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Course Description

The objective of this class is to teach UCS Administrators how to operate, maintain, and trouble-shoot the Cisco Unified Computing System B-Series solution.

Who Should Attend

Channel Partners/Resellers, Customers, Employees.

Prerequisites

None

Course Outline

• Module 1: Overview of the Cisco Unified Computing System
• Lesson 1 - The History of UCS
• Lesson 2 - Defining Cisco UCS Hardware Components
• Lesson 3 - Defining the Cisco UCS Software Architecture
• Lesson 4 - Common UCS Designs
• Lesson 5 - Pools, Policies, and Profiles
• Lesson 6 - Nexus 1000v and VNTag in Hardware
• Lab 1: UCS Overview Lab
• Module 2: The Roles of Cisco Data Center Administrators
• Lesson 1 - SAN Administrator
• Lesson 2 - Server Administrator
• Lesson 3 - LAN Administrator
• Lesson 4 - UCS Administrator
• Lab 2: Basic UCS Administrator Tasks
• Module 3: Operating Systems on UCS
• Lesson 1 - VMware on UCS
• Lesson 2 - Microsoft of UCS
• Lesson 3 - Oracle on UCS
• Lesson 4 - LINUX on UCS
• Lesson 7 - Migrating from 6120 Fabric Interconnects to 6140s
• Module 8: Managing Operating System Deployments
• Lesson 1 - Managing Local Disk Deployments
• Lesson 2 - Managing SAN Boot Deployments
• Lab 9: UCS Boot from SAN
• Lesson 3 - Managing PXE Deployments
• Lab 10: UCS PXE Boot
• Lesson 4 - Managing VMware Deployments
• Lab 11: Review Clustering and VMotion on UCS
• Lesson 5 - Managing Microsoft Deployments
• Module 9: Trouble-shooting UCS
• Lesson 1 - Tips, Tools, and Utilities
• Lesson 2 - Common CLI Commands Used in Trouble-shooting UCS
• Lesson 3 - Trouble-shooting LAN and SAN Connectivity
• Lesson 4 - Trouble-shooting OS and Boot Issues
• Lesson 5 - Top 10 UCS Issues from Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
• Lab 12: Challenge Lab - UCS Trouble-shooting