UCS Director (Non-ACI) Advanced Developer Course (3 Day)

Course Description
This 3 day hands-on course covers Design, Implementation, Operation, and Advanced Configuration of Cisco UCS Director, and is designed to serve the needs of engineers seeking to understand the capabilities of UCS Director from a pre and post deployment perspective.

After this course you should be able to understand:

UCS Director Architecture
UCS Director Setup and Configuration
Discovery and Catalog Creation
Self Service Provisioning
Application Containers
Advanced Configuration Options – Tasks, REST API, Open Automation

Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that you must have before attending this course are as follows:

Understanding of server design and architecture
Familiarity with Cisco UCS
Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP
Familiarity with Server Virtualization
Familiarity with Storage Concepts

Course Type
Instructor-Led Training, Classroom with Hands-on Lab

Duration: 3 Days

Who should attend
The primary audience for this course is as follows:

Data Center Architects
Cloud Infrastructure Architects
Network Engineers
System Administrators
Storage Administrators
Engineers Requiring Advanced Configuration Skills

Course Content

Module 1: Introduction
- Lesson 1: Overview
  - DataCenter Challenges
  - Cloud Layer Overview
  - UCSD Overview
  - Support Matrix
  - Management Features

Module 2: UCSD Components
- Lesson 1: Architecture
  - UCSD Architecture
  - BMA Architecture
  - Deployment Models

Module 3: UCSD Deployment
- Lesson 1: Deployment
  - UCSD Installation
  - OVF Deployments
  - UCSD Shell Admin
  - UCSD – BMA Configuration
- Lesson 2: Global System Settings
  - Licensing
  - Mail Setup
  - System Parameters
  - Authentication Preferences
  - Support Information
- Lesson 3: Site and POD Management

Lab 1: UCSD and BMA Installation

Module 4: UCSD Infrastructure Elements Management
- Lesson 1: Discovery
  - Discovery Overview
  - Virtual Infrastructure Discovery
  - Physical Infrastructure Discovery

Lab 2: Discovery

Lab 3: UI Familiarization

Module 5: UCSD Design
- Lesson 1: Policies
  - Computing
  - Network
  - Storage
  - Service Delivery
- Lesson 2: User Groups
  - Group Budget Policy
  - Resource Limits
- Lesson 3: Users
  - User Roles
  - Manage User Profiles
- Lesson 4: Virtual Data Center (vDC)
- Lesson 5: Catalog

Lab 4: Services Design

Lab 5: Catalog

Module 6: Deploy
- Lesson 1: Policies
  - Self Service Provisioning
  - Service Requests

Lab 6: Self Service Portal

Module 7: Orchestration
- Lesson 1: Orchestration
  - Tasks and Workflows
  - Workflow Templates

Lab 7: Advanced Catalog
- Advanced Catalog
- Workflow Designer

Lab 8: Workflow Design

Module 8: Operate
- Lesson 1: Operate
  - Chargeback
  - Reporting
  - Building custom reports using the report builder

Module 9: Application Containers
- Lesson 1: Overview
  - Understanding Application Containers

Lab 9: Setting up Application Containers with a Linux firewall

Module 10: Tasks Lesson 1: Understanding Tasks
- Understanding Task Library
- Understanding Task Inputs
- Understanding SSH Task
- Understanding CLI Tasks
- Understanding Compound Tasks
- Understanding Powershell Scripting
- Understanding Cloupia Script
- Custom Tasks

Lab 10: SSH Script

Lab 11: Compound Task

Lab 12: Powershell Script

Lab 13: Cloupia Scriptab

Lab 14: Custom Tasks
Lesson 1: Overview
- DataCenter Challenges
- Cloud Layer Overview
- UCSD Overview
- Support Matrix
- Management Features

Module 11: REST API – Northbound
- Lesson 1: REST API – Northbound
  - Overview
  - UCS Director Developer Menu
  - Accessing REST using a REST client
  - Accessing REST using the REST API browser

Lab 15: Perform Read Operations, Write, Create SR through API

Module 12: Open Automation SDK
- Lesson 1: Open Automation SDK
  - Overview
  - Open Automation Vs Custom Tasks
  - Use Cases

UCS Director (Non-ACI) Advanced Developer Course (3 Day)

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