In this course, you will learn to rack installations, provision server hardware, and direct operating systems or hypervisor installations. Significant content is devoted to management, maintenance, and troubleshooting. You will review Cisco data center virtualization solutions and how to execute a virtualization solution based on a detailed implementation plan. The course follows an actual implementation workflow providing hands-on practice by configuring the most recent Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) solutions, including Cisco UCS B-Series, Cisco UCS C-Series, VMware's vSphere and Cisco Nexus 1000v v1.5.x and 2.2.x product families. This newly updated course designed the hands-on labs around UCS Manager v2.2(1d), vSphere v5.0, 5.1, and v5.5, and VM-FEX and VM-FEX with Pass-Thru Switching. Current and prospective data center administrators will gain a better understanding of Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series components, including systems architecture, installation, and administration. You will focus on the individual components of a complete solution and the installation, configuration, and maintenance of a Cisco UCS installation in various types of environments. Hands-on configuration labs throughout the course will reinforce the information given in lecture as you build a complete solution. For self-paced learning, you will have access to this course for 12 months from the purchase date.

CCNA and DCUFI knowledge and experience up to CCNA Data Center

CCNA DC equivalent knowledge and experience

Familiarity with server operating systems, hypervisor, and virtualization

Implementing Cisco Storage Networking Solutions (ICSNS)

Familiarity with ethernet and TCP/IP networking, SANs, Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), and hypervisor technologies (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Xen)

System engineers and technicians who implement Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers

Data center (LAN, SAN, Server) administrators, managers, designers, and engineers

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Address key management challenges in data center server environments with Cisco UCS

Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series system architectures, hardware components, and field-installable options

Connect to and manage Cisco UCS components

Configure Cisco UCS B-Series blade servers with Cisco UCS Manager v2.2(1d)

Configure Cisco UCS C-Series blade servers with Cisco IMC (CIMC)

Connectivity requirements for the Cisco UCS platform

Configure server profiles to allocate physical resources

Configure maintenance tasks such as Syslog, Local Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

Configure high availability at the LAN, SAN, and server NIC level

Common deployment scenarios for small and large scale environments

Implement service profiles and blade configuration for VMware ESXi v4.1, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5

Troubleshoot common LAN and SAN connectivity issues and service profile issues

Configure Cisco Nexus 1000v v1.5.x or 2.2.x in a VMware vSphere v4.1, v5.0, 5.1 or v5.5 environment

Configure Cisco UCS Manager and VMware vSphere Integration

Configure, compare, and contrast Cisco VM-FEX and VM-FEX with Pass-Thru Switching