Administering Cisco Data Center Unified Computing System with Intersight (DCUCAI)

Course Objectives:

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Understand the B-Series and C-Series product line similarities and differences
• Claiming resources in Intersight
• Managing UCS domains in Intersight
• Describe the Intersight support for C-Series standalone and UCS managed architectures
• Understand the process for upgrading B-Series and C-Series Firmware with Intersight
• Administering service profiles, pools, and policies with Intersight running UCS natively
• Understanding RBAC with Active Directory integration
• Administering backup and restores in UCS Manager
• Learn and discuss the various management tools for Cisco UCS including Intersight
• Perform basic troubleshooting of B-Series and C-Series in normal operations with UCSM and Intersight
• Describe how to get started with Intersight programmability

Outline

Module 1: UCS Infrastructure Components with Intersight

• Cisco UCS X-Series, Use Cases, and Components
• Introducing Cisco Intersight Managed Mode
• Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
• Describing Next Gen Cisco X-Series Servers
• Gen 4 and future deployments
• Integrating with earlier Generations
• UCS Central use cases with Intersight

Module 2: Administering Cisco UCS with Intersight

• Managed Mode Resources Pools
• Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
• Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
• Managed Mode Network Policies
• Managed Mode Storage Policies
• Creating Identity and Resource Pools
• Creating Server Profiles
• Creating Server Profile Templates and Deriving Server Profiles
• Managing Server Profiles
• Installing OS onto blades
• Troubleshooting Cisco UCS X/B/C-Series Configuration
• Troubleshooting Cisco UCS X/B/C-Series Operation
• Managing and Upgrading Cisco UCS X/B/C-Series Firmware

Module 3: Administering UCS Management Tools with Intersight

• Describing Cisco UCS User Interfaces
• Exploring Intersight User Interfaces
• Describing Cisco UCS Management Framework & Features
• Describing Cisco UCS Hyperflex
• Describing Intersight Services for Terraform
• Describing Intersight Orchestrator

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

• Connecting to the Lab Environment
• Explore the Cisco UCS GUI and CLI Environment
• Explore the Cisco Intersight Dashboard and claim devices
• Create Users, Groups, Roles and Organizations in Intersight
• IMM Mode Fabric build
• IMM Mode Create Network and Storage Policies
• Create IMM mode Resource Pools
• Create X Series Server Profiles
• Derive X Series Server Profiles
• Using Intersight to upgrade Firmware
• Install an OS from Intersight repository
• Add ESX host to vCenter
• Deploy VMs from Intersight Services for Terraform