Course Objectives
Data center challenges and cloud solutions
Cisco UCS Director architecture
Cisco UCS Director setup and configuration
Cisco ACI
Multitenancy in FlexPod Cisco ACI infrastructure
Resource groups and service offerings
Tenant onboarding
Self-service provisioning
Application containers
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- Cloud infrastructure architects
- Network engineers
- System administrators
- Storage administrators
- Engineers requiring advanced configuration skills
- Cisco integrators and partners
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Agenda
1 - Introducing Cisco UCS Director
- Lesson 1: Understanding Data Center Challenges
- Lesson 2: Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
2 - Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
- Lesson 2: Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
3 - Introducing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco ACI Overview
- Lesson 2: Understanding Cisco ACI Terms and Constructs
4 - Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
5 - Introducing Role-Based Access Control
- Lesson 1: Explaining User Groups/ Roles/ Users
6 - Introducing Orchestration
- Lesson 1: Understanding Orchestration
7 - Introducing Cisco UCS Director with ACI
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director with ACI Solution
8 - Understanding Multi-Tenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
- Lesson 1: Explaining Multi-Tenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
- Lesson 2: Understanding Resource Groups and Service Offerings
9 - Introducing Advanced Tenant Onboarding
- Lesson 1: Onboarding a Tenant
- Lesson 2: Tagging Resources
10 - Introducing Application Containers
- Lesson 1: Understanding Application Profiles
- Lesson 2: Understanding Service Container Catalog
11 - Understanding Deployment Through Self-Service Portal
- Lesson 1: Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
- Lesson 2: Understanding Service Request
12 - Understanding Virtual Data Center
- Lesson 1: Understanding Policies
- Lesson 2: Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
13 - Lab Outline
- Guided Lab 1: Configure Cisco UCS Director
- Guided Lab 2: Cisco UCS Director Discovery
- Guided Lab 3: Cisco UCS Director User Interface Familiarization
- Guided Lab 4: APIC Orchestration Using Workflows
- Guided Lab 5: Import Advance APIC Workflow
- Guided Lab 6: Create Environmental Variables
- Guided Lab 7: Create Resource Groups
- Guided Lab 8: Create Service Offering and Tenant Profiles
- Guided Lab 9: Onboard a Tenant in Cisco ACI Environment
- Guided Lab 10: Create Application Container
- Guided Lab 11: Deploy Multi-Tier Application Container
- Guided Lab 12: Self-Service Portal – End User Experience
- Guided Lab 13: Service Design
- Guided Lab 14: Catalogs
- Guided Lab 15: Self-Service Portal – Standard VM Provisioning (End User)
- Guided Lab 16: Advance Workflow with Dynamic Input Filter