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The Cisco Intersight Essentials training will teach you various aspects of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), including hardware, connectivity and management. You will learn about the features, licensing and functions of Cisco Intersight and gain insight into the deployment of server profiles and the requirements for installing Cisco Intersight operating systems.

This course prepares you to configure, manage and monitor your network, computing and storage resources. You will gain experience using features such as Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer (IWO), Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator (ICO) and Cisco Intersight Virtualization Services (IVS). You will also become familiar with the Cisco Intersight Application Programming Interface (API) by using HashiCorp Terraform to automate Cisco Intersight configuration.

• 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 

You will receive the original course documentation from Cisco in English language as a Cisco E-Book. In the Cisco Digital Learning Version, the content of the courseware is integrated into the learning interface instead.

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

You should have the following knowledge and skills before attending this training course:

• General knowledge of Cisco UCS servers
• Knowledge of server virtualization

• Acquire the skills required to use Cisco Intersight
• Learn how to centralize the configuration, management and monitoring of the network, compute, storage and cloud resources under a single interface
• Deepens knowledge of protocols, solutions and designs to take on professional and expert level roles in the data center