CISCO UCS

Overview about datacenter server Management

• Evolution of server scalability
• Management challenges that exist in modern datacenters
• Chanllenges faced by traditional blade server deployments

The Cisco Unified Computing System

• Components of Cisco UCS
• logical view of the Cisco UCS
• Standards and processes for the I/O Consolidation

Defining Cisco UCS hardware Components

• Major Cisco UCS Hardware Components
• Cisco UCS chassis hardware Components
• Cisco UCS fabric Interconnect models
• Cisco UCS Blade Servers and options

Csico UCS Architecture and installation Architectural and feature Overview

• Cisco UCS management Architecture
• Various responsibility assignments within the cisco UCS environment
• Diagnostic information available in Cisco UCS
• High availability and disaster recovery capabilities of the Cisco UCS Manager

Installing Cisco UCS Hardware

• Installation guidelines for the Cisco UCS Platform
• Power supply configuration options for the Cisco UCS chassis
• Install the various modules of a Cisco UCS Chassis

Describing Unified Connectivity

• Hardware component connectivity
• Connectivity between Fabric Interconnects for High availability
• Fabric Interconnect network configuration

Cisco UCS Interaction and management Exploring the Unified computing User Interfaces

• Graphical User Interface
• Command Line INterface
• Connect Commands
• Cisco UCS startup and shutdown Procedures

Cisco UCS Manager Fundamentals

• Resources managed by Cisco UCS
• Cisco UCS resource Pools
• Cisco UCS Service Profiles
• Cisco UCS Service Profile Policies
• Service Profiles in the basic opt-in model
• Service Profile in the logical server model

LAN & SAN Connectivity Compute Node LAN Connectivity

• Server and Uplink Ethernet ports in Cisco UCS
• Ethernet Host Virtualizer mode
• Ethernet switching mode
• Configuration and use of VLANs in the Cisco UCS environment
• Virtual Network Interface cards
• Provisioning VLANS
• Port channel configuration
• How pin Groups function
• LAN tools

Compute Node SAN Connectivity

• NPIV
• Configuration and Use of VSANs
• Virtual host bus adapters
• SAN uplink and server Fibre Channel ports
• How Pins Group function
• Provisioning VSAN's