DCEIS - Cisco Intersight Essentials

Course Description 

The Cisco Intersight Essentials training teaches you various aspects of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), including hardware, connectivity, and management. You will learn Cisco Intersight characteristics, licensing, and features, along with insights into server profile deployment and prerequisites for installing operating systems from Cisco Intersight.

This training prepares you for configuring, managing, and monitoring your network, computing, and storage assets. You will gain experience using features, such as Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer (IWO), Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator (ICO), and Cisco Intersight Virtualization Services (IVS). Also, you will become familiar with the Cisco Intersight Application Programming Interface (API) by using HashiCorp Terraform to automate Cisco Intersight configuration. This training also earns you 18 Continuing Education (CE) credits toward recertification.

How You'll Benefit

This training will help you:
Gain the needed skills to utilize Cisco Intersight
Learn how to centralize configuration, management, and monitoring of the network, computing, storage, and cloud assets under a single pane of glass
Boost knowledge for protocols, solutions, and designs to acquire professional-level and expert-level data center roles
Earn 18 CE credits toward recertification

Who Should Enroll

Server Administrators
Network Engineers
Systems Engineers
Consulting Systems Engineers
Network Administrators
Storage Administrators
Network Managers
Sales Engineers
Technical Solutions Architects

Course Objectives

Describe Cisco UCS hardware, connectivity, and management
Describe Cisco Intersight characteristics
Describe Cisco Intersight licensing and its features
Describe Cisco Intersight server profile deployment
Describe prerequisites and various options for installing an operating system from Cisco Intersight
Describe Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance and how to deploy and configure different deployment modes
Describe the Cisco UCS X-Series Platform
Describe Cisco UCS M6 portfolio of products
Describe firmware management in Intersight for Cisco UCS infrastructure devices
Describe Cisco UCS Converged Infrastructure
Describe Cisco Intersight account creation and the most important settings
Describe Cisco Intersight Managed Mode (IMM)
Describe Cisco HyperFlex Deployment with Cisco Intersight
Describe Cisco Intersight IVS features and functionality and describe additional ecosystem services that support virtualization service
Describe Cisco Intersight IWO, model your environment as a market with buyers and sellers, and discover IWO’s monitoring targets, policies, and planning scenarios to set up a configuration plan
Describe how to use Intersight ICO and Workflow Automation to manage and automate IT operations, create and manage tasks, and design custom workflows using a drag-and-drop interface, resulting in greater efficiency and reduced costs
Provide a brief description of HashiCorp Terraform
Describe Cisco Intersight API
Describe the process of using Cisco Intersight to install vMedia-based operating systems on managed servers in your data center, unattended installations on Cisco UCS C-Series standalone servers, and Cisco Intersight Managed Mode servers
Describe the usage of the IMM Transition Tool

Course Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:
General knowledge of Cisco UCS servers
Server virtualization knowledge

Course Outline

Cisco Unified Computing System Fundamentals
Cisco Intersight Characteristics
Cisco Intersight Licensing Options
Cisco Intersight Server Profile Deployment
Cisco Intersight Server Operating System Installation
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance
Cisco Unified Computing System X-Series
Cisco Unified Computing System B- and C-Series Servers
Cisco Intersight Platform Firmware Operation
Cisco Unified Computing System Converged Infrastructure
Accessing Cisco Intersight
Cisco Intersight Managed Mode
Cisco HyperFlex Deployment with Cisco Intersight
Cisco Intersight Virtual Services
Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer
Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestration
Terraform Provider Registry
Cisco Intersight API
Deploying VMware ESXi to a Blade Using Cisco Intersight
Cisco IMM Transition Tool

Lab Outline

Navigate the Cisco Intersight User Interface
Configure Organizations and Roles
Configure Server Features
Create Pools and Policies
Create Server Profile
Create Server Profiles from Server Profile Template
Configure Cisco ICO
Configure Terraform Provider Registry
Configure Cisco Intersight API with Python
Configure Cisco Intersight API with Ansible