Detailed Course Outline
VersaStack Overview
- Describe the benefits of VersaStack in a data center architecture
- Understand the VersaStack Cisco Validated Design (CVD)
- Identify VersaStack Data Center architecture platforms
- Describe the components of VersaStack Data Center
Configuring LAN Switches
- Describe Cisco Nexus Data Center Product Portfolio
- Describe Cisco Nexus 9300 Series Switches
- Licensing Nexus 9300 Switches
- Describe cabling and optics used by Nexus 9000 Series switches
- Describe Nexus 9300 Series Dual-Mode Operation
- Identify management features of Cisco NX-OS
- Cisco Nexus 9300 Initialization and setup
- Configure Layer 2 switching features
- Configure VLANs
- Describe the vPC feature
- Lab: Understanding Connectivity in the VersaStack Lab Environment
- Lab: Cisco Nexus 9300 VersaStack LAN Configuration
- Lab: Cisco Nexus 9300 VersaStack vPC Configuration
Configuring SAN Switches
- Describe Cisco MDS Series Product Portfolio
- Describe Cisco MDS 9100 Fabric Switches
- Licensing Cisco MDS 9100 Fabric Switches
- Describe Fibre Channel Protocol and SAN architecture
- Cisco MDS 9100 Initialization and Setup
- Configure Fibre Channel interfaces
- Configure VSANs
- Configure Device Aliases
- Configure Zoning
- Lab: Cisco MDS 9100 Initialization and Setup
- Lab: Cisco MDS 9100 VersaStack SAN Configuration
Configure VersaStack Storage
- Describe IBM Storwize Storage System Product Portfolio
- Describe IBM Storwize V7000 Unified Storage System
- Describe Storwize V7000 Unified Enclosures and RAID Arrays
- Describe Storwize V7000 Initialization and Setup
- Configure Storwize V7000 Unified Ports
- Configure Storwize V7000 Unified Block Access
- Configure Storwize V7000 Unified File Access
- Lab: IBM Storwize V7000 Initialization and Setup
- Lab: IBM Storwize V7000 Storage Configuration
Configure Cisco UCS Computing
- Identify Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series components
- Overview of Management Tools including Cisco UCS Manager, UCS Central and UCS Director
- Describe Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Organizations
- Demonstrate cluster configuration of the Fabric Interconnects
- Configure Cisco UCS LAN and SAN interfaces
- Configure Cisco UCS Resource Pools and Policies
- Configure Cisco UCS Service Profiles and Templates
- Lab: Cisco UCS Interface Configuration
- Lab: Configure Resource Pools and Policies
- Lab: Configure vNIC and vHBA Templates
- Lab: Configure Service Profile Template
- Lab: Configure and Deploy Service Profiles