DCCUCS - Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System

Course Description 

The Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS) v1.0 shows you how to deploy, secure, operate, and maintain Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS^®) B-series blade servers, Cisco UCS C-Series, and S-Series rack servers for use in data centers. You will learn how to implement management and orchestration software for Cisco UCS. You will gain hands-on practice: configuring key features of Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Manager; implementing UCS management software including Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight™; and more.

How You'll Benefit

This course will help you:
Gain in-depth experience implementing and maintaining Cisco UCS servers to help you accelerate and provide robust UCS deployments
Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco learning technologies, data center equipment, and software

Who Should Enroll

Server administrators
Network engineers
Systems engineers
Consulting systems engineers
Technical solutions architects
Network administrators
Storage administrators
Network managers
Cisco integrators and partners

Course Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
General knowledge of servers
Routing and switching knowledge
Storage area networking knowledge
Server virtualization knowledge
These are the recommended Cisco courses that may help you meet these prerequisites:
Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (CCNA) v1.0
Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU) v1.0
Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS) v1.0
Introducing Cisco Data Center Networking (DCICN) v6.2
Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT) v6.2
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) or Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe and implement SAN on Cisco UCS
Describe Cisco UCS policies for service profiles
Describe and implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) on Cisco UCS
Describe and implement external authentication providers on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe and implement key management on Cisco UCS Manager
Describe Cisco UCS Director
Describe and implement Cisco Intersight
Describe the scripting options for Cisco UCS Manager
Describe and implement monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager

Course Outline

Implementing Cisco UCS Storage Area Network (SAN)
SAN Introduction
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Fibre Channels modes
Named VSANs
Cisco UCS Fibre Channel and FCoE Storage Connectivity

Describing Cisco UCS Policies for Service Profiles
Storage Policies and Profiles
Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Policies
Boot Policy
Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Policies
Scrub Policies
Maintenance Policies

Describing Cisco Adapter FEX and Single Root I/O Virtualization
Cisco FEX Overview
Cisco Adapter FEX
Single Root I/O Virtualization

Implementing RBAC on Cisco UCS
RBAC in Cisco UCS
Users, Roles, and Privileges
Functions of Organizations and Locales
Effective Rights of a User

Implementing External Authentication Providers
Options for External Authentication Providers

Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager
Public Key Infrastructure

Implementing Cisco UCS Director
Cisco UCS Director Overview
Policies, Virtual Data Centers, and Catalogs
Cisco UCS Director Virtualization Support
Managing Compute with Cisco UCS Director
Cisco UCS Manager Orchestration
Self-Service Portal
Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director

Implementing Cisco Intersight
Cisco UCS Director Overview
Important Features of Cisco Intersight

Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager
Cisco UCS Manager XML API
Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
Managed Object Browser
Cisco UCS PowerTool
Cisco UCS Python Software Development Kit (SDK)

Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager
Public Key Infrastructure

Implementing Cisco Intersight
Cisco Intersight Overview
Important Features of Cisco Intersight

Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager
Cisco UCS Manager XML API
Cisco UCS Management Information Tree
Managed Object Browser
Cisco UCS Manager PowerTool
Cisco UCS Python SDK

Implementing Monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager
Logging Sources in Cisco UCS Manager
Port Monitoring Capabilities of Cisco UCS Manager
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Security Ramifications
Cisco UCS Manager Call Home Feature

Lab Outline

Configure Pod-Specific Device Aliases
Configure Zoning
Configure VSANs in Cisco UCS Manager
Configure Unified Ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
Install and Boot VMware Elastic Sky X Integrated (ESXi) on Cisco UCS from the FCoE Logical Unit Number (LUN) via FCoE
Configure RBAC
Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users via Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (OpenLDAP)
Configure a Trusted Point and Key Ring in Cisco UCS Manager
Configure Cisco UCS Manager Using Scripting
Implement Syslog and Call Home