What you’ll learn
Training overview
Objectives
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Describe Cisco UCS server hardware
- Describe Cisco UCS connectivity
- Describe the Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform, its data writing and reading processes, and data optimization
- Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profiles
- Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profile templates
- Describe and implement Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) on Cisco UCS
- Describe and implement Cisco UCS firmware updates
- Describe and implement Cisco UCS backups
Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
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- General knowledge of servers
- Routing and switching
- Storage area networking
- Server virtualization
These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:
Outline
- Describing Cisco UCS Server Hardware
- Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers
- Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers
- Cisco UCS S-Series Rack Servers
- Cisco Virtual Interface Cards
- Hyperconvergence Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex HX-Series Servers
- Describing Cisco UCS Connectivity
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect
- Cisco UCS B-Series Connectivity
- Cisco UCS C-Series Connectivity
- Cisco UCS S-Series Connectivity
- Cisco HyperFlex Connectivity Architecture
- Cisco HyperFlex Edge Connectivity
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Ethernet End-Host Mode Compared to Switching Mode
- Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Uplink Pinning
- Cisco UCS C-Series Integration
- Describing the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
- Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform Software
- Writing Data to Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
- Reading Data from Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
- Data Optimization in Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
- Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profiles
- Portability Issue with Nonabstracted Identities
- Cisco UCS Service Profile
- Identity Pools
- Server Pools
- IP Pools
- Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates
- Service Profile Templates
- Implementing iSCSI on Cisco UCS
- iSCSI Addressing
- iSCSI Support in Cisco UCS
- Implementing Cisco UCS Firmware Updates
- 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
- Implementing Cisco UCS Backups
- Compare Backup Options in Cisco UCS Manager
- Compare Two Import Types
- Policy Backup
Lab outline
- Explore Cisco UCS Manager GUI
- Configure Server and Uplink Ports
- Configure VLANs
- Configure Basic Identity Pools
- Configure a Cisco UCS Service Profile Using Pools
- Configure a Service Profile Template
- Configure an iSCSI Service Profile on Cisco UCS
- Perform Backup and Restore Activities
