Cisco UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting (UCSXDOT)

Price
$4,995.00 USD

Duration
5 Days

Cisco Learning Credit (CLC) Eligible

 

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

Course Overview

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.

Course Objectives

  • 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.

Who Should Attend?

  • Cisco customers, internal and Partner SEs/FEs looking to deploy the UCS X9508 chassis, X210c/ X410c compute nodes, and 6400/6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.
  • Top-rated instructors: Our crew of subject matter experts have an average instructor rating of 4.8 out of 5 across thousands of reviews.
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  • Interactive classroom participation: Our virtual training includes live lectures, demonstrations and virtual labs that allow you to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow classmates to get real-time feedback.
  • Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
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Course Prerequisites

  • Basic to intermediate understanding of UCS

Agenda

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

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

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)

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

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
 

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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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