DCUCA: Administering Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Systems
Administering Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Systems (DCUCA) is a four-day training course where students will become familiar with the administration and troubleshooting of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series and C-Series platforms.
Using real-world scenarios and examples, this course will explore all of the components of the UCS B-Series and C-Series solutions from a day-to-day administrative point of view. Learn C-Series standalone, C-Series under UCS Manager, B-Series administration, troubleshooting and management tools used to support basic UCS and multi-cluster support with UCS Central.
Upcoming Dates
What's Included
- Official Cisco courseware
- Remote lab access
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Cisco routing and switching
- Basic knowledge of Cisco Unified Computing Systems
- Basic knowledge of servers and storage
Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Understand the B-Series and C-Series product line similarities and differences.
- Describe the C-Series standalone and UCS managed architectures.
- Understand the process for upgrading B-Series and C-Series Firmware.
- Administer service profiles, pools and policies.
- Understand role-based access control (RBAC) with Active Directory integration.
- Administer backup and restores in UCS Manager.
- Understand the various management tools for Cisco UCS.
- Perform basic troubleshooting of B-Series and C-Series in normal operations.
Course Outline
Module 1: UCS Infrastructure Components
- Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Servers and Components
- Lesson 2: Exploring Cisco UCS User Interfaces
- Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Management Framework and Features
Module 2: Administering Cisco C-Series Servers
- Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Servers and Components
- Lesson 2: Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
- Lesson 3: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller
- Lesson 4: Provisioning Monitoring and Logging on the Cisco UCS C-Series Server
- Lesson 5: Provisioning Cisco UCS C-Series Server Integration in UCS Manager
- Lesson 6: Updating Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware with the Host Update Utility
- Lesson 7: UCS C-Series Standalone and UCS Managed Troubleshooting
Module 3: Administering Cisco B-Series Servers
- Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Servers and Components
- Lesson 2: RBAC, Organizations, and Active Directory Integration
- Lesson 3: Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
- Lesson 4: Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
- Lesson 5: Creating Identity and Resource Pools
- Lesson 6: Creating Service Profiles
- Lesson 7: Creating Templates and Cloning Service Profiles
- Lesson 8: Managing Service Profiles
- Lesson 9: Operating System Installation Options
- Lesson 10: Backing Up and Restoring UCSM Database
- Lesson 11: Upgrading UCS B-Series Firmware
- Lesson 12: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Configuration
- Lesson 13: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Operation
Module 4: UCS Management Tools
- Lesson 1: UCS Management Tool Overview
- Lesson 2: Integrating UCS Manager with UCS Central
- Lesson 3: Managing UCS Using the Cisco UCS PowerTool
Labs
- Lab 1: Connecting to the Lab Environment
- Lab 2: Update Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware from the Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility
- Lab 3: Install VMware ESXi on the Local RAID and Verify SAN Connectivity
- Lab 4: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS C-Series
- Lab 5: Explore the Cisco UCS GUI and CLI Environment
- Lab 6: Configure RBAC and Active Directory Integration
- Lab 7: Provision Identity and Resource Pools
- Lab 8: Provision Mobile Service Profiles from Updating Templates
- Lab 9: Backup and Restore Cisco UCS Manager Database Objects
- Lab 10: Configure Logging in Cisco UCS
- Lab 11: Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series
- Lab 12: Integrating Cisco UCS Manager with Cisco UCS Central
- Lab 13: Using the Cisco UCS PowerTool