UCS Director Implementation Fundamentals
- Course Code UCSDF
- Duration 3 days
- Version 6.6
Course Delivery
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Course Delivery
This course is available in the following formats:
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Company Event
Event at company
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopA hands-on course that helps you understand the concepts, architecture and deployment use cases for Cisco UCS Director. You will learn how to implement basic Cisco UCS Director solutions with specific focus on the core features that most Cisco UCS Director implementations require. Services Design, using the self-service portal for provsioning services, creating workflows that enable cloud automation and standardise IT services are a just a few of the features incorporated. You should at the end of this course be able to build effective business processes around infrastructure automation and orchestration.
This course is worth 30 Credits in the Continuing Education Program
Virtual Learning
This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
TopUCS System Engineers involved in the deployment and management of data center solutions utilising Cisco UCS Director
Course Objectives
TopAfter completing this course you should be able to:
- Understand Cisco UCS Director architecture
- Understand deployment models of Cisco UCS Director
- Configure virtual data centers, policies, and catalogs
- Understand the unified infrastructure management capabilities of Cisco UCS Director
- Understand orchestration and build advanced workflows
- Understand application containers
Course Content
TopIntroducing Cisco UCS Director
- Understanding Data Center Challenges
- Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
- Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
- Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
- Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
- Explaining Global System Settings
- Understanding Site and Pod Management
Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
- Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Understanding the Design Phase
- Understanding Policies
- Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
Understanding Deployment through Self-Service Portal
- Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
- Understanding Service Requests
Introducing Orchestration
- Understanding Orchestration
Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
- Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
- Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
Introducing Application Containers
- Understanding Application Containers
Labs
- Lab 1: Configure Cisco UCS Director
- Lab 2: Cisco UCS Director Discovery
- Lab 3: Cisco UCS Director GUI Familiarization
- Lab 4: Service Design
- Lab 5: Catalogs
- Lab 6: Self-Service Portal
- Lab 7: Orchestration Workflow Design
- Lab 8: Advanced Workflow Design
- Lab 9: Create Application Container
Course Prerequisites
TopAttendees should meet the following prerequisites:
- General knowledge of cloud and datacenter virtualization
- Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp Storage, Nexus, and VMware vCenter - DCUCI, DCII and VSICM recommeneded.
- Knowledge of datacenter processes and best practices
Test Certification
TopRecommended as preparation for exams:
- This course is currently not aligned to any exam
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- UCSDF
- UCS Director Implementation Fundamentals
- Data Center
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