Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM)
This course is a three-day ILT training program that is designed for system and network engineers and administrators implementing and administering FlexPod solutions. This course covers key implementation procedures, management and basic troubleshooting tasks on the Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Cisco UCS and NetApp storage.
About this Course
FlexPod Implementation and Administration is a 3-day instructor-led course where you will learn to set up, configure and administer the FlexPod architecture. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of the configuration requirements for FlexPod at the network, storage and compute layers of the architecture. You will also learn key implementation procedures, management and basic troubleshooting tasks on the Cisco Nexus 9372, Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and NetApp storage.
This course uses the ONTAP 8.3 environment.
Updated features:
- Cisco Nexus 9372
- Cisco UCS Director / Cisco UCS Central
- OpenStack
- Hyper-V
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Network engineers, Network administrators, System engineers and Server administrators
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:
- General knowledge of networking technologies
- CCNA / CCNP Data Center recommended
- Basic understanding of NetApp storage operations; NetApp NCDA is recommended
- Basic knowledge of server and server virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi
At Course Completion
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the FlexPod solution
- Describe the deployment use case
- Describe network features
- Describe storage networking features
- Describe NetApp key features
- Describe Cisco UCS compute
- Describe compute node LAN connectivity
- Describe identity, resource pools and policies
- Describe service profiles and templates
- Describe hypervisor and application solutions
- Describe management and troubleshooting tools available for FlexPod components
Course Outline
Module 1: Describe FlexPod
- Describe data center philosophy
- Understand migration to cloud architecture
- Build a cloud infrastructure using proper requirements and challenges
- Describe the benefits of FlexPod architecture
- Identify FlexPod data center architecture platforms
- Describe the components of FlexPod data center
- Describe FlexPod validated designs
Module 2: FlexPod Networking
- Describe Cisco Nexus Switches
- Describe expansion modules
- Identify features of Cisco NX-OS
- Demonstrate NX-OS management
- Describe NX-OS high availability
- Describe Cisco Nexus configuration options
- Initialize the Cisco Nexus switch
- Configure LAN interfaces
- Create VLANs and virtual port channels
- Demonstrate VSAN configuration
- Demonstrate creation of device aliases
- Demonstrate configuration of zoning policies
Module 3: FlexPod Storage
- Understanding NetApp Storage
- Describe the cluster interconnect configuration requirements
- Set up clustered Data ONTAP 8.2
- Describe storage network configuration requirements
- Identify Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) configuration requirements
- Demonstrate setup of a NFS SVM with NetApp OnCommand System Manager
- Demonstrate setup of a Fibre Channel SVM with NetApp OnCommand System Manager
Module 4: FlexPod Compute
- Identify Cisco UCS compute components
- Describe Cisco UCS Manager
- Describe Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Demonstrate configuration of the Fabric Interconnect
- Set up Cisco UCS service profiles and templates
- Manage Cisco UCS
Module 5: FlexPod Virtualization
- Describe Hypervisor Virtualization
- Discuss VMware ESXi Server
- Define Microsoft Windows Hyper-V 2012
- Explain NetApp SnapDrive and NetApp SnapManager for Hyper-V
Module 6: FlexPod Management and Troubleshooting Tools
- Describe NetApp Management Tools
- Describe Cisco Management Tools
- Describe Cisco UCS System Faults and Logging
- Describe Cisco Nexus System Logging
- Define App System Monitoring and Logs
- Explain Microsoft and VMware Hypervisor Event Logging
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