UCSDF v6.6 - Cisco UCS Director Foundation

The UCSDF - Cisco UCS Director Foundation 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.

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Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• 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

• 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

It is recommended that a learner has the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• 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