TP3065 Administering Cisco Data Center Unified Computing System
Objectives
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet the following overall objectives:
Understand the B-Series and C-Series product line similarities and differences
Describe the Intersight support for C-Series standalone and UCS managed architectures
Describe Cisco Intersight and how it can be used to manage UCS and Hyperflex
Understand the process for upgrading B-Series and C-Series Firmware with UCSM and Intersight
Administering service profiles, pools, and policies with UCSM and Intersight
Understanding RBAC with Active Directory integration
Administering backup and restores in UCS Manager
Learn and discuss the various management tools for Cisco UCS including Intersight
Perform basic troubleshooting of B-Series and C-Series in normal operations with UCSM and Intersight
Describe the Intersight REST API, Object Model, and Intersight Managed Objects
Demonstrate how to use Intersight developer tools
Understand how to use Postman to interact with the Intersight API
Use Python to manage UCS/HX operations with the Intersight API
Demonstrate how to use Ansible to automate deployments with Intersight
Deploy UCS/HX infrastructure using Terraform
Audience
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
Systems administrators and engineers
Technical solutions architects
Systems integrators
Channel partners
Value-added resellers
Prerequisites
The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:
Basic knowledge of Cisco routing and switching
Basic knowledge of Cisco Unified Computing Systems
Basic knowledge of servers and storage
Familiarity with Cisco UCS and Hyperflex
Duration
Five Days
Outline for Administering Cisco Data Center Unified Computing System
Module 1: UCS Infrastructure Components with Intersight
Cisco UCS Product Line, Use Cases, and Components
Introducing Cisco Intersight
Describing Cisco UCS C-Series Servers
Module 2: Administering Cisco UCS with Intersight
Managing Virtual Resources