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Course Details
The UCSDF – Cisco UCS Director Foundation v6.6 course helps you understand concepts, architecture, and deployment use cases for Cisco UCS® Director. You will gain hands-on experience in deploying basic Cisco UCS Director solutions. You will also practice using core features that most implementations require, such as services design, using the self-service portal for provisioning services, creating workflows that enable cloud automation and standardize IT services, and more.
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand Cisco UCS Director architecture
- Understand deployment models of Cisco UCS Director
- Configure virtual data centers, policies, and catalogs
- Understand the unified infrastructure management capabilities of Cisco UCS Director
- Understand orchestration and build advanced workflows
- Understand application containers
Outline
Module 1: Introducing Cisco UCS Director
Lesson 1: Understanding Data Center Challenges
Lesson 2: Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
Module 2: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
Lesson 2: Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
Module 3: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Lesson 2: Explaining Global System Settings
Lesson 3: Understanding Site and Pod Management
Module 4: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Module 5: Understanding the Design Phase
Lesson 1: Understanding Policies
Lesson 2: Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
Module 6: Understanding Deployment through Self-Service Portal
Lesson 1: Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
Lesson 2: Understanding Service Request
Module 7: Introducing Orchestration
Lesson 1: Understanding Orchestration
Module 8: Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
Lesson 1: Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
Lesson 2: Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
Module 9: Introducing Application Containers
Lesson 1: Understanding Application Containers
Target Audience
- Data Center Architects
- Cloud Infrastructure Architects
- Network Engineers
- System Administrators
- Storage Administrators
- System Engineers who work in data center solutions and manage data center management policies
- Cisco Integrators and Partners
Prerequisites
It is recommended that a learner has the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:
- General knowledge of cloud and data center virtualization
- Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp storage, Cisco Nexus® switches, and VMware vCenter
- Knowledge of data center processes and best practices