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