Detailed Course Outline
- VersaStack Overview
- Describing Data Center Philosophy and Cisco VMDC Reference Architecture
- Benefits of VersaStack for Data Center
- Describing VersaStack Platform Components
- Describing the VersaStack Cisco Validated Designs (CVD)
- Describing the Installation Workflow of VersaStack for Data Center
- VersaStack Networking
- Describing Cisco Nexus Family of Products
- Describing Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Hardware
- Describing the Optics Supported by Cisco Nexus 9300 Switches
- Describing the Cisco Nexus 9000 Support for Fabric Extenders
- Describing Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture
- Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Overview
- Licensing Cisco Nexus 9300 Switches
- Describing System Management Features
- Configuring Layer 2 Switching Features
- Describing Port Channel Technology and vPC
- VersaStack SAN
- Describing Cisco MDS 9000 Series Platform
- Describing Cisco MDS 9100 Switches
- Implementing Integrated Management
- Performing the Initial Switch Configuration
- Installing and Licensing Cisco MDS 9100 Switches NX-OS Software
- Using FLOGI and FCNS Databases
- Configuring SAN Interfaces and Port Channels
- Configuring VSANs
- Implementing Zoning
- VersaStack Compute
- Describing Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware Components
- Describing Cisco UCS User Interface
- Describing Cisco UCS Physical Connectivity and High Availability
- Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
- Configuring LAN Identity, Resource Pools and Policies
- Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity and Resource Pools
- Configuring Server Identity, Resource Pools and Policies
- Configuring Service Profile and Templates
- Provisioning Cisco UCS C-Series Integration in UCS Manager
- VersaStack Storage
- Introducing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
- Describing IBM Storwize Unified Hardware Components
- Describing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Block Level Architecture
- Describing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified File Level Architecture
- Installing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
- Configuring SAN Fabric
- Initializing IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Control Enclosure
- Initializing the IBM Storwize V7000 file modules
- Understanding EZsetup of IBM Storwize V7000 Unified File Modules
- Configuring LACP Compliant Interface Bonds
- Provisioning IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Storage
- VersaStack Virtualization
- Defining Server Virtualization with VMware
- Describing Networking in VMware
- Using Fibre Channel with the ESXi Server
- Describing Cisco Nexus 1000V
- Implementing Cisco Nexus 1000V Using VSUM
- Licensing Cisco Nexus 1000V
- Configuring Port Profiles
- Cisco UCS Director
- UCS Director Overview
- Configuring Users, Groups and RBAC
- Managing Physical and Virtual Account
- Configuring VDCs, Tenants and Policies
- Managing Catalogs and Self-Service Provisioning
- Using UCS Director Orchestrator