SHI UCSDACI UCS Director with ACI 5 Days Instructor LED User Guide

June 15, 2024
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Product Information

Specifications

  • Product Name: Cisco UCS Director with ACI Course UCSDACI
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Delivery Format: Instructor Led
  • Authorized Partner: Cisco Authorized Platinum Learning Partner

Product Usage Instructions

Module 1: Introducing Cisco UCS Director

This module provides an introduction to Cisco UCS Director and its features. It covers the following topics:

  • Overview of Cisco UCS Director
  • Benefits and use cases of Cisco UCS Director
  • Installation and setup process
  • User interface and navigation

Module 2: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components

In this module, you will learn about the different components of Cisco UCS Director. The topics covered include:

  • Infrastructure Management
  • Service Catalogs
  • Orchestration and Automation
  • Monitoring and Reporting

Lab Outline:

The lab sessions in this course will give you hands-on experience with the Cisco UCS Director and ACI. The lab outline includes:

  • Lab 1: Installation and Setup
  • Lab 2: Configuring Infrastructure Management
  • Lab 3: Creating Service Catalogs
  • Lab 4: Orchestration and Automation
  • Lab 5: Monitoring and Reporting

FAQ

  • Q: What is the duration of the course?
    A: The course duration is 5 days.

  • Q: How is the course delivered?
    A: The course is delivered in an instructor-led format.

  • Q: Who is the authorized partner for delivering Cisco courses?
    A: The authorized partner for delivering Cisco courses is a Cisco Authorized Platinum Learning Partner.

Course Outline
Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI Course UCSDACI: 5 days Instructor-Led
All Cisco courses are delivered by a Cisco Authorized Platinum Learning Partner

About this course

Designing and Deploying Cisco UCS Director with ACI (UCSDACI) v6.6 is a 4-day course that shows you how to use Cisco UCS® Director software to manage physical and virtual infrastructure elements, including Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI™). You will learn to use the orchestration and automation functions of Cisco UCS Director to effectively manage infrastructure and automate IT processes. The course offers hands-on experience installing and configuring Cisco UCS Director software. You will also learn about features such as bare-metal provisioning; compute, network, and storage management; orchestration, including Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC); Cisco UCS Director custom tasks, and more.

Audience profile

  • Data Center Architects
  • Cloud Infrastructure Architects
  • Network Engineers
  • System Administrators
  • Storage Administrators
  • Engineers Requiring Advanced Configuration Skills
  • Cisco Integrators and Partners

At course completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Data center challenges and cloud solutions
  • Cisco UCS Director architecture
  • Cisco UCS Director setup and configuration
  • Cisco ACI
  • Multitenancy in FlexPod Cisco ACI infrastructure
  • Resource groups and service offerings
  • Tenant onboarding
  • Self-service provisioning
  • Application containers

Course Outline

Module 1: Introducing Cisco UCS Director

  • Understanding Data Center Challenges
  • Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director

Module 2: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components

  • Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
  • Explaining Bare-Metal Agent

Module 3: Introducing Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure

  • Understanding Cisco ACI Overview
  • Understanding Cisco ACI Terms and Constructs

Module 4: Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management

  • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment

Module 5: Introducing Role-Based Access Control

  • Explaining User Groups/Roles/Users

Module 6: Introducing Orchestration

  • Understanding Orchestration

Module 7: Introducing Cisco UCS Director ACI

  • Explaining Cisco UCS Director with ACI Solution

Module 8: Understanding Multitenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI

  • Explaining Multitenancy with Cisco UCS Director ACI
  • Understanding Resource Groups and Service Offerings

Module 9: Introducing Advanced Tenant Onboarding

  • Onboarding a Tenant
  • Tagging Resources

Module 10: Introducing Application Containers

  • Understanding Application Profiles
  • Understanding Service Container Catalog

Module 11: Understanding Deployment Through Self-Service Portal

  • Understanding Self-Service Provisioning Portal
  • Understanding Service Request

Module 12: Understanding Virtual Data Center

  • Understanding Policies
  • Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case

Lab Outline

  • Configure Cisco UCS Director
  • Cisco UCS Director Discovery
  • Cisco UCS Director User Interface Familiarization
  • APIC Orchestration Using Workflows
  • Import Advance APIC Workflow
  • Create Environmental Variables
  • Create Resource Groups
  • Create Service Offerings and Tenant Profiles
  • Onboard a Tenant in Cisco ACI Environment
  • Create Application Container
  • Deploy Multitier Application Container
  • Self-Service Portal – End User Experience
  •  Service Design
  • Catalogues
  • Self-Service Portal – Standard VM Provisioning (End User)
  • Advance Workflow with Dynamic Input Filter

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