Evolution of server scalability.Chanllenges faced by traditional blade server deployments.Installation guidelines for the Cisco UCS Platform.Power supply configuration options for the Cisco UCS chassis

1. Cisco UCS Training
Overview about Datacenter
Management and Cisco UCS
Overview about datacenter server
Management
 Evolution of server scalability
 Management challenges that exist
in modern datacenters
 Chanllenges faced by traditional
blade server deployments
The Cisco Unified Computing
System
 Components of Cisco UCS
 logical view of the Cisco UCS
 Standards and processes for the
I/O Consolidation
Defining Cisco UCS hardware
Components
 Major Cisco UCS Hardware
Components
 Cisco UCS chassis hardware
Components
 Cisco UCS fabric Interconnect
models
 Cisco UCS Blade Servers and
options
Csico UCS Architecture and
installation
Architectural and feature Overview
 Cisco UCS management
Architecture
 Various responsibility assignments
Service Profiles, Resource pools &
Policies
Resource Pools
 Use of Mobile Service Profiles
 MAC addresses and pools
 Worldwide names and pools
 UUID pools
 Management IP Pools
 Server Pools
 Pool qualifier and policies
Creating & Managing Service
Profiles
 Create a Service Profile
 Expert wizard to create a Service
Profile
 Create & Update Service Profile
template
 Scrub Policies
 Associating Service Profiles with
computer nodes
 Process for moving a logical server
 Use KVM and virtual media utilities
to access a computer node
 vNIC & vHBA creation and
templates
Operating Syatem Provisioning
 SAN-based operating Syatem
installation
 Local disk opearintg system
installation
 Network based opearting syatem
installation
Policies

2. within the cisco UCS environment
 Diagnostic information available in
Cisco UCS
 High availability and disaster
recovery capabilities of the Cisco
UCS Manager
Installing Cisco UCS Hardware
 Installation guidelines for the
Cisco UCS Platform
 Power supply configuration options
for the Cisco UCS chassis
 Install the various modules of a
Cisco UCS Chassis
Describing Unified Connectivity
 Hardware component connectivity
 Connectivity between Fabric
Interconnects for High availability
 Fabric Interconnect network
configuration
Cisco UCS Interaction and
management
Exploring the Unified computing
User Interfaces
 Graphical User Interface
 Command Line INterface
 Connect Commands
 Cisco UCS startup and shutdown
Procedures
Cisco UCS Manager Fundamentals
 Resources managed by Cisco UCS
 Cisco UCS resource Pools
 Cisco UCS Service Profiles
 Cisco UCS Service Profile Policies
 Service Profiles in the basic opt-in
model
 Service Profile in the logical server
 MAC Policies
 Ethernet Policies
 WWNN Policies
 Scrub Policies
 UUID policies
 RAID Policies
 Boot Policies
 Power Policies
 Eqiupment Policies
Securing Cisco UCS Role-Based
Access Control
 Cisco UCS Management Groups
 Create Organizations
 Create Locales
 Create Users
 Create Users
 Create Roles
 Role-Based Access Control
 RBAC configuration
 Remote RBAC Configuration
 Configuration of AAA features and
options
 Integrating with Active Directory
Backup and Restore
 Supported backup types
 Backup and Inport Jobs
 Configure Backup job
 Configure import job
Maintenance of Cisco UCS
Environment
Managing High Availability
 High availability connectivity of
Fabric interconnects
 Cisco UCS regarding high
availability
 How to configure high availability
 How to manage high availability

3. model
LAN & SAN Connectivity
Compute Node LAN Connectivity
 Server and Uplink Ethernet ports
in Cisco UCS
 Ethernet Host Virtualizer mode
 Ethernet switching mode
 Configuration and use of VLANs in
the Cisco UCS environment
 Virtual Network Interface cards
 Provisioning VLANS
 Port channel configuration
 How pin Groups function
 LAN tools
Compute Node SAN Connectivity
 NPIV
 Configuration and Use of VSANs
 Virtual host bus adapters
 SAN uplink and server Fibre
Channel ports
 How Pins Group function
 Provisioning VSAN's
Monitoring System Events
 Event and failure monitoring using
the GUI
 Options for monitoring of Cisco
UCS remotely
 Monitoring of Cisco UCS from the
CLI
 Cisco UCS threshold policies
 Configuration of call Home Policies
 Data export capabilities of the
Cisco UCS manager
Upgrading Software in the Cisco
Unified Computing System
 Cisco UCS software upgrade
process
 Upgrade Cisco UCS fabric
interconnnect software
 Upgrade CMC software
 Upgrade BMC Software
 Upgrade adapter software