Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI)
Course Overview
The Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI) v6.6 course shows you how to use Cisco UCS® Director software to manage physical and virtual infrastructure elements, including Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™). You will learn to use orchestration and automation functions of Cisco UCS Director to effectively manage infrastructure and automate IT processes. The course offers hands-on experience installing and configuring Cisco UCS Director software. You will also learn about features such as bare-metal provisioning; compute, network, and storage management; orchestration, including Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC); Cisco UCS Director custom tasks, and more.
Who should attend
- Data center architects
- Cloud infrastructure architects
- Network engineers
- System administrators
- Storage administrators
- Engineers requiring advanced configuration skills
- Cisco integrators and partners
Prerequisites
It is recommended, but not required, to have the following skills and knowledge before attending this course:
- Understanding of server design and architecture
- Familiarity with Cisco UCS, Cisco ACI, server virtualization, and storage concepts
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Data center challenges and cloud solutions
- Cisco UCS Director architecture
- Cisco UCS Director setup and configuration
- Cisco ACI
- Multitenancy in FlexPod Cisco ACI infrastructure
- Resource groups and service offerings
- Tenant onboarding
- Self-service provisioning
- Application containers
Outline: Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI)
Module 1: Introducing Cisco UCS Director
- Lesson 1: Understanding Data Center Challenges
- Lesson 2: Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
Module 2: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
- Lesson 2: Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
Module 3: Introducing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco ACI Overview
- Lesson 2: Understanding Cisco ACI Terms and Constructs
Module 4: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
- Lesson 1: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
Module 5: Introducing Role-Based Access Control
- Lesson 1: Explaining User Groups/ Roles/ Users
Module 6: Introducing Orchestration
- Lesson 1: Understanding Orchestration
Module 7: Introducing Cisco UCS Director with ACI
- Lesson 1: Explaining Cisco UCS Director with ACI Solution
Module 8: Understanding Multi-Tenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
- Lesson 1: Explaining Multi-Tenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
- Lesson 2: Understanding Resource Groups and Service Offerings
Module 9: Introducing Advanced Tenant Onboarding
- Lesson 1: Onboarding a Tenant
- Lesson 2: Tagging Resources
Module 10: Introducing Application Containers
- Lesson 1: Understanding Application Profiles
- Lesson 2: Understanding Service Container Catalog
Module 11: Understanding Deployment Through Self-Service Portal
- Lesson 1: Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
- Lesson 2: Understanding Service Request
Module 12: Understanding Virtual Data Center
- Lesson 1: Understanding Policies
- Lesson 2: Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
Lab Outline:
- Guided Lab 1: Configure Cisco UCS Director
- Guided Lab 2: Cisco UCS Director Discovery
- Guided Lab 3: Cisco UCS Director User Interface Familiarization
- Guided Lab 4: APIC Orchestration Using Workflows
- Guided Lab 5: Import Advance APIC Workflow
- Guided Lab 6: Create Environmental Variables
- Guided Lab 7: Create Resource Groups
- Guided Lab 8: Create Service Offering and Tenant Profiles
- Guided Lab 9: Onboard a Tenant in Cisco ACI Environment
- Guided Lab 10: Create Application Container
- Guided Lab 11: Deploy Multi-Tier Application Container
- Guided Lab 12: Self-Service Portal – End User Experience
- Guided Lab 13: Service Design
- Guided Lab 14: Catalogs
- Guided Lab 15: Self-Service Portal – Standard VM Provisioning (End User)
- Guided Lab 16: Advance Workflow with Dynamic Input Filter
Schedule
Currently there are no training dates scheduled for this course.