits and Drawbacks of Fibre Channel Switching and EHM
- Multipath IO (MPIO)
- Configuring VSANs in Cisco UCS Manager
- Creating VSANs and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) VLANs in Cisco UCS
- Role of Virtual Host Bus Adapter (vHBAs) when Abstracting WWNNs and WWPNs into a Service Profile
- Configuring Manual Uplink Pinning and Recovery from Failure
- Support for Disjointed Layer 2 Domains with
Cisco UCS Manager 2.0
- Disjointed Layer 2 Domains
- Implications of Disjointed Layer 2 Domains
- Configuring Disjointed Layer 2 Domains
3. Server Resources Implementation
- Creating Identity and Resource Pools
- Rationale for Creating Identity and Resource Pools
- Configuring UUID Pools
- Configuring MAC Pools
- Configuring WWN Pools
- Configuring Server Pools
- Importance of Creating Pools in the Correct Organization
- Creating Service Profiles
- Benefits and Purpose of Service Profiles
- Configuring a BIOS Policy to Enable Virtualization Features
- Configuring an Adapter Policy
- Creating a Quality of Service (QoS) System Class
- Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Serial Over LAN (SoL) Policies
- Configuring a Scrub Policy for Local Disks and BIOS
- Comparing Simple and Expert Service Profile Wizards
- Simple Service Profile Wizard
- Expert Service Profile Wizard
- Required and Optional Components of the Service Profile Definition
- Creating Service Profile Templates and Cloning
Service Profiles
- Service Profile Templates
- Creating Differentiated Service Profile Templates
- Automating Creation of a Server Farm Using Service Profile Templates
- Hidden Pitfalls when Using Updating Templates
- Unbinding a Service Profile from its Template
- Cloning a Service Profile
- Managing Service Profiles
- Associating and Disassociating a Service Profile to a Server Blade
- Changes to a Service Profile that Trigger a Cisco UCS Utility Operating System Update
- Planning the Organization where a Service Profile is Created
- Moving a Service Profile to a New Server Blade in the Event of Hardware Failure
- Management IP Address, KVM, and Virtual Media
- Service Profile Schedules
- Creating Logical Service Profiles that Boot
from iSCSI with Cisco UCS 2.0
- Creating a Service Profile that Boots from Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI)
- Creating an iSCSI Adapter Policy
- Creating an iSCSI Authentication Profile
- Installing and Booting ESXi
- Installing and Booting Windows 2008 R2/R2-SP1
- Installing and Booting RHEL
4. Cisco Unified Computing System Management and Maintenance
- Configuring
Role-Based Access Configuration (RBAC)
- Overall Framework of RBAC in Cisco UCS
- Configuring Local Users, Roles, and Privileges
- Configuring Organizations and Locales
- Effective Rights of a User as an Intersection of Mapped Roles and Locales
- Configuring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Active Directory as an External Authentication and Authorization Service
- Mapping Cisco UCS Roles to LDAP and Active Directory Attributes
- Implementing
Cisco UCS Startup and Shutdown Procedures
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Startup and Shutdown Procedures
- Effects of Shutting Down or Rebooting a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect on the High Availability Cluster
- Startup and Shutdown Procedures for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Procedures for Power State Verification
- Backing Up and
Restoring Cisco UCS Manager Database
- Supported Backup Types and Functions
- Import Operations and Disaster Recovery Restore Operations
- Configuring a Backup Job
- Verifying Backup Creation and Execution
- Configuring an Import Job to Restore the AAA User Database
- Configuring the Backup Job to Preserve Abstracted Identities
- Configuring Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects for a Disaster Recovery Restore
- Managing High
Availability
- High Availability Cluster Connection Requirements for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Intercluster Communications and Cisco UCS Manager Database Synchronization
- Resolving Split-Brain Issues in the High Availability Cluster with Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis Serial EEPROM
- Intercluster Communications and Cisco UCS Manager Database Synchronization
- Cluster Partition in Space and Partition in Time Conditions
- Modifying Cluster IP Addressing
- Monitoring
System Events
- Fault Management System and Fault Severity Levels
- Using the Audit Log to Track Administrative Changes to the Cisco UCS Manager Database
- Areas of Operation that are Subject to Finite State Machine (FSM) Validation and FSM Output Interpretation
- Configuring and Validating Logging Options
- CLI Status Monitoring
- Switched Port Analyzer
- Configuring the Smart Call Home Feature
- Settings for Logs, Events, and Faults
- Disk Monitoring
- Managing and
Upgrading Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
- Finding Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware Packages on Cisco.com
- Updating Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
- Direct Upgrade of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC), IOM, and Mezzanine Adapter Firmware
- Firmware Updates Using a Service Profile
- Differences between Firmware Processes Used by Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and Cisco IMC, IOMs, and Adapters
- Migrating Cisco
UCS Platforms
- Upgrade Prerequisites
- Best Practices for Upgrading Between Fabric Interconnect Models
- Firmware Considerations and Supported Limits
- Configuring
Cisco UCS VM Fabric Extender for VMware
- vCenter Integration Methods
- Manually Configuring Pass-Through Switching
- Installing Cisco UCS Manager Extension in vCenter
- Configuring Cisco UCS Manager to Connect to vCenter
- Configuring Uplinks and vEthernet Profiles
- Configuring Service Profiles with Dynamic Network Interface Cards (NICs)
- Configuring vMotion and Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Port Profile Mobility
5. Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Configuration
- Cisco UCS
C-Series Servers
- Managing C-Series Servers
- Cisco UCS
C-Series Integrated Management Controller Discovery
- Configuring CIMC Local User Accounts
- Using the KVM Console
- Configuring Virtual Media
- Downloading Operating System Drivers and Utilities
- Configuring the SoL Protocol
- Configuring IPMI
- Upgrading Cisco
UCS C-Series Firmware
- Cisco UCS C-Series Host Upgrade Utility
- Downloading Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware
- Installing CIMC Firmware
- Recovering from a Corrupted BIOS
- Cisco UCS
C-Series Server Connectivity Options
- Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card
- Cisco UCS C-Series Connectivity Options
