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Cisco UCS Director Foundation

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This training course will enable Cisco end customers and authorized Cisco System Engineers (SEs) to understand the concepts, architecture, and use cases that are related to the Cisco UCS Director Deployment. This course will also prepare learners to implement basic Cisco UCS Director Deployment solutions. The focus is to ensure that students can implement the core features of Cisco UCS Director that most implementations require. Students should already be familiar with basic Data Center Concepts.

Course Contents

  • Understand Data Center Challenges and the need of Unified Data Center Solution using Cisco UCS Director
  • Install, configure and manage Cisco UCS Director
  • Configure Virtual Data Centers, Policies, Catalogs and Cost Models
  • Create and Monitor Service Requests for Provisioning
  • Define Workflows using Orchestration
  • Administer the software effectively
  • Customize the features for building proof of concepts

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation from Cisco in English language as a Cisco E-Book.

Knowledge Prerequisites

General knowledge of cloud and datacenter virtualization

Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp Storage, Nexus, and VMware vCenter

Knowledge of datacenter processes and best practices

Course Introduction
 
Module 1: Cisco UCS Director Overview
• Lesson 1: UCS Director Overview
• Lab 1-1: Use UCS Director as an End User
 
Module 2: Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Director Installation
• Lesson 2: Cisco UCS Director Configuration
• Lab 2-1: Cisco UCS Director Guided Setup
• Lab 2-2: Cisco UCS Director Customization
• Lesson 3: Virtual and Physical Account Management
• Lab 2-3: Add Virtual and Physical Accounts
• Lesson 4: Administration and Troubleshooting
 
Module 3: Self-service Portal
• Lesson 1: Overview of Self-service Portal
• Lesson 2: Managing Users, Roles, and Groups
• Lesson 3: Managing VDCs, Tenants, and Policies
• Lesson 4: Managing Catalogs and Templates
• Lab 3-1: Create Policies, VDCs, and Catalogs
• Lesson 5: Managing Self-Service Provisioning
• Lab 3-2: Self Service Portal and VM Provisioning
• Lesson 6: Configuring Chargeback
• Lesson 7: Reviewing Reports
• Lab 3-3: Chargeback and Reports
• Lesson 8: Implementing Customer Onboarding with Secure Multitenancy
 
Module 4: Orchestration
• Lesson 1: Using Orchestration
• Lab 4-1: Orchestration
 
Module 5: Virtualization
• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Integration
• Lesson 2: Hosts, Clusters, and DRS Configuration
• Lesson 3: VMware Datastore Clusters and DRS Configuration
• Lesson 4: VMware: Virtual Networking
• Lesson 5: Host Profiles
• Lesson 6: VM Provisioning (Using an ISO Image), Template Management, VM Console
• Lab 5-1: Provision VM Using ISO
• Lesson 7: Administration of VMs, vMotion, Linked Clones, VM Annotation Support
• Lab 5-2: VM Administration
• Lesson 8: SRM Integration
• Lesson 9: VM-FEX
• Lesson 10: Microsoft SCVMM Integration Overview
• Lesson 11: Adding SCVMM Account and Discovery
• Lab 5-3: SCVMM Integration
• Lesson 12: SCVMM Virtual Compute Management
• Lesson 13: SCVMM Virtual Storage Management
• Lesson 14: SCVMM Virtual Networking Management
• Lesson 15: Policies, VDCs, and Catalogs
• Lesson 16: Self-Service Provisioning
• Lab 5-4: VM Provisioning on SCVMM
 
Module 6: Compute Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation, Benefits, and Value Proposition
• Lab 6-1: Install and Configure Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lesson 2: Managing Cisco UCS Infrastructure Using the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-3: Configuring UCS Manager using UCS Director
• Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lab 6-1: Install and Configure Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lab 6-2: Adding UCS Director BMA to UCS Director Using GUI
• Lesson4: Compute Policies in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-4: Adding UCS Director Physical Compute Policies
• Lesson 5: Monitoring and Reports in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-5: Configuring UCS Service Profiles using UCS Director
• Lab 6-6: Adding UCS Director Physical Network Policies
 
Module 7: Storage Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation with NetApp and Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 7-1: Monitoring and Managing Network Elements in UCS Director
• Lesson 2: Supported NetApp Device with the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 3: NetApp Day Zero Configuration
• Lesson 4: Adding NetApp Accounts to the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 5: Monitoring and Managing the Cluster Mode NetApp Storage
• Lab 7-2: Creating Workflows for Network provisioning
• Lesson 6: Orchestration with NetApp
• Lesson 7: NetApp and Cisco UCS Director Integration Use Cases
 
Module 8: Network Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation, Benefits, and Value Proposition
• Lab 8-1: UCS Director Storage Management and Monitoring
• Lesson 2: Managing Cisco Nexus and Other Network Infrastructure
• Lesson 3: Network Policies in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 4: Monitoring and Reports in the Cisco UCS Director
 
Module 9: Integrations
• Lesson 1: Integrations Overview

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

This training course will enable Cisco end customers and authorized Cisco System Engineers (SEs) to understand the concepts, architecture, and use cases that are related to the Cisco UCS Director Deployment. This course will also prepare learners to implement basic Cisco UCS Director Deployment solutions. The focus is to ensure that students can implement the core features of Cisco UCS Director that most implementations require. Students should already be familiar with basic Data Center Concepts.

