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Course Description The Cisco Unified Computing System family of products is a next-generation computing solution based on industry-standard technologies and innovative management concepts. Cisco UCS redefines the way data centers use and deploy compute resources while reducing management overhead and increasing efficiency. This two-day course provides you with an architectural overview of the Cisco UCS and how it can be deployed to increase compute density, reduce the cabling, power, and cooling burdens, and accelerate server provisioning in both virtualized and non-virtualized environments for a variety of datacenter workloads. This course examines the challenges in today's datacenters and explores how Cisco UCS can be used to reduce complexity and increase scale. You will have hands-on labs and will gain information to enable you, the technical decision maker, to understand the architecture and value of Cisco UCS products. The course features UCS Manager version 2.2(3a) content. The course also describes UCS enterprise management tools such as UCS Central 1.1(2a) and UCS Director 5.0. It also briefly discusses the Cisco UCS Invicta Solution, UCS M-Series Servers and UCS Mini. The course includes hands-on labs that demonstrate the deployment and management of compute resources in a Cisco UCS environment. Who Should Attend This course provides an introduction to the Cisco Unified Computing System for data center and system architects, network administrators, and systems administrators.

Prerequisites You will gain the most from this seminar if you have basic knowledge of Intel x86 server solutions, data center networking technologies, and storage area networks.

Related Training Unified Computing System Implementation Professionals (UCS-IP)

Learning Objectives Discuss challenges in the Data Center today and the

Evolution to Cloud Computing Describe the Cisco UCS B-, C-, and M-Series servers and

UCS Mini hardware components Describe the Cisco UCS management framework Provide a detailed description of Cisco UCS core network

connectivity Describe port configuration on the Cisco UCS fabric

interconnect Describe how to create and manage Service Profiles Explain Use Cases that demonstrate how Cisco UCS can

benefit application deployments and provide business value

Describe Converged Infrastructure solution such as VSPEX, VBLOCK and FlexPod

UCS Test Drive for Technical Decision Makers

UCSTD-TDM Length: 2 days Format: Lecture/Lab Course Version: 5.5 Product Version: 2.2(3a)

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! Lesson 1: Challenges in the Data Center

Today Emergence of Cloud Computing Evolution of Server Scalability Converged Infrastructure Management and Provisioning

!!Lesson 2: Cisco Unified Computing

System Overview Cisco UCS Architecture Data Center Bridging Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis Cisco UCS B-Series Fabric Interconnect Components Cisco UCS B-Series Models and Options Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards Cisco UCS C-Series Models and Options UCS C-Series Integration with UCS Manager UCS M-Series Servers UCS Mini Cisco UCS B-Series Power Requirements Supported Configurations

!!Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Management

Framework Cisco UCS Management Architecture XML API and Third Party Tools for Monitoring, Deployment, and Orchestration Hierarchical Resource Management Cisco UCS Service Profiles Service Profile Templates UCS Central UCS Director

!!Lesson 4: Cisco UCS Core Network

Connectivity UCSM Local and Storage Area Networks Cisco UCS Core Network Connectivity Requirements End Host Mode (EHM) on the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect EHM with Disjointed L2 Networks Cisco UCS SAN Connectivity Requirements SAN End Host Mode (EHM) on the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

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!Lesson 5: UCS Port Configuration

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Port Configuration Fabric Interconnect Storage Area Network Connectivity

Lesson 6: Creating Service Profiles Overview of Service Profile Wizards Simple Service Profile Wizards Expert Service Profile Wizards

Lesson 7: Managing Service Profiles Associating and Disassociating Service Profiles to Server Blades Using Service Profiles Compute Node Failures KVM and Virtual Media Utilities

Lesson 8: Use Cases Application Deployments on Cisco UCS Vblock, VPSEX and FlexPod Infrastructure Stacks

Workshops

!Lab 1: Initial Configuration

Lab 2: Upgrading UCS Components

Lab 3: Creating Simple Service Profiles

Lab 4: Configuring Resource Pools Lab 5: Creating Service Profiles from Templates Lab 6: Creating Mobile Service Profiles

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