The Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX) v1.2 course shows you how to deploy and use the Cisco® HyperFlex™ data platform to support multicloud workloads. You will become familiar with HyperFlex components and learn how to install, design, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco HyperFlex to support highly scalable and resilient multicloud implementations. You will also gain hands-on experience focused on installation, management, maintenance, and native replication, and you will explore cluster technologies as well as Cisco Intersight.™
Course Content
Introducing Hyperconvergence and Cisco HyperFlex
Describing Cisco UCS: The Foundation of Cisco HyperFlex
Describing Cisco HyperFlex Software Components
Describing Cisco HyperFlex Hardware Components
Managing Cisco HyperFlex in vSphere Environment
Maintaining Cisco HyperFlex
Designing Cisco HyperFlex
Protecting Your Data
Introducing Stretched Cluster
Introducing HyperV-Based Standard Cluster
Designing Multicloud Data Center with Cisco HyperFlex
Introducing EDGE Cluster
Who should attend
Data center engineers
Cisco integrators and partners
Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge:
Cisco CCNA®–level knowledge about data center architecture and products technologies (network, compute, storage network)
Familiarity with VMware vCenter and ESXi
Familiarity with Microsoft Server 2016 and Hyper-V
Course Objectives
This class will help you use Cisco HyperFlex to
Enable multicloud IT with an adaptive platform that powers any application anywhere with the simplicity of hyperconverged infrastructure
Gain hands-on experience using Cisco HyperFlex
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Describe hyperconvergence, Cisco HyperFlex, and the components of Cisco HyperFlex
Explain the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) and what makes it valuable to business
Describe how Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) works
Describe the physical components of Cisco HyperFlex
Install Regular vSphere Cisco HyperFlex
Manage your Cisco HyperFlex VMware ESXi-based cluster
Describe how to maintain Cisco HyperFlex
Design a Cisco HyperFlex solution
Protect the data on your Cisco HyperFlex cluster using replication and data at rest encryption
Describe a stretched cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
Describe an Edge cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
Describe a HyperV-based cluster and how is it different from an ESXi-based cluster
Design a multicloud datacenter with Cisco HyperFlex
Outline: Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX)
Introducing Hyperconvergence and HyperFlex
Traditional Data Center Design
What Is Hyperconvergence?
What Is HyperFlex?
HyperFlex Primer
Evolution of HyperFlex
Describing Cisco UCS: The Foundation of Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco Server Deployment Models: Standalone Versus Managed
Cisco UCS Managed Model Benefits
Cisco UCS M5 Overview
Cisco UCS M5 Server Types
Cisco Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) and Their Benefits
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects
Cisco UCS Manager
Describing Cisco HyperFlex Software Components
Log-Structured File System
HyperFlex Snapshots Versus VMware Snapshots
HyperFlex Versus Regular Virtualized Server
HyperFlex Replicas
Writing and Reading Process
Data Optimization Overview
HyperFlex vs. Other Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Solutions
Describing Cisco HyperFlex Hardware Components
HX UCS M4 and M5
Introducing HyperFlex Converged Nodes
Hybrid Nodes: HX240M5 and HX220M5
All-Flash Nodes: HX240M5 and HX220M5
Difference Between Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Types of Cache Solid-State Drive (SSD)
Instructor-led Online Training:
This is an Instructor-Led Online (ILO) course. These sessions are conducted via WebEx in a VoIP environment and require an Internet Connection and headset with microphone connected to your computer or laptop.
This is a FLEX course, which is delivered simultaneously in two modalities. Choose to attend the Instructor-Led Online (ILO) virtual session or Instructor-Led Classroom (ILT) session.
