Duration: 4 Days
Using real-world scenarios and examples, this course explores all components of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series and C-Series solutions from an administrative point of view. You will learn about C-Series standalone, C-Series under UCS Manager, B-Series administration, troubleshooting, and management tools that are used to support basic UCS and multi-cluster support with UCS Central.
What You Will Learn
- B-Series and C-Series product line
- C-Series standalone and UCS managed architectures
- Upgrading B-Series and C-Series firmware
- Service profiles, pools, and policies
- RBAC with Active Directory integration
- Backup and restores in UCS Manager
- Various management tools for Cisco UCS
- Basic troubleshooting of B-Series and C-Series
Audience
- Systems administrators and engineers
- Technical solutions architects
- Systems integrators
- Channel partners
- Value-added resellers
Prerequistes
Basic knowledge of:
- Cisco routing and switching
- Cisco UCS
- Servers and storage
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
- Cisco UCS Servers and Components
- 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 Update Utility
- UCS C-Series Standalone and UCS Managed Troubleshooting
3. Administering Cisco B-Series Servers
- Cisco UCS Servers and Components
- 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
Course Labs
Lab 1: Connecting to the Lab Environment
Lab 2: Update Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware from the Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility
Lab 3: Install VMware ESXi on the Local RAID and Verify SAN Connectivity
Lab 4: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series
Lab 5: Explore the Cisco UCS GUI and CLI Environment
Lab 6: Configure RBAC and Active Directory Integration
Lab 7: Provision Identity and Resource Pools
Lab 8: Provision Mobile Service Profiles from Updating Templates
Lab 9: Backup and Restore Cisco UCS Manager Database Objects
Lab 10: Configure Logging in Cisco UCS
Lab 11: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series
Lab 12: Integrating Cisco UCS Manager with Cisco UCS Central
Lab 13: Using the Cisco UCS PowerTool
