• Explain how moving from Siloed infrastructures to private and public clouds can improve utilization, reduce provisioning times and improve efficiency.
• Demonstrate how easy it is to set up, use and operate VersaStack through a simple interface – Cisco UCS Director.
• Explain how VersaStack makes more efficient use of storage resources through in-line compression and IBM EasyTIER data migration.
• Explain how VersaStack makes more efficient and flexible use of computing resources using Cisco UCS Service Profiles to redeploy servers with different workloads.
• Demonstrate the flexibility of VersaStack using Cisco UCS Director to present a catalogue of services for users to consume and automate routine tasks.

• Introduction to VersaStack
• Cisco Validated Designs and VersaStack worldwide cooperative support
• Moving from Siloed infrastructures to Private and Public clouds
• The business benefits of deploying VersaStack
• Optimising storage utilization in real-time with in-line compression
• Policy-defined Data Migration using IBM EasyTIER
• Using IBM TurboCompression to manage and virtualize 3rd party storage
• How to reduce provisioning times by using UCS Service Profiles
• Using Cisco UCS Director to manage a flexible cloud infrastructure

Labs:

• Cisco UCS Manager – Server Provisioning
• IBM Storwize – SAN and NAS Provisioning
• Cisco UCS Director – Discovery and Configuration
• Cisco UCS Director – Monitoring and Statistics
• Cisco UCS Director – Automation and Orchestration