Course Content:

Day 1. Data Center

Evolution of Server Scalability

Blade Server Challenges

Management Challenges

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Hardware Components

Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis

Cisco UCS B-Series Fabric Components

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

I/O Consolidation

Cisco UCS Management Framework and Features

Management Architecture, Requirements, Features, and Capabilities Managing Cisco UCS

External Management Framework

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Cluster Requirements

Fault Detection and Correction

Using Cisco UCS Manager

Installing Cisco UCS B-Series Hardware

Installing Cisco UCS B-Series Hardware

Physical and Environmental

Requirements for Cisco UCS B-Series Servers

Physical Installation of Rack-Mount

Slides in the Enclosure and on the

Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis

Opening the Cases of Cisco UCS

B200, B230, B250, and B440 Blade Servers

Steps for Physical Installation

Removal of Local Hard Drives

Installation of RAID BBUs

RAID Key in Cisco UCS B440 Blade Servers

Installation of IOMs and Power

Supplies in the Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis

Installation of Cisco UCS B200, B230, B250, and B440 Blade Servers

Installation and Removal of SFP+ Copper Twinax and Optical ModulesPower Requirements

Day 2. Cisco UCS Connectivity Configuration and Management

Configuring Cisco UCS B-Series Physical Connectivity

I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription with the Cisco UCS 2104XP Series Fabric Extender

I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription with the Cisco UCS 2208XP Series IOM,Port
Personalities

Exploring the Cisco UCS B-Series User Interfaces

Cisco UCS Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Navigation Pane Command Line Interface (CLI)

Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity

Port Personality States of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces on the Cisco UCS 6100 Series Fabric

Port Personality States of Unified Ports on the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect

Configuring Port Channels to Northbound Switches

Configuring Discrete Mode and Port Channel Mode on Southbound Chassis Links, End Host Mode
(EHM)

Disjointed Layer 2 Uplink Support in EHM

EHM Compared to Switched Mode

Requirements for Configuring VLANs in Cisco UCS

Role of the virtual network interface

Card (vNIC) in Abstracting MAC Addresses Failover

Static IOM Pinning and Recovery from Failure

Automatic Uplink Pinning and Recovery from Failure

Configuration of Manual Uplink Pinning and Recovery from FailureBest Practices for Connecting
Cisco UCS

Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity

CISCOUCS training

Fibre Channel Switching

Fibre Channel Operating Modes

Fibre Channel Switching Mode EHM and N Port Virtualization (NPV),Benefits and Drawbacks of Fibre
Channel Switching and EHMMultipath IO (MPIO)

Configuring VSANs in Cisco UCS Manager

Creating VSANs and Fibre Channel

Over Ethernet (FCoE) VLANs in Cisco UCS

Role of Virtual Host Bus Adapter (vHBAs) When Abstracting WWNNs and WWPNs into a Service

Configuring Manual Uplink Pinning and Recovery from Failure, Support for Disjointed Layer 2
Domains with Cisco UCS Manager 2.0, Disjointed Layer 2 Domains

Implications of Disjointed Layer 2 Domains

Configuring Disjointed Layer 2 Domains

Day 3. Server Resources Implementation

Creating Identity and Resource Pools

Rationale for Creating Identity and Resource Pools

Configuring UUID Pools

Configuring MAC Pools

Configuring WWN Pools

Configuring Server Pools

Importance of Creating Pools in the Correct Organization

Creating Service Profiles

Benefits and Purpose of Service Profiles

Configuring a BIOS Policy to Enable Virtualization Features

Configuring an Adapter Policy

Creating a Quality of Service (QoS) System Class

Configuring Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and Serial over LAN (SoL) Policies

Configuring a Scrub Policy for Local Disks and BIOS

Comparing Simple and Expert Service Profile Wizards

Simple Service Profile Wizard

Expert Service Profile Wizard

Required and Optional Components of the Service Profile Definition

Creating Service Profile Templates and Cloning Service Profiles Service Profile Templates
Creating Differentiated Service Profile Templates

