Price: $2995
Duration: 4 Days
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Technology: Cisco
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Learn about data center unified computing and virtualization solutions based on Cisco data center unified computing product portfolio
This course enables engineers to choose and design scalable, reliable, and intelligent data center unified computing and virtualization solutions based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) product portfolio as a centerpiece integrated with contemporary virtualization solutions (for example, VMware vSphere, VMware View, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Citrix XenDesktop, Red hat Kernel-based Virtual Machine [KVM], and so on), operating systems (for example, Microsoft Windows and Linux), and applications (database, collaboration, and so on).
After completing this course, the student will be able to:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Cisco Data Center Solution Architecture and Components
Identifying Data Center Solution
Recognize elements of data center computing solutions
Understand the consolidation data center trend
Understand the virtualization data center trend
Evaluate business challenges of the contemporary data center solutions
Evaluate environmental challenges of the contemporary data center solutions
Evaluate technical challenges of the contemporary data center solutions
Identifying Data Center Applications
Recognize data center application examples
Recognize server virtualization characteristics
Recognize desktop virtualization characteristics
Identifying Cloud Computing
The lesson includes these topics or topic (enabling) objectives:
Evaluate cloud computing solutions
Recognize cloud computing deployment models
Compare cloud computing service categories
Understand cloud computing aspects
Identifying Cisco Data Center Architecture and Components
Evaluate the Cisco Data Center architectural framework
Evaluate the Cisco Data Center architectural framework Unified Fabric
Recognize the Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric equipment
Evaluate the Cisco Data Center architectural framework compute component
Recognize Cisco Validated Designs
2: Assess Data Center Computing Requirements
Defining a Cisco Unified Computing System Solution Design
Describe the design process for the Cisco Unified Computing solution
Evaluate design process phases
Recognize the deliverables for the Cisco Unified Computing solution
Analyzing Computing Solutions Characteristics
Identify performance characteristics
Assess server virtualization performance characteristics
Assess desktop virtualization performance characteristics
Assess requirements for small VMware vSphere deployment example
Assess requirements for small Microsoft Hyper-V deployment example
Assess requirements for VMware View VDI deployment example
Employing Data Center Analysis Tools
Evaluate reconnaissance and analysis tools
Perform existing computing solution analysis with VMware Capacity Planner
Perform VMware vSphere analysis with VMware Capacity IQ
Perform existing computing solution analysis with MAP toolkit
Perform TCO/ROI analysis with Cisco UCS TCO/ROI Advisor
3: Size Cisco Unified Computing Solutions
Sizing Cisco UCS C-Series Server Solution
Recognize general Cisco UCS C-series server selection steps
Select proper hardware components to integrate UCS C-series server with UCS Manager
Select proper Cisco UCS C-series server hardware based on the requirements for a given small VMware vSphere environment
Select proper Cisco UCS C-series server hardware based on the requirements for a given small Microsoft Hyper-V environment
Sizing Cisco UCS B-Series Server Solution
Recognize general Cisco UCS B-series server selection steps
Select proper Cisco UCS servers based on the requirements for a given desktop virtualization solution
Planning Unified Computing Deployment
Recognize Power Calculator tool
Propose physical deployment plan
4: Design Cisco Unified Computing Solutions
Designing Unified Computing Network
Recognize network operational modes of the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
Recognize Layer 2 disjoint domains
Define the network high availability mechanisms for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
Define the VM-FEX requirements for Cisco UCS
Designing Unified Computing Storage
Recognize SAN operational modes of Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
Understand SAN Connectivity
Define the SAN high availability mechanisms for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects
Recognize SAN Scalability Options
Designing Virtual Access Layer
Identify and describe the Cisco Nexus 1000V
Identify and describe Cisco Nexus 1000V integration with VMware vCenter
5: Design Cisco Unified Computing Solutions Server Deployment
Designing Cisco UCS Server Deployment
Identify server deployment aspects
Define the common naming convention for given solutions
Define the UUID addressing for given solutions
Define the MAC addressing for given solutions
Define the WWN addressing for given solutions
Define the common policies for hosts of a given solutions
Designing Unified Computing Management
Define the Cisco UCS management access
Define the organizational hierarchy within Cisco UCS configuration
Define the remote management connectivity characteristics
6: Cisco Unified Computing Solution Applications
Unified Communications on Cisco UCS
Recognize Unified Communications application
Assess Unified Communications performance characteristics
Select Cisco UCS hardware for Unified Communications solution
Distributed Computing on Cisco UCS
Recognize distributed computing applications
Understand Hadoop architecture
Assess Hadoop performance characteristics
Design Cisco UCS for Greenplum MR Hadoop solution
Appendixes: Creating Cisco UCS Solution BOM
Creating Cisco UCS Solution BOM
Create Cisco UCS C-series server solution BoM with Online Configurator
Create Cisco UCS C-series server solution BoM with Netformx DesignXpert
Create Cisco UCS B-series server solution BoM with Netformx DesignXpert
Labs
Lab 2-1: Analyze the Existing Computing Solution
Lab 3-1: Design Cisco UCS C-series Solution
Lab 3-2: Design Cisco UCS B-series Solution
Lab 3-3: Plan the Physical Deployment
Lab 4-1: Design Microsoft Hyper-V Deployment on Cisco UCS
Lab 4-2: Design VMware vSphere Deployment and Integration with Cisco UCS
Lab 5-1: Design VMware vSphere Deployment on Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus 1000V
To fully benefit from this course, it is recommended that you have the following prerequisite skills and knowledge: