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Cisco® Administering Cisco® Data Center Unified Computing System (DCUCA)

Using real-world scenarios and examples, this course will explore all of the components of the UCS B-Series and C-Series solutions from a day to day administrative point of view.

Cisco® Administering Cisco® Data Center Unified Computing System (DCUCA)

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Learning Objectives

Understand the B-Series and C-Series product line similarities and differences

  • Describe the C-Series standalone and UCS managed architectures
  • Understand the process for upgrading B-Series and C-Series Firmware
  • Administering service profiles, pools, and policies
  • Understanding RBAC with Active Directory integration
  • Administering backup and restores in UCS Manager
  • Learn and discuss the various management tools for Cisco UCS
  • Perform basic troubleshooting of B-Series and C-Series in normal operations

     

    Course Details

    Course Outline

    1 - UCS Infrastructure Components
  • Cisco UCS Servers and Components
  • Exploring Cisco UCS User Interfaces
  • Cisco UCS Management Framework and Features
    • 2 - Administering Cisco C-Series Servers
  • Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
  • Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller
  • Provisioning Monitoring and Logging on the Cisco UCS C-Series Server
  • Provisioning Cisco UCS C-Series Server Integration in UCS Manager
  • Updating Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware with the Host Upgrade Utility
  • Troubleshooting C-Series Standalone and UCS Managed Environments
    • 3 - Administering Cisco B-Series Servers
  • RBAC, Organizations, and Active Directory Integration
  • Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
  • Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
  • Creating Identity and Resource Pools
  • Creating Service Profiles
  • Creating Templates and Cloning Service Profiles
  • Managing Service Profiles
  • Operating System Installation Options
  • Backing Up and Restoring UCSM Database
  • Upgrading UCS B-Series Firmware
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Configuration
  • Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Operation
    • 4 - UCS Management Tools
  • UCS Management Tool Overview
  • Integrating UCS Manager with UCS Central
  • Managing UCS Using the Cisco UCS PowerTool

    • Actual course outline may vary depending on offering center. Contact your sales representative for more information.

    Who is it For?

    Target Audience

    Systems Administrators and Engineers

    Technical Solutions Architects

    Systems Integrators

    Channel Partners

    Value-Added Resellers

    Other Prerequisites

    Basic knowledge of Cisco routing and switching; Basic knowledge of Cisco Unified Computing Systems; Basic knowledge of servers and storage

    Cisco® Administering Cisco® Data Center Unified Computing System (DCUCA)

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    Course Length : 4 Days

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