Cisco Intersight Overview (DCISO)

This course will help you:

• Use SaaS or on-prem version of Cisco Intersight to enable IT organizations to analyze, simplify, and automate their environments in more advanced ways than the prior generations of tools
• Gain hands-on experience using Cisco Intersight
• Understand the X-Series, B-Series, and C-Series product line similarities and differences
• Describe Cisco Intersight and how it can be used to manage UCS and Cisco Hyperflex^®
• Understand the process for upgrading firmware with Cisco Intersight
• Administering server profiles, pools, and policies with Cisco Intersight
• Describe how to get started with Cisco Intersight programmability

Course Objectives:

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

• Understand Cisco UCS Management in Cisco Intersight
• Describe the Cisco UCS Platform including Cisco X-Series
• Understand Cisco Intersight Workload Optimizer
• Explain Kubernetes Orchestration with Cisco Intersight Kubernetes Service (IKS) and Cisco UCS
• Perform Automation Using Cisco Intersight
• Create Intersight Elements Using Terraform
• Manage Intersight Using the API

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
• Understanding of server system design and architecture
• Basic knowledge of servers and storage
• Familiarity with Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco Hyperflex
• Familiarity with Cisco UCS networking and storage concepts

The following Cisco courses may help you meet these prerequisites:

• Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS)
• Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS)