Course
Name: Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6

Duration:
3 Days

What you’ll learn in this course:

The Cisco UCS Director Foundation (UCSDF) v6.6 course helps you
understand concepts, architecture, and deployment use cases for Cisco UCS®
Director. You will gain hands-on experience in deploying basic Cisco UCS
Director solutions. You will also practice using core features that most
implementations require, such as services design, using the self-service portal
for provisioning services, creating workflows that enable cloud automation and
standardize IT services, and more.

How you’ll benefit:

• Learn how to deploy Cisco UCS Director to replace manual
  configuration and provisioning processes with orchestration to optimize and
  simplify delivery of private cloud and data center Infrastructure as a Service
  (IaaS)
• Gain knowledge and skills through Cisco’s unique combination of
  lessons and hands-on practice using enterprise-grade Cisco® learning
  technologies, Cisco cloud solutions, and software
• Be the technical consultant on deployment options and give
  technical demonstrations

Who should enroll:

• Data center architects
• Cloud infrastructure architects
• Network engineers
• System administrators
• Storage administrators
• System engineers who work in data center solutions and manage data
  center management policies
• Cisco integrators and partners

Course
Objectives:

After
taking this course, you should be able to:

• Understand Cisco UCS Director architecture
• Understand deployment models of Cisco UCS Director
• Configure virtual data centers, policies, and catalogs
• Understand the unified infrastructure management capabilities of
  Cisco UCS Director
• Understand orchestration and build advanced workflows
• Understand application containers

Course Prerequisites:

To
fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge before
attending:

• General knowledge of cloud and data center virtualization
• Knowledge of Cisco UCS, NetApp storage, Cisco Nexus® switches, and
  VMware vCenter
• Knowledge of data center processes and best practices

Course Outline:

• Introducing Cisco UCS Director
  • Understanding Data Center Challenges
  • Understanding the Benefits of Cisco UCS Director
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Components
  • Explaining Cisco UCS Director Architecture
  • Explaining Bare-Metal Agent
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
  • Explaining Cisco UCS Director Deployment
  • Explaining Global System Settings
  • Understanding Site and Pod Management
• Understanding Cisco UCS Director Infrastructure Management
  • Understanding Cisco UCS Director Deployment
• Understanding the Design Phase
  • Understanding Policies
  • Understanding vDC and Groups Use Case
• Understanding Deployment Through the Self-Service Portal
  • Understanding the Self-Service Provisioning Portal
  • Understanding Service Request
• Introducing Orchestration
  • Understanding Orchestration
• Reporting and Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
  • Understanding Chargeback in Cisco UCS Director
  • Understanding Reports in Cisco UCS Director
• Introducing Application Containers
  • Understanding Application Containers

Labs Outline:

• Configure Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery
• Cisco UCS Director GUI Familiarization
• Service Design
• Catalogs
• Self-Service Portal
• Orchestration Workflow Design
• Advanced Workflow Design
• Create an Application Container