Configuring Data Center Unified Computing is an instructor-led product training that provides learners with an overview of the Cisco UCS System, to include the Cisco UCS B-Series blade servers and Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers. There is significant content devoted to configuration and management. The Configuring Data Center Unified Computing course articulates Cisco Data Center virtualization solutions and explains how to execute a virtualization solution on Cisco UCS B-series and C-series hardware.

This course will address the configuration and ongoing maintenance of Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series servers, with a strong emphasis on Cisco UCS B Series blade servers. The primary changes to the Cisco UCS features in this revision are the inclusion of the UCS 2.1 software features, to include:

• Cisco UCS Central Support ?Cisco UCS C-Series Server Integration through Single Wire Management
• Default vNIC and vHBA Behavior Policies
• Fault Suppression
• Fibre Channel Zoning
• Firmware Auto Install and Cross-Version Support
• LAN / SAN Connectivity Policies for Service Profile Configuration
• Multicast Policy
• Scheduled backups
• Service Profile Renaming
• Support for discovery of flash I / O devices (Fusion I / O and LSI flash cards)
• Support for Multiple Receive Queue Support (MRQS) on Linux
• Troubleshooting Enhancements for Finite State Machine (FSM) processes
• Unified Uplink Ports and Uplink Port Channels
• Unified Storage Ports
• Con Assignment and Distribution
• VLAN Port Count Optimization
• VLAN Groups and Permissions
• VM-FEX Integration for Hyper-V SRIOV
• VM-FEX Integration for KVM (Red Hat Linux) SRIOV .

Module 1 Describing Cisco UCS Architecture

• Describing Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware Components
• Describing Cisco UCS User Interfaces
• Configuring Cisco UCS B-Series Physical Connectivity and High Availability
• Using RBAC and Organizations

Module 2 Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System LAN Connectivity

• Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
• Configuring LAN Identity and Resource Pools
• Configuring Compute Node LAN Policies

Module 3 Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System SAN Connectivity

• Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
• Configuring Advanced Compute Node SAN Connectivity
• Configuring SAN Identity and Resource Pools

Module 4 Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System B-Series Servers

• Configuring Server Identity and Resource Pools
• Configuring Server Policies
• Configuring Templates and Service Profiles
• Managing Service Profiles
• Configuring Logical Service Profiles that Boot from iSCSI

Module 5 Configuring Cisco Unified Computing System Virtualization

• Configuring Cisco UCS VM-FEX
• Configuring Cisco UCS SR-IOV
• Configuring Cisco UCS VM-FEX Integration for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
• Configuring the Cisco UCS VM-FEX for KVM SR-IOV

Module 6 Cisco Unified Computing System Administration

• Backing Up and Restoring the Cisco UCS Manager Database
• Managing and Upgrading Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
• Using Cisco UCS Management Tools

Module 7 Cisco Unified Computing System C-Series Features

• Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
• Describing Cisco USC C-Series Server Connectivity Options
• Using Cisco UCS C-Series IMC Discovery
• Upgrading Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware

Labs:
Lab 1-1: Initial Cisco UCS Configuration

Lab 1-2: Explore the Cisco UCS Manager GUI

Lab 1-3: Configure RBAC

Lab 2-1: Configure System Related Policies and Uplink Port Properties

Lab 2-2: Configure LAN Related Pools and Policies

Lab 3-1: Configure SAN Connectivity

Lab 3-2: Configure SAN Identity Pools and Templates

Lab 4-1: Configure Server-Related Features and Renaming a Service Profile

Lab 4-2: Configure a Service Profile that Boots from iSCSI LUN

Lab 5-1: Configure VM-FEX Passthrough Switching

Lab 6-1: Back Up and Import the System Configuration

Lab 7-1: Configure Server Settings with the Integrated Management Controller GUI

• Channel Partner / Reseller
• Customer
• Employee

The knowledge a learner should have to successfully complete this course are as follows :

• General knowledge of servers
• Routing and switching knowledge
• Storage area networking knowledge
• Server virtualization knowledge.