This course provides network professional with the process knowledge of automating and managing private and hybrid clouds using the processes, applications and products of the Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite.

Upon completion of the course, students will have the knowledge to:

• Automate and manage Cisco clouds to support business requirements
• Automate and manage the self-service portal of the user
• Automate and manage the Infrastructure as a Service
• Automate and manage a private cloud infrastructure security
• Automate and manage a hybrid cloud infrastructure security
• Automate and manage for virtual network services for private and hybrid clouds
• Automate and manage the VM life-cycle management

1.  Manage Private Cloud Infrastructure for IaaS

• Cloud Automation and Management
• Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite and Cloud Management
• Managing Devices for a Cloud Tenant Using Cisco UCS Director
• Managing Infrastructure Policies for IaaS Using Cisco UCS Director
• Managing VDCs in Cisco UCS Director
• Managing Workflows in an IaaS Tenant Cloud
• Managing Self-Service Provisioning in Cisco UCS Director

2. Manage Private IaaS Catalog with Cisco PSC

• Publishing Cisco UCS Director Services in Cisco PSC
• Ordering IaaS Services as an End User Using Cisco PSC

3. Cisco VACS for Provisioning Private IaaS with Network Automation

• Cisco VACS
• Policies for Containers
• Creating a Cisco VACS 3-Tier Internal Template Automation
• Creating a Cisco VACS 3-Tier External Template Automation
• Publishing Discovered Cisco VACS Services in Cisco PSC

4. Application Provisioning and Lifecycle Management

• Ordering a Virtual Server Using Cisco PSC
• Ordering a Physical Server Using Cisco PSC
• Ordering a Multi-Tier Application Container Using Cisco PSC
• Managing Application Containers
• Manage Lifecycles of Cloud Resources
• Managing Snapshots

5. Manage Intercloud Fabric Connectivity for IaaS in Hybrid Cloud

• Configuring Intercloud Fabric Connectivity
• Managing VM Templates to Deploy New Workloads
• Managing Intercloud Fabric Infrastructure
• Managing Routing Policies for Secure VM Communication in the Hybrid Cloud

Labs:

• Lab 1: Create a Multitenant Cloud in Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 2: Configure and Manage Policies for Multitenant Cloud in Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 3: Manage VDCs and VDC Applications
• Lab 4: Create Workflow Parameters in Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 5: Creating a Cisco UCS Director Workflow for Baremetal Provisioning
• Lab 6: Clone Container Policies
• Lab 7: Configure Resource Pools
• Lab 8: Managing Cisco VACS 3- Tier Internal and External Templates
• Lab 9: Configure and Manage Catalogs in Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 10: Create Self-Service Provisioning Requirements in Cisco UCS Director
• Lab 11: Discover Cisco UCS Director Catalogs and Templates, and Order VM or Application Stacks as an End User
• Lab 12: Lifecycle Management with Cisco PSC

• Channel Partners
• Customers
• Employees

It is recommended, but not required, that students have the following knowledge and skills before attending this course:

• Data Center experience
• OS experience and experience with designing and deploying IT solutions
• IT degree with 2-3 years experience and/or strong fundamentals on key concepts including Networks, Cloud Computing related to public, private and Hybrid cloud , Virtualization and Storage
• Attend the Cisco CCNA Cloud Fundamentals course and Cisco CCNA Cloud Administration or equivalent experience is highly recommended, in order to fully benefit from this course.