DCIUCS: Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System

In this 2-day introductory course, Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System (DCIUCS), students will learn how to deploy, secure, operate and maintain the Cisco Unified Computing system (Cisco UCS) B-Series blade server, Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series rack servers, and Cisco HyperFlex product family, for use in data centers.

This course can be used to prepare for the new CCNP Data Center and CCIE Data Center certifications.

What you’ll learn

• 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 iSCSI on Cisco UCS
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS firmware updates
• Describe and implement Cisco UCS backups

Prerequisites

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

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

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

Who should attend

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