Overview
The Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6 course helps you understand concepts, architecture, and deployment use cases for Cisco UCS© Director. You will gain hands-on experience in deploying basic Cisco UCS Director solutions. You will also practice using core features that most implementations require, such as services design, using the self-service portal for provisioning services, creating workflows that enable cloud automation and standardize IT services, and more.
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Data Center Architects
- Cloud infrastructure Architects
- Network Engineers
- System Administrators
- Storage Administrators
- System Engineers who work in data center solutions and manage data center management policies
- Cisco Integrators and Partners
The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- General knowledge of cloud and data center virtualization
- Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp storage, Cisco Nexus©_ switches, and VMware vCenter
- Knowledge of data center processes and best practices
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Understand Cisco UCS Director architecture
- Understand deployment models of Cisco UCS Director
- Configure virtual data centers, policies, and catalogs
- Understand the unified infrastructure management capabilities of Cisco UCS Director
- Understand orchestration and build advanced workflows
- Understand application containers
Module 1: Introducing Cisco UCS Director
- Lesson 1: Understanding Data Center Challenges
- Lesson 2: Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
Module 2: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
- Lesson 2: Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
Module 3: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
- Lesson 2: Explaining Global System Settings
- Lesson 3: Understanding Site and Pod Management
Module 4: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Module 5: Understanding the Design Phase
- Lesson 1: Understanding Policies
- Lesson 2: Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
Module 6: Understanding Deployment through Self-Service Portal
- Lesson 1: Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
- Lesson 2: Understanding Service Request
Module 7: Introducing Orchestration
- Lesson 1: Understanding Orchestration
Module 8: Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
- Lesson 1: Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
- Lesson 2: Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
Module 9: Introducing Application Containers
- Lesson 1: Understanding Application Containers
Lab Outline
- Lab 1: Configure Cisco UCS Director
- Lab 2: Cisco UCS Director Discovery
- Lab 3: Cisco UCS Director GUI Familiarization
- Lab 4: Service Design
- Lab 5: Catalogs
- Lab 6: Self-Service Portal
- Lab 7: Orchestration Workflow Design
- Lab 8: Advanced Workflow Design
- Lab 9: Create Application Container