COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
• Understand, describe, and configure Cisco Intersight (on prem and SaaS models)
• Understand, describe, and configure Intersight Advanced features (IST, ICO, IWOM)
• Understand, describe, and configure IMM and UMM mode for UCS
• Understand, describe, and configure Cisco X-Series (FI, IFM, X210c Server, Adv Fabric Module)
• Create Intersight Pools, Policies, and Management for X-Series
• Design and operate Cisco UCS with Intersight Managed Mode Solutions
TARGET AUDIENCE:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
• Server Administrators
• Systems Engineers
• Storage Administrators
• Technical Solutions Architects
• Integrators and Partners
• Consulting Systems Engineers
• Network Administrators
• Network Engineers
• Network Managers
• Architects
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
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COURSE CONTENT:
Section 1: Intersight Foundations
• Intersight Architecture
• Licensing
• Essentials
• Advantage
• Premier
• Security
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Administration
• Dashboards Management
• Create and Manage Widgets
• Intersight Managed Mode vs. UCS Managed Mode
Section 2: Monitoring and Maintaining UCS Infrastructure with Intersight
• Device health and Monitoring
• Virtualization Monitoring
• Integrated Support
• Infrastructure Configuration
• Server Deployment
• Standalone C-Series Management
Section 3: Designing and Operationalizing Cisco UCS Solutions with Intersight
• Hyperconvergence Overview
• Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series Servers
• Designing Intersight Deployment Options
• Configuring Intersight Managed Mode
Section 4: Configuring Cisco UCS Server Hardware
• Cisco UCS X-Series Blade Servers
• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
• Cisco UCS S-Series Rack Servers
• Cisco Virtual Interface Cards
• Cisco X-Fabric Modules
Section 5: Designing Cisco UCS LAN and SAN Connectivity
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Ethernet End-Host Mode Compared to Switching Mode
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Uplink Pinning
• Cisco UCS X-Series Connectivity
Section 6: Configuring Cisco UCS-X in IMM Mode
• Fabric Interconnect Domain Profiles and Policies
• Chassis Policies
• Cisco UCS Server Profiles
• Identity Pools
• Server Pools
• IP Pools
• Intersight Provisioning Policies
• Server Policies
• Domain Policies
• Cluster Policies
• Configuring Cisco UCS Server Profile Templates
• Deriving Profiles to Blades
• Deploying ESX to a Blade using Intersight
• Managing vCenter in Intersight
Section 7: Implementing Cisco UCS Firmware Updates
• Update X-Series Firmware with Intersight
• Update Cisco UCS C-Series Server Firmware
• Download Tasks for the Infrastructure Image
• Download Tasks for Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware Packages
• Best Practices for Updating Firmware in Cisco UCS Manager
• Firmware Upgrades Using Auto Install
• Capability Catalog Updates
• Host Firmware Packages
• Driver Updates for Operating Systems and Hypervisors
Section 8: IWO (Intersight Workload Optimizer)
• Overview
• App/Infrastructure Dependencies
• Analytics
• Full Stack Automation
• Ecosystem (AppD, SolarWinds, etc)
• Application Resource and Performance Management
Section 9: IKS (Intersight Kubernetes Services)
• Overview K8s
• App and Infrastructure integration
• Creating a Profile
• Out of Box Container Interfaces
• Networking
• Storage
• Load Balancing
• Managing K8s Clusters
• IWE
Section 10: ICO (Intersight Cloud Orchestrator)
• Overview
• Tasks
• Workflows
• Customized Workflows
• Deploying Virtual Infrastructure
• Deploying Physical Infrastructure
• Managing Infrastructure
Section 11: IST (Intersight Services for Terraform)
• Overview
• Connecting to Git
• Deploying the IST Agent to Intersight
• Creating an Agent Pool
• Setting Variables
• Deploying a Run from ICO
• Deleting a Run from ICO
Section 12: Intersight API Overview
• Architecture of API
• Access methods
• Request Semantics
• Management Information Model
• Querying the API
• Performing Tasks
Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities.
Part I:
• Explore Cisco Intersight
• Configure UCS-X in IMM Mode
• Configure NTP, LAN, SAN, Server Policies in IMM Mode
• Configure Intersight Identity Pools
• Configure a Cisco UCS Server Profile Using Pools
• Configure a Server Profile Template
• Build an ESXi Host in X-Series
• Optional: Convert a UMM domain to IMM Domain
Part 2:
• Exploring IWOM
• Deploy an on-prem K8s with IKS
• Deploy a workload using Intersight Cloud Orchestrator
• Deploy a workload using IST to UCS-X
• API Crawl Lab
• API Walk Lab
• API Run La
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
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