Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Implementation (NTXUCS)

Course Objectives:

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

• Describe the UCS C-Series M6/M7 servers
• Understand Cisco UCS Management in Cisco Intersight
• Understand Nutanix on UCS Deployment
• Understand Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer for Nutanix
• Describe Nutanix on UCS Cluster Monitoring
• Implement Nutanix on UCS Splunk Integration
• Understand Hyperflex Migration Scenarios

Prerequisites:

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Data center experience
• Operating systems and virtualization experience
• Basic knowledge of servers and storage
• Familiarity with Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS)
• Familiarity with traditional virtualization storage architectures
• Basic knowledge of Nutanix data center administration techniques

Course Outline:

• Cisco Intersight Foundations
• Cisco UCS Solutions with Intersight
• Implementing Nutanix on Cisco UCS Standalone Mode Configuration (C-Series Servers Only)
• Implementing Nutanix on Cisco UCS Domain Mode Configuration (C-Series Servers)
• Describing Nutanix on UCS Installation Best Practices
• Designing Cisco UCS LAN and SAN Connectivity
• Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer
• Managing Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix
• Describing Hyperflex Workloads Migration Use Cases
• Migrating from Cisco Hyperflex to Nutanix
• Nutanix on UCS Monitoring with Intersight
• Nutanix on UCS Integration with Splunk

Lab Outline:

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

• Exploring Cisco Intersight Interface
• Initial Cisco UCS Configuration
• Deploying Nutanix on UCS with ESXi
• Initial Nutanix Cluster Configuration for ESXi
• Deploying Nutanix on UCS with AHV
• Initial Nutanix Cluster Configuration for AHV
• Nutanix Guest VM Networking for ESXi
• Nutanix Guest VM Networking for AHV
• Install Nutanix Prism Central
• Nutanix on UCS Cluster Expansion
• Nutanix on UCS Lifecycle Manager
• Hyperflex Migration Workloads to Nutanix on UCS
• Monitoring Nutanix on UCS with Splunk
• Monitoring Nutanix on UCS with Intersight Workload Optimizer