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Cisco UCS Training (DCUCSC)

Deploy, Manage, and Scale Cisco UCS Domains with UCS Central (DCUCSC) is a 2-day training program. Cisco UCS Central provides a scalable management solution for growing Cisco UCS environments. Cisco UCS Central simplifies the management of multiple Cisco UCS domains from a single management point through standardization, global policies, and global ID pools. Cisco UCS Central does not replace Cisco UCS Manager, which is the policy-driven management for single UCS domain. Instead Cisco UCS Central focuses on managing and monitoring the UCS domains on a global level, across multiple individual Cisco UCS Classic and Mini management domains worldwide. During this 2-day lab-driven course, students will become familiar with, deploy, configure, and manage multiple UCS domains with UCS Central. 

Learn more about the Cisco UCS chassis, UCS domain controller, and more UCS domain-related knowledge by reading below about this Cisco training course from EnterOne. 

About the course

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

  • Experience managing Cisco UCS Domains with Cisco UCS Manager
  • DCUCI and DCUCS

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Describe the benefits of UCS Central to manage multiple Cisco domains of UCS Manager Classic, UCS Mini, and the Cisco UCS M-Series modular servers
  • Deploy and utilize UCS Central to manage multiple Cisco domains of UCS Manager Classic, UCS Mini, and the Cisco UCS M-Series modular servers
Course content

Module 1: Managing Cisco UCS Systems

  • Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Hardware Components 
  • Lesson 2: Management with UCS Manager

Module 2: Managing with Cisco UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Management of Multiple Cisco UCS Domains 
  • Lesson 2: Integrating Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS Director

Module 3: Deploying UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Installation of Cisco UCS Central 
  • Lesson 2: Deploying Cisco UCS Central for High Availability 
  • Lesson 3: Licensing Cisco UCS Central 
  • Lesson 4: Configure Cisco UCS Central for Initial Use

Module 4: Registering Domains in Cisco UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Domain registration 
  • Lesson 2: Domain Groups

Module 5: Operating Cisco UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Configure Role and Locale 
  • Lesson 2: Configure Backup and Export

Module 6: Monitoring with Cisco UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Information Dashboard 
  • Lesson 2: Centralized Inventory 
  • Lesson 3: Fault Summary

Module 7: Administering Global Profiles, Pools, and Policies

  • Lesson 1: Global Service Profiles 
  • Lesson 2: Global Pool ID management 
  • Lesson 3: Global Policies 
  • Lesson 4: Networking Templates and Connectivity Policies 
  • Lesson 5: VLAN Aliasing

Module 8: Transitioning to Cisco UCS Central

  • Lesson 1: Transition Options 
  • Lesson 2: Transition Best Practices

Lab Outline

  • Lab 0: Set up Cisco UCS Central Lab Login
  • Lab 1: Explore Cisco UCS Manager (Classic), UCS Mini, and UCS M Server Initial Configuration
  • Lab 2: Configure Cisco UCS Central for Initial Use
  • Lab 3: Register Cisco UCS Domains
  • Lab 4: Configure Role and Locale
  • Lab 5: Configure Backup and Export
  • Lab 6: Create Cisco UCS Central Global Resource Pools
  • Lab 7: Create Cisco UCS Central Global Policies
  • Lab 8: Create Cisco UCS Central Networking Templates and Connectivity Policies
  • Lab 9: Create and use Cisco UCS Central Global Service Profile Templates
  • Lab 10: Use Cisco UCS Central Connectivity Templates for VLAN Aliasing
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • Engineers and Cisco UCS system administrators responsible for managing or monitoring more than one Cisco UCS Domain are the target audience for this course.