Description

The Course Name: CLDINF v1.1 – Implementing and Troubleshooting the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure

The Course Duration: 5 Days

The Overview:

The purpose of this course is to teach students how  to successfully build, maintain and troubleshoot the cloud infrastructure at a cloud service provider.

What You Will Learn:

  •      The major components of the cloud infrastructure
  •      How to implement and troubleshoot the computing component in the cloud
  •      How to implement and troubleshoot the storage component in the cloud
  •      How to implement and troubleshoot the network component in the cloud
  •      Troubleshooting the  cloud environment that consist of multiple components

The Course Index:

  1. Cloud Infrastructure Overview
  •       Components
  •       Characteristics
  •       Fabric extender benefits
  •       Nexus 5000, 7000, and 9000 Series Switches
  •       MDS
  •       Cisco NX-OS
  •       Cisco UCS
  •       FCoE protocol and characteristics
  •       Server virtualization
  •       VM benefits
  •       Hyper-V
  •       Cloud management platforms
  •       Hypervisor on server set up
  1. Cloud Infrastructure Computing Component
  •       Deploy hypervisors
  •       Lights-out management network
  •       UCS cloud platform implementation
  •       Troubleshooting methodology
  1. Cloud Infrastructure Storage Component
  •       Cloud storage implementation
  •       Storage access configuration
  •       Storage infrastructure troubleshooting methodology
  •       Storage troubleshooting scenarios
  1. Cloud Infrastructure Network Component
  •       Virtual device context (VDC) overview
  •       VDC with VLANs and VRFs
  •       FCoE VDC
  •       Port channels
  •       VXLAN
  •       VMware standard vSwitch
  •       Nexus 1000V
  •       VSM-to-VEM communication
  •       Hypervisor VTEP implementation
  •       UCS network configuration elements
  •       MAC pool
  •       Network policy
  •       iSCSI vNICs
  •       Server management
  •       Network infrastructure troubleshooting methodology
  1. Troubleshoot Multiple Components
  •       Multiple components troubleshooting scenarios
  •       Storage provisioning using UCS Director workflows troubleshooting
  •       VM provisioning troubleshooting

Labs:

  •              UCS Manager and UCS Director Quickstart
  •              Deploy CentOS Host on UCS Blade Server
  •              Deploy ESXi Hosts on Remote Storage
  •              Troubleshoot Storage Access
  •              Configure Network Server Connectivity
  •              Configure Virtual Network Connectivity
  •              Troubleshoot Network Connectivity
  •              Troubleshoot Capstone Lab