Description

Course Name: Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6

Duration: 3 Days

What you’ll learn in this course:

The Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) 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.

How you’ll benefit:

  • Learn how to deploy Cisco UCS Director to replace manual configuration and provisioning processes with orchestration to optimize and simplify delivery of private cloud and data center Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco® learning technologies, Cisco cloud solutions, and software
  • Be the technical consultant on deployment options and give technical demonstrations

Who should enroll:

  • 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

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should 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

Course Prerequisites:

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge before attending:

  • 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

Course Outline:

  • Introducing Cisco UCS Director
    • Understanding Data Center Challenges
    • Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
  • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
    • Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
    • Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
  • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
    • Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
    • Explaining Global System Settings
    • Understanding Site and Pod Management
  • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
    • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
  • Understanding the Design Phase
    • Understanding Policies
    • Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
  • Understanding Deployment Through the Self-Service Portal
    • Understanding the Self-Service Provisioning Portal
    • Understanding Service Request
  • Introducing Orchestration
    • Understanding Orchestration
  • Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
    • Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
    • Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
  • Introducing Application Containers
    • Understanding Application Containers

Labs Outline:

  • Configure Cisco UCS Director
  • Cisco UCS Director Discovery
  • Cisco UCS Director GUI Familiarization
  • Service Design
  • Catalogs
  • Self-Service Portal
  • Orchestration Workflow Design
  • Advanced Workflow Design
  • Create an Application Container