Cisco Managing UCS Domains at Scale with UCS Central

This lab-intensive course introduces learners to the knowledge required to deploy and utilize Cisco UCS Central to manage multiple Cisco domains of UCS Manager Classic, UCS Mini and the Cisco UCS M-Series modular servers.

Target Audience

Individuals involved in the Management of Cisco UCS Domains with Cisco UCS Central.

Objectives

After completing this course you should be able to:

• Describe Cisco UCS hardware components and Cisco UCS Manager policy-based management via service profiles and server pools
• Describe Cisco UCS Central conceptual framework, benefits of multiple domain management, common use cases and integration of Cisco UCS Central with Cisco UCS Director
• Deploy Cisco UCS Central for high availability
• Register domains and set up domain groups
• Perform ongoing operations configuration tasks including role and locale; backup and export; monitoring and centralized inventory
• Administer global service profiles, pools and policies; networking templates and connectivity policies; VLAN aliasing
• Transition to UCS Central: perform the steps and describe best practices

Prerequisites

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

• Experience managing Cisco Domains with Cisco UCS Manager - DCUCI Recommended

Testing and Certification

Recommended as preparation for the following exams:

• There are no exams currently aligned to this course

Content

• Managing UCS Domains at Scale with UCS Central
• Managing with Cisco UCS Manager
• Managing with Cisco UCS Central
• Deploying wth Cisco UCS Central
• Registering Domains in Cisco UCS Central
• Operating Cisco UCS Central
• Monitoring with Cisco UCS Central
• Administering Global Profiles, Pools and Policies
• Transitioning to Cisco UCS Central

Labs

• Lab 1: Cisco UCS Central Labs Login and Initial Setup
• Lab 2: Explore Cisco UCS Manager (Classic), UCS Mini, and UCS M Server Initial Configuration
• Lab 3: Initial Cisco UCS Central Configuration
• Lab 4: Cisco UCS Central Domain Registration
• Lab 5: Cisco UCS Central Role-Based Access Control and LDAP
• Lab 6: Cisco UCS Central Schedule Backups and Configuration Exports
• Lab 7: Create Cisco UCS Central Global Resource Pools
• Lab 8: Create Cisco UCS Central Global Policies
• Lab 9: Create Cisco UCS Central Networking Templates and Connectivity Policies
• Lab 10: Create and Use Cisco UCS Central Global Service Profile Templates
• Lab 11: Use Cisco UCS Central Connectivity Templates for VLAN Aliasing