Course Contents

  • Understand Data Center Challenges and the need of Unified Data Center Solution using Cisco UCS Director
  • Install, configure and manage Cisco UCS Director
  • Configure Virtual Data Centers, Policies, Catalogs and Cost Models
  • Create and Monitor Service Requests for Provisioning
  • Define Workflows using Orchestration
  • Administer the software effectively
  • Customize the features for building proof of concepts

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation from Cisco in English language as a Cisco E-Book.

Knowledge Prerequisites

General knowledge of cloud and datacenter virtualization

Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp Storage, Nexus, and VMware vCenter

Knowledge of datacenter processes and best practices

Course Introduction
 
Module 1: Cisco UCS Director Overview
• Lesson 1: UCS Director Overview
• Lab 1-1: Use UCS Director as an End User
 
Module 2: Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Director Installation
• Lesson 2: Cisco UCS Director Configuration
• Lab 2-1: Cisco UCS Director Guided Setup
• Lab 2-2: Cisco UCS Director Customization
• Lesson 3: Virtual and Physical Account Management
• Lab 2-3: Add Virtual and Physical Accounts
• Lesson 4: Administration and Troubleshooting
 
Module 3: Self-service Portal
• Lesson 1: Overview of Self-service Portal
• Lesson 2: Managing Users, Roles, and Groups
• Lesson 3: Managing VDCs, Tenants, and Policies
• Lesson 4: Managing Catalogs and Templates
• Lab 3-1: Create Policies, VDCs, and Catalogs
• Lesson 5: Managing Self-Service Provisioning
• Lab 3-2: Self Service Portal and VM Provisioning
• Lesson 6: Configuring Chargeback
• Lesson 7: Reviewing Reports
• Lab 3-3: Chargeback and Reports
• Lesson 8: Implementing Customer Onboarding with Secure Multitenancy
 
Module 4: Orchestration
• Lesson 1: Using Orchestration
• Lab 4-1: Orchestration
 
Module 5: Virtualization
• Lesson 1: Overview of VMware Integration
• Lesson 2: Hosts, Clusters, and DRS Configuration
• Lesson 3: VMware Datastore Clusters and DRS Configuration
• Lesson 4: VMware: Virtual Networking
• Lesson 5: Host Profiles
• Lesson 6: VM Provisioning (Using an ISO Image), Template Management, VM Console
• Lab 5-1: Provision VM Using ISO
• Lesson 7: Administration of VMs, vMotion, Linked Clones, VM Annotation Support
• Lab 5-2: VM Administration
• Lesson 8: SRM Integration
• Lesson 9: VM-FEX
• Lesson 10: Microsoft SCVMM Integration Overview
• Lesson 11: Adding SCVMM Account and Discovery
• Lab 5-3: SCVMM Integration
• Lesson 12: SCVMM Virtual Compute Management
• Lesson 13: SCVMM Virtual Storage Management
• Lesson 14: SCVMM Virtual Networking Management
• Lesson 15: Policies, VDCs, and Catalogs
• Lesson 16: Self-Service Provisioning
• Lab 5-4: VM Provisioning on SCVMM
 
Module 6: Compute Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation, Benefits, and Value Proposition
• Lab 6-1: Install and Configure Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lesson 2: Managing Cisco UCS Infrastructure Using the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-3: Configuring UCS Manager using UCS Director
• Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lab 6-1: Install and Configure Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
• Lab 6-2: Adding UCS Director BMA to UCS Director Using GUI
• Lesson4: Compute Policies in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-4: Adding UCS Director Physical Compute Policies
• Lesson 5: Monitoring and Reports in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 6-5: Configuring UCS Service Profiles using UCS Director
• Lab 6-6: Adding UCS Director Physical Network Policies
 
Module 7: Storage Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation with NetApp and Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 7-1: Monitoring and Managing Network Elements in UCS Director
• Lesson 2: Supported NetApp Device with the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 3: NetApp Day Zero Configuration
• Lesson 4: Adding NetApp Accounts to the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 5: Monitoring and Managing the Cluster Mode NetApp Storage
• Lab 7-2: Creating Workflows for Network provisioning
• Lesson 6: Orchestration with NetApp
• Lesson 7: NetApp and Cisco UCS Director Integration Use Cases
 
Module 8: Network Management
• Lesson 1: Theory of Operation, Benefits, and Value Proposition
• Lab 8-1: UCS Director Storage Management and Monitoring
• Lesson 2: Managing Cisco Nexus and Other Network Infrastructure
• Lesson 3: Network Policies in the Cisco UCS Director
• Lesson 4: Monitoring and Reports in the Cisco UCS Director
 
Module 9: Integrations
• Lesson 1: Integrations Overview

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.