Objective
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Describe the Cisco UCS architecture
- Describe Cisco UCS LAN connectivity configuration
- Describe Cisco UCS B-Series SAN connectivity configuration
- Describe how to configure and manage the servers within Cisco UCS
- Describe how to configure Cisco UCS virtualization
- Describe how to configure Cisco UCS administration
- Describe Cisco UCS C-Series features
Who Should Attend
Overall this course is primarily aimed at customer network engineers and administrators whose interest is focused around configuration of product features. Server administrators working with hypervisor networking are also target audiences for this course.
- The primary audience includes data center engineers, data center administrators, and system engineers.
- The secondary audience includes data center managers, network engineers, and consulting system engineers
- The tertiary audience includes data center architects, network managers, and program and project managers
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:
- General knowledge of servers
- Routing and switching knowledge
- Storage area networking knowledge
- Server virtualization knowledge
Outline
Course Introduction
- Overview
- Course Goal and Objectives
- Course Flow
- Additional References
- Your Training Curriculum
Module 1: Cisco UCS Architecture
Lesson 1: Describing Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware Components
- The Logical View of the Cisco UCS Architecture
- Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central Software
- Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis
- Cisco UCS B-Series Components
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Cisco UCS B-Series Power Requirements
- How to Determine Supported Configurations
- Summary
Lesson 2: Describing Cisco UCS User Interfaces
- Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- Cisco UCS Manager Navigation Panel
- The External Management Framework
- The Finite State Machine
- Fault Detection and Correction Using the Cisco UCS Manager
- How to Connect to Cisco UCS Manager CLI Shells
- Summary
Lesson 3: Configuring Cisco UCS B-Series Physical Connectivity and High Availability
- Cisco UCS Cluster Connection Requirements
- Initial Cisco Fabric Interconnect Cluster Setup
- Modify Cisco UCS Cluster IP Addressing from the GUI
- The Discovery Process and Monitoring Using FSM Output
- I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription with the Cisco UCS 2204/2208XP
- Intercluster Communications and Synchronization of the Cisco UCS Manager Database
- How the Cisco UCS 5108 SEEPROM Resolves Split-Brain Issues in the High-Availability Cluster
- Summary
Lesson 4: Using RBAC and Organizations
- RBAC Framework in the Cisco UCS
- Configure Local Users, Roles, and Privileges
- Configure Organizations and Locales
- Determine the Effective Rights of a User as an Intersection of Roles and Locales
- Privileges of the Server-Profile Role
- Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check
Module 2: Cisco UCS LAN Connectivity
Lesson 1: Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
- Configure Port Personality Mode and Unified Port Types on the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Extenders
- Unified Uplink Ports and Uplink Port Channels
- Configure Port Channels to Northbound Switches (LACP) or Appliances (Static)
- Configure Port Channels on Southbound Chassis Links (Cisco UCS 2200XP Series Fabric Extenders)
- Ethernet End-Host Mode vs. Switching Mode
- Automatic Pinning and Recovery from Failure
- Configure VLANs
- Configure Organization-Aware VLANs
- Configure VLAN Port Count Optimization
- Configure VLAN Groups and Permissions
- Summary
Lesson 2: Configuring LAN Identity and Resource Pools
- The Benefits of Creating Identity and Resource Pools
- Configure MAC Pools
- Configure IP Pools
- ID Pool Sequential Allocation
- Summary
Lesson 3: Configuring Compute Node LAN Policies
- Service Profiles and Policies in Cisco UCS Manager
- Configure Flow Control Policies Under the Root Organization
- Configure Multicast Policies Under the Root Organization
- The Default vNIC Behavior Policy
- Configure LAN Connectivity Policies
- Configure Network Control Policies
- Configure QoS Policies
- Configure Threshold Policies
- Configure vNIC Templates
- Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check
Module 3: Cisco UCS SAN Connectivity
Lesson 1: Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
- Configure Fibre Channel Ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
- Configure VSANs and FCoE VLANs
- Fibre Channel Protocol Addressing and Fibre Channel Switching
- Fibre Channel End-Host Mode and N-Port Virtualization
- Configure Fibre Channel Switching Mode
- Configure Multihop FCoE
- Configure SAN Connectivity Policies
- Configure the Default vHBA Behavior Policy
- Multipath I/O in Cisco UCS
- Summary
