Continuing Education Credits: 12

Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System is an introductory training that shows you how to deploy, secure, operate, and maintain the Cisco Unified Computing system (Cisco UCS) B-Series blade servers, Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series rack servers, and Cisco HyperFlex product family for use in data centers.

You will gain hands-on practice on basic Cisco UCS server configuration, performing backup and restore activities, and more.

Associated Certification: None

Associated Exam: None

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• 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 Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) on Cisco UCS
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS firmware updates
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS backups

Target Audience

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

Course Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

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

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

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