UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting (UCSXDOT)
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This five-day Cisco UCS X-Series with Intersight Deployment course enables participants to deploy, troubleshoot and operate a UCS X-Series production installation.
- Deploy: covers deployment of the X9508 chassis, X210c/X410c compute nodes, 6400/6500 Series Fabric Interconnects and other hardware options. Participants learn how to prepare the UCS X-Series hardware components for discovery by Intersight Managed Mode (IMM). Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.
- Troubleshoot: enables participants to effectively troubleshoot common issues with Fabric Interconnect configurations, vNIC/vHBA configuration issues, firmware update issues and profile/policy/pool configuration issues. Information is also provided on CLI/Intersight troubleshooting options and common troubleshooting methodologies. Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.
- Operate: participants will be provided with the information and tools to manage and support UCS X-Series in a production environment. The students will be using the most up-to-date tools in Cisco’s Intersight Dashboard for day-to-day operations. This will include the new Telemetry Dashboard and the new Monitoring tool. Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.
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Prerequisites:
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:
- Basic to intermediate understanding of UCS
Target Audience:
Cisco customers, internal and Partner SEs/FEs looking to deploy the UCS X9508 chassis, X210c/ X410c compute nodes, and 6400/6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
- Articulate the solution level architecture of the UCS X-Series solution, and the role of IMM/Intersight and the key differentiators of the UCS X-Series solution from previous UCS architecture.
- Identify the function of each hardware component in the UCS X-Series solution and the communication and traffic flow between components.
- Enumerate the key requirements to successfully deploy a UCS X-Series solution with Intersight.
- Identify the key features of Cisco Intersight to manage a UCS X-Series deployment.
- Understand Troubleshooting Guidelines and able to successfully troubleshoot:
- Fabric Interconnect issues
- IOM issues
- Frame and CRC issues
- SAN connectivity issues
- Successfully operate a UCS X-Series production installation.
Course Outline:
DAY 1
Section 1: Cisco UCS X-Series Hardware Components & Traffic Flow
- Cisco UCS X9508 System Chassis
- Fabric Components
- Compute Options (Needs Updated)
- Storage Options
- Networking & Data Flow
- Power/Cooling Efficiency
Section 2: Cisco UCS X-Series Installation Considerations
- Managing Cisco UCS 2.0 with Cisco Intersight
- Deployment Model Options
Section 3: Cisco UCS Migration and Monitoring Options
- Prerequisites
- Installing Cisco Intersight IMM Transition Tool
- Accessing Cisco Intersight IMM Transition Tool
- Initiate Migration
- Verification
DAY 2
Section 4: Cisco UCS X-Series Management Through Intersight
- IMM Overview
- Intersight Licensing
- Dashboard Navigation
- Domain Claiming
LAB 1 – Claiming a Domain
- Domain and Server Policies/Profiles
LAB 2 – Domain Profile Creation
LAB 3 – Domain Profile Deployment
LAB 4 – Creating Pools
LAB 5 – Server Policy Creation
LAB 6 – Server Profile Deployment
LAB 7 – Server Profile Template Deployment
LAB 8 – Installing VMware ESXi
DAY 3
Section 5: General Guidelines for Troubleshooting
- Faults
- Audit Log
- Requests Tab
LAB 9 – Intersight Dashboard Overview
LAB 10 – Add and Remove a Dashboard Widget
- Syslog
- Technical Support Files
Section 6: Troubleshooting Fabric Interconnect Issues
- Recovering a Fabric Interconnect from the Boot Loader Prompt
- Resolving Fabric Interconnect Cluster ID Mismatch
Section 7: Troubleshooting Firmware Issues
- Recovering Fabric Interconnect During Upgrade
- Recovering IO Modules During Firmware Upgrade
LAB 11 – Updating Firmware (Review Only)
DAY 4
Section 8: Troubleshooting IOM Issues
- IOM Terminology
- Chassis Boot Sequence
- Link Pinning and Failover Behavior
Section 9: Troubleshooting Frame and CRC Issues
- Background Information
- Reasons for Bad Frames and CRC Errors
- Forwarding Mode Behavior (Cut-Through or Store-and-Forward)
- Main Forwarding ASICs Commands for UCS FIs, IOMs and VIC Cards
Section 10: Troubleshooting Pool/Policy/Profile Issues
- Diagnosing Common Pool/Policy/Profile Issues
DAY 5
Section 11: Day 2 Operations
- Topology Views
- Monitoring and Metrics Explorer
LAB 12 – Using Metrics
- Telemetry Dashboard
LAB 13 – Creating and Using Dashboards for Operations
- Policy Cloning
LAB 14 – Policy Cloning
- Organizations and Shared Orgs
LAB 15 – Creating Shared Orgs and Sharing Policies