Automating Creation of a Server Farm Using Service Profile Templates

Hidden Pitfalls when Using Updating Templates

Unbinding a Service Profile from its Template

Cloning a Service Profile Managing Service Profiles

Associating and Disassociating a Service Profile to a Server Blade

Changes to a Service Profile that Trigger a Cisco UCS Utility Operating System Update

Planning the Organization where a Service Profile is created

Moving a Service Profile to a New

Server Blade in the Event of Hardware Failure

Management IP Address, KVM, and Virtual Media

Service Profile Schedules

Creating Logical Service Profiles that Boot from iSCSI with Cisco UCS 2.0

Creating a Service Profile that Boots from Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI)

Creating an iSCSI Adapter Policy

Creating an iSCSI Authentication Profile

Installing and Booting ESXi

Installing and Booting Windows 2008 R2/R2-SP1

Installing and Booting RHEL

Day 4. Cisco Unified Computing System Management and Maintenance

Configuring Role-Based Access Configuration (RBAC)

Overall Framework of RBAC in Cisco UCS

Configuring Local Users, Roles, and Privileges

Configuring Organizations and Locales

CISCOUCS training

Effective Rights of a User as an Intersection of Mapped Roles and Locales

Configuring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Active Directory as an

External Authentication and Authorization Service

Mapping Cisco UCS Roles to LDAP and Active Directory Attributes

Implementing Cisco UCS Startup and Shutdown Procedures

Effects of Shutting Down or Rebooting a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect on the High Availability
Cluster

Startup and Shutdown Procedures for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

Procedures for Power State Verification

Backing Up and Restoring Cisco UCS Manager Database

Supported Backup Types and Functions

Import Operations and Disaster Recovery Restore Operations

Configuring a Backup Job

Verifying Backup Creation and Execution

Configuring an Import Job to Restore the AAA User Database

Configuring the Backup Job to Preserve Abstracted Identities

Configuring Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects for a Disaster Recovery Restore

Managing High Availability

High Availability Cluster Connection Requirements for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers

Intercluster Communications and Cisco UCS Manager Database Synchronization

Resolving Split-Brain Issues in the High Availability Cluster with Cisco UCS 5108

Chassis Serial EEPROM

Intercluster Communications and Cisco UCS Manager Database Synchronization

Cluster Partition in Space and Partition in Time Conditions

Modifying Cluster IP Addressing

Monitoring System Events

Fault Management System and Fault Severity Levels

Using the Audit Log to Track Administrative Changes to the Cisco UCS Manager Database

Areas of Operation that are Subject to Finite State Machine (FSM) Validation and FSM Output
Interpretation

Configuring and Validating Logging Options

CLI Status Monitoring

Switched Port Analyzer

Configuring the Smart Call Home Feature

Settings for Logs, Events, and Faults Disk Monitoring

Managing and Upgrading Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware

Updating Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware

Direct Upgrade of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC), IOM, and Mezzanine

Adapter Firmware

Firmware Updates Using a Service Profile

Differences between Firmware Processes Used by Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and Cisco IMC,
IOMs, and Adapters

Migrating Cisco UCS Platforms Upgrade Prerequisites

Best Practices for Upgrading Between Fabric Interconnect Models

Firmware Considerations and Supported Limits

Configuring Cisco UCS VM Fabric Extender for VMware

vCenter Integration Methods

Manually Configuring Pass-Through Switching

Installing Cisco UCS Manager Extension in vCenter

Configuring Cisco UCS Manager to Connect to vCenter

Configuring Uplinks and vEthernet Profiles

Configuring Service Profiles with Dynamic Network Interface Cards (NICs)

Configuring vMotion and Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Port Profile Mobility

CISCOUCS training

Day 5. Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Configuration

Cisco UCS C-Series Servers

Managing C-Series Servers

Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Discovery

Configuring CIMC Local User Accounts

Using the KVM Console

Configuring Virtual Media

Downloading Operating System Drivers and Utilities

Configuring the SoL Protocol

Configuring IPMI

Upgrading Cisco UCS C-Series Firmware

Cisco UCS C-Series Host Upgrade Utility

Installing CIMC Firmware

Recovering from a Corrupted BIOS

Cisco UCS C-Series Server Connectivity Options

Cisco UCS P81E Virtual Interface Card

Cisco UCS C-Series Connectivity Options