Lesson 2: Configuring Advanced Compute Node SAN Connectivity
- Configure Fibre Channel Zoning
- Cisco UCS Support for Discovery of PCIe-Based Flash I/O Devices
- Cisco UCS Provides Unified Storage Ports
- Summary
Lesson 3: Configuring SAN Identity and Resource Pools
- Provision Resource Pools in Cisco UCS Manager
- Configure WWN Pools
- Configure IQN Pools
- Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check
Module 4: Configuring Cisco UCS B-Series Servers
Lesson 1: Configuring Server Identity and Resource Pools
- Configure UUID Pools
- Configure Server Pools
- Summary
Lesson 2: Configuring Server Policies
- Configure General Policies
- Configure Host Firmware Packages
- Configure a BIOS Policy to Enable Virtualization Features
- Configure an Adapter Policy for VM-FEX
- Configure Virtual Connection Assignment and Distribution
- Configure Boot Policies
- Configure Maintenance Policies
- Configure Power Control Policies
- Configure Scrub Policies
- Summary
Lesson 3: Configuring Templates and Service Profiles
- Purpose and Benefits of Service Profiles
- Purpose and Benefits of Service Profile Templates
- Service Profile Template Types
- Configure a Template in the Expert Service Profile Wizard
- Rename a Service Profile
- Clone a Service Profile
- Summary
Lesson 4: Managing Service Profiles
- Associating and Disassociating a Service Profile to a Server Blade
- Changes to a Service Profile that Trigger a Cisco PNuOS Update
- Planning the Organization Where a Service Profile Is Created
- Moving a Service Profile to a New Server Blade in the Event of Hardware Failure
- Management IP Address, KVM, and Virtual Media
- Supported Operating Systems and Boot Options
- Summary
Lesson 5: Configuring Logical Service Profiles that Boot from iSCSI
- Configure a Service Profile That Boots from iSCSI
- Configure an iSCSI Adapter Policy
- Configure an IQN Pool
- Configure an iSCSI Authentication Profile
- Configure and Boot ESXi
- Configure and Boot Windows Server 2012
- Configure and Boot Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Summary
Lesson 7: Module Self-Check
Module 5: Configuring Cisco UCS Virtualization
Lesson 1: Configuring Cisco UCS VM-FEX
- Virtualization and VMs
- Configure a VM-FEX Driver
- Support for vSphere 5.1
- vCenter Integration Methods
- Provision the Secure Connection from the Cisco UCS Manager to a VMware vCenter Server
- Provision Port Profiles and Port Profile Clients
- Provision a Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy and BIOS Policy for Cisco VM-FEX
- Process to Join ESXi Hosts to the DVS
- Provision VMs to Consume Port Groups on the DVS
- Summary
Lesson 2: Configuring Cisco UCS SR-IOV
- SR-IOV and Extending the Physical Network to the VMs
- Service Profile, Adapter and BIOS Policy, and SR-IOV vNICs Configuration
- Port Profile and DVS (Cluster) VM Tab Configuration
- Summary
Lesson 3: Configuring Cisco UCS VM-FEX Integration for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Requirements
- Create and Attach a Dynamic vNIC Connection Policy
- Management via PowerShell and Standalone GUI
- Summary
Lesson 4: Configuring the Cisco UCS VM-FEX for KVM SR-IOV
- Linux Rx Data Path on Multi-CPU Systems for Single-Queuing Adapters and RSS-Capable Multiqueuing Adapters
- Support MRQS on Linux
- Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check
Module 6: Cisco UCS Administration
Lesson 1: Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco UCS Manager Database
- Cisco UCS Backup and Restore Functions
- Supported Backup Types and Functions
- Import Operations and Disaster Recovery Restore Operations
- Configuring a Backup Job
- Verify Backup Creation and Execution
- Scheduled Backups
- Configure an Import Job to Restore the AAA User Database
- Configure Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects for a Disaster Recovery Restore Operation
- Summary
Lesson 2: Managing and Upgrading Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
- Updating Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
- Install Infrastructure Firmware
- Install Server Firmware
- Firmware Cross-Version Support
- Direct Firmware Upgrade of Cisco IMC, IOMs, and Mezzanine Adapters
- Firmware Updates Using a Service Profile
- Firmware Auto Install
- Cisco UCS Manager Upgrade Validation
- Differences Between Firmware Processes Used by Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and Cisco IMC, IOMs, and Adapters
- Fault Suppression
- Summary
Lesson 3: Using Cisco UCS Management Tools
- Cisco UCS Central Software and Architecture
- Registering Cisco UCS Manager with Cisco UCS Central Software
- Policy Manager
- Resource Manager
- Identifier Manager
- Operations Manager
- Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check
Module 7: Cisco UCS C-Series Features
Lesson 1: Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
- Summary
Lesson 2: Describing Cisco USC C-Series Server Connectivity Options
