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Cisco : Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies v6.0

13 September 2018 @ 8:00 am - 17 September 2018 @ 3:30 pm

Velisa Africa is the official Global Knowledge partner in Sub-Saharan Africa. Course details : https://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/courses/cisco/data_center/dcict.html

Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies provides an introduction to Cisco technologies and products that are deployed in the data center. Network virtualization, network technologies, unified computing, automation and orchestration and the Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) are all included. As this is an introductory level course the knowledge that is provided is targeted at individuals who need to perform basic configuration tasks. The hands-on lab exercises focus on configuring features on Cisco Nexus Operating System (Cisco NX-OS), Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco UCS Director.

Pre-Requisites

Attendees should meet the following prerequisites:

Good understanding of networking protocols ICND1 and DCICN recommended
Good understanding of the VMware environment

Content

Cisco Data Center Network Virtualization

Describing Functional Planes of Cisco Nexus Switches
Describing Cisco Nexus Operating System VRF Contexts
Describing Virtual Device Contexts
Describing the Function of Overlays
Describing Virtualization
Describing Virtual Switches

Cisco Data Center Network Technologies Configuration

Describing Cisco Fabric Extender Connectivity
Describing Port Channels and Virtual Port Channels
Describing Cisco FabricPath
Describing Unified Port Feature of Cisco Nexus Switches
Describing Cisco Unified Fabric

Cisco Unified Computing System

Describing Data Center Server Connectivity
Describing Cisco IMC Supervisor
Describing Cisco UCS Manager Operations
Describing Role-Based Access Control
Describing Hardware Abstraction in Cisco UCS

Data Center Automation and Orchestration

Exploring the Utility of Application Programming Interfaces
Introducing Cloud Computing Basic Concepts
Describing Cloud Attributes and Service Models
Describing Cisco UCS Director
Describing VDCs, Tenants, and Policies
Describing Orchestration
Managing Catalogs and Templates
Reporting in Cisco UCS Director (CloudSense)

Cisco Application-Centric Infrastructure

Describing Cisco ACI
Describing Cisco ACI Fabric
Programming and Orchestrating Cisco ACI

Labs

Lab 1: Connect to Cisco Nexus Series Switches Using SSH
Lab 2: Configure VRFs
Lab 3: Explore the Elements of Virtual Device Contexts
Lab 4: Install VMware ESXi on UCS C-Series Rack Server
Lab 5: Install VMware vCenter Server Appliance
Lab 6: Install Cisco Virtual Switch Update Manager
Lab 7: Install Cisco Nexus 1000V with VSUM
Lab 8: Configure a Port Group in the DVS
Lab 9: Configure the Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender
Lab 10: Configure Virtual Port Channels
Lab 11: Configure Virtual Port Channels with FEX
Lab 12: Configure Cisco FabricPath
Lab 13: Configure Unified Ports on Cisco Nexus Switch
Lab 14: Implement FCoE
Lab 15: Install and Configure the Cisco IMC Supervisor
Lab 16: Navigate the Cisco UCS Manager GUI Interfaces
Lab 17: Configure Local RBAC
Lab 18: Configure Pools
Lab 19: Configure a Service Profile Template
Lab 20: Configure Cisco NX-OS with APIs
Lab 21: Explore the Management Information Tree of the Cisco UCS Manager XML API
Lab 22: Configure Cisco UCS Manager with the Postman REST Plugin for Google Chrome
Lab 23: Install and Configure User Accounts in Cisco UCS Director
Lab 24: Add Virtual and Physical Accounts to Cisco UCS Director
Lab 25: Customize Cisco UCS Director
Lab 26: Explore Cisco UCS Director Monitoring Capabilities
Lab 27: Create Policies and VDCs
Lab 28: Create a Catalog and Provision a VM Using the Self-Service Portal
Lab 29: Explore Cisco UCS Director Built-In Reports
Lab 30: View Chargeback and Reports