DCCUCS - Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS)

Master the deployment, management, and security of Cisco Unified Computing System to optimize data center operations with our DCCUCS course, tailored for IT professionals including server administrators and network engineers.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Deploy and manage Cisco UCS B-Series, C-Series, and S-Series servers.

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Implement management and orchestration tools such as Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight.

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Secure and maintain Cisco UCS environments.

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Configure and optimize key features of Cisco UCS, including storage and network integration.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 3 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Server administrators
  • Network engineers
  • Systems engineers
  • Cisco integrators and partners

Description

The Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System (DCCUCS) v1.0 shows you how to deploy, secure, operate, and maintain Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS©) B-series blade servers, Cisco UCS C-Series, and S-Series rack servers for use in data centers. You will learn how to implement management and orchestration software for Cisco UCS. You will gain hands-on practice: configuring key features of Cisco UCS, Cisco UCS Director, and Cisco UCS Manager; implementing UCS management software including Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Intersight; and more.

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Upcoming Course Dates

August 6-8, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

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$3695

August 6-8, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

Enroll

$3695

September 22-24, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Chicago

Enroll

$3695

Course Outline

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Implementing Cisco UCS Storage Area Network (SAN)

  1. SAN Introduction

  2. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Fibre Channels modes

  3. Named VSANs

  4. Cisco UCS Fibre Channel and FCoE Storage Connectivity

Describing Cisco UCS Policies for Service Profiles

  1. Storage Policies and Profiles

  2. Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Policies

  3. Boot Policy

  4. Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Policies

  5. Scrub Policies

  6. Maintenance Policies

Describing Cisco Adapter FEX and Single Root I/O Virtualization

  1. Cisco FEX Overview

  2. Cisco Adapter FEX

  3. Single Root I/O Virtualization

Implementing RBAC on Cisco UCS

  1. RBAC in Cisco UCS

  2. Users, Roles, and Privileges

  3. Functions of Organizations and Locales

  4. Effective Rights of a User

Implementing External Authentication Providers

  1. Options for External Authentication Providers

Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager

  1. Public Key Infrastructure

Implementing Cisco UCS Director

  1. Cisco UCS Director Overview

  2. Policies, Virtual Data Centers, and Catalogs

  3. Cisco UCS Director Virtualization Support

  4. Managing Compute with Cisco UCS Director

  5. Cisco UCS Manager Orchestration

  6. Self-Service Portal

  7. Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director

Implementing Cisco Intersight

  1. Cisco UCS Director Overview

  2. Important Features of Cisco Intersight

Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager

  1. Cisco UCS Manager XML API

  2. Cisco UCS Management Information Tree

  3. Managed Object Browser

  4. Cisco UCS PowerTool

  5. Cisco UCS Python Software Development Kit (SDK)

Implementing Monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager

  1. Logging Sources in Cisco UCS Manager

  2. Port Monitoring Capabilities of Cisco UCS Manager

  3. Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Security Ramifications

  4. Cisco UCS Manager Call Home Feature

Lab Outline

  1. Configure Pod-Specific Device Aliases

  2. Configure Zoning

  3. Configure VSANs in Cisco UCS Manager

  4. Configure Unified Ports on Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects

  5. Install and Boot VMware Elastic Sky X Integrated (ESXi) on Cisco UCS from the FCoE Logical Unit Number (LUN) via FCoE

  6. Configure RBAC

  7. Configure Cisco UCS Manager to Authenticate Users via Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (OpenLDAP)

  8. Configure a Trusted Point and Key Ring in Cisco UCS Manager

  9. Configure Cisco UCS with Cisco Intersight

  10. Configure Cisco UCS Manager Using Scripting

  11. Implement Syslog and Call Home

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