- Cisco UCS 1225 VIC Adapters
- Managing C-Series Servers as Standalone versus Integrated
- Cisco UCS C-Series Server Connectivity Options
- Summary
Lesson 3: Using Cisco UCS C-Series IMC Discovery
- Standalone Navigation of Cisco IMC
- Configuring Cisco IMC Local User Accounts
- Using the KVM Console
- Configuring Virtual Media
- Configuring IPMI
- Configuring SoL Protocol
- Full RAID Configuration in Cisco IMC
- RAID Controller Monitoring and Status
- Graphical DIMM Representation
- Configure BIOS in Cisco IMC
- Mounting NFS or CIFS Media to the Operating System
- Embedded System Diagnostics
- Summary
Lesson 4: Upgrading Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware
- Downloading Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware
- Cisco Host Upgrade Utility GUI
- Summary
Lesson 6: Module Self-Check
Lab Outline
Lab 1-1: Initial Cisco UCS Configuration
Task 1: Configure the Cisco UCS 6200 Series with the Setup Wizard
Task 2: Configure the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect Server Links
Task 3: Configure the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect Uplinks
Lab 1-2: Explore the Cisco UCS Manager GUI
Task 1: Connect to and Navigate Cisco UCS Manager
Task 2: Explore the Equipment Tab
Task 3: Explore the Servers Tab
Task 4: Explore the LAN Tab
Task 5: Explore the SAN Tab
Task 6: Explore the VM Tab
Task 7: Explore the Admin Tab
Lab 1-3: Configure RBAC
Task 1: Configure Organizations
Task 2: Configure Locales
Task 3: Configure Local Cisco UCS Manager Users
Task 4: Test Local Users to Validate Locale Restrictions
Task 5: Configure LDAP for External User Authentication and Authorization
Task 6: Validate LDAP Role and Locale Mapping
Task 7: Validate RADIUS Role and Locale Mapping
Task 8: Configure RADIUS for External User Authentication and Authorization
Lab 2-1: Configure System Related Policies and Uplink Port Properties
Task 1: Configure the Chassis Discovery Policy and Server Port Channel
Task 2: Configure a Chassis Connectivity Policy
Task 3: Configure LAN Uplink Port Channels
Lab 2-2: Configure LAN Related Pools and Policies
Task 2: Configure MAC Address Pools
Task 3: Configure a QoS System Class and a QoS Policy
Task 4: Create a vNIC Template for Your Organization
Task 5: Configure UUID Prefix and Suffix Pools for Your Organization
Task 6: Configure an Upstream Disjoint Layer 2 Network
Lab 3-1: Configure SAN Connectivity
Task 2: Configure Fibre Channel SAN Uplinks
Task 3: Configure Fibre Channel Port Channels
Lab 3-2: Configure SAN Identity Pools and Templates
Task 1: Configure SAN Identity Pools
Task 2: Configure vHBA Templates
Task 3: Configure Fibre Channel SAN Boot Policy
Lab 4-1: Configure Server-Related Features and Renaming a Service Profile
Task 1: Configure a Server Pool Qualification Policy
Task 2: Create a Service Profile Template for Your Organization
Task 3: Create a Service Profile from the Updating Template
Task 4: Create a Host Firmware Package and Include it in a Service Profile Template
Task 5: Rename a Service Profile
Lab 4-2: Configure a Service Profile that Boots from iSCSI LUN
Task 1: Configure a Local Storage Policy
Task 2: Configure the iSCSI VLAN
Task 3: Configure a Service Profile to Boot from iSCSI LUN
Task 4: Boot VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1 from iSCSI LUN
Task 5: Disassociate the iSCSI Service Profile
Lab 5-1: Configure VM-FEX Passthrough Switching
Task 1: Install VMware ESXi 5.1 on Service Profile East_SP1
Task 2: Configure a Service Profile for East_SP2
Task 3: Install VMware ESXi 5.1 on Service Profile East_SP2
Task 4: Configure a Dynamic vNIC Template
Task 5: Configure a BIOS Policy
Task 6: Configure Service Profile Template to Operate East_SP1 in VM-FEX Mode
Task 7: Configure Service Profile East_SP2 to Operate in VM-FEX Mode
Task 8: Install Cisco VM-FEX Virtual Ethernet Modules on East_SP1 and East_SP2
Task 9: Add ESXi Hosts to vCenter Server Inventory
Task 10: Configure vMotion Port Group on ESXi Host P1-B-ESX.DC.Local
Task 11: Configure vMotion Port Group on ESXi Host P2-B-ESX.DC.Local
Task 12: Configure East-VMTraffic Port Group on ESXi Hosts P1-B-ESX.DC.Local and P2-B-ESX.DC.Local
Task 13: Add Two Microsoft Windows 7 Virtual Machines to P1-B-ESX.DC.Local Inventory
Task 14: Configure vCenter Integration in Cisco UCS Manager
Task 15: Add ESXi Hosts to the DVS
Task 16: Test DirectPath I/O Connectivity Over VM-FEX
Lab 6-1: Back Up and Import the System Configuration
Task 1: Create a Full State Backup
Task 2: Create a Configuration Backup
Task 3: Create an Import Job to Restore a Configuration Backup File
Lab 7-1: Configure Server Settings with the Integrated Management Controller GUI
Task 1: Verify Network Interface Properties
Task 2: Verify the System Event Log
Task 3: Create Global Hot Spare and Virtual RAID Drives
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4/6/2020 - 4/10/2020
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