UCSDF: Cisco UCS Director Foundation v5.4
Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) version 5.4 is a 5-day Instructor-led hands-on training course. This training course will enable Cisco end customers and authorized Cisco System Engineers (SEs) to understand the concepts, architecture, and use cases that are related to the Cisco UCS Director Deployment. This course will also prepare learners to implement basic Cisco UCS Director Deployment solutions. The focus is to ensure that students can implement the core features of Cisco UCS Director that most implementations require. Students should already be familiar with basic Data Center Concepts.
Course Objectives
After completing this course the student should be able to:
- Understand Data Center Challenges and the need of Unified Data Center Solution using Cisco UCS Director
- Install, configure and manage Cisco UCS Director
- Configure Virtual Data Centers, Policies, Catalogs and Cost Models
- Create and Monitor Service Requests for Provisioning
- Define Workflows using Orchestration
- Administer the software effectively
- Customize the features for building proof of concepts
Course Content
- Course Introduction
- Module 1: Cisco UCS Director Overview
- Module 2: Cisco UCS Director Deployment
- Module 3: Self-Service Portal
- Module 4: Orchestration
- Module 5: Virtualization
- Module 6: Cisco UCS Director Baremetal Agent
- Module 7: Compute Management with Cisco UCS Director
- Module 8: Network Management with Cisco UCS Director
- Module 9: Storage Management with Cisco UCS Director
- Module 10: Advanced Orchestration
Target Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Cisco UCS and FlexPod SEs
The secondary audience for this course is as follows:
- SEs who work in data center solutions and manage data center management policies
Course Duration
5
Suggested Pre-requisites
The knowledge and skills that a student must have before attending this course are as follows:
- General knowledge of cloud and datacenter virtualization
- Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp Storage, Nexus, and VMware vCenter
- Knowledge of datacenter processes and best practices
