About this course:

In this 2-day introductory course, Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS) v1.0, students will learn how to deploy, secure, operate and maintain the Cisco Unified Computing system (Cisco UCS) B-Series blade server, Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series rack servers, and Cisco HyperFlex product family, for use in data centers. 

This course can be used to prepare for the new CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center certifications.

Course Objective:

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

• Describe Cisco UCS server hardware
• Describe Cisco UCS connectivity
• Describe the Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform, its data writing and reading processes, and data optimization
• Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profiles
• Describe and configure Cisco UCS service profile templates
• Describe and implement iSCSI on Cisco UCS
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS firmware updates
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS backups

Audience:

The primary audience for this course are as follows:

• Server administrators
• Network engineers
• Systems engineers
• Consulting systems engineers
• Technical solutions architects
• Network administrators
• Storage administrators
• Network managers
• Cisco integrators and partners

Prerequisite:

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• General knowledge of servers
• Routing and switching 
• Storage area networking 
• Server virtualization 

These Cisco courses are recommended to help you meet these prerequisites:

• Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
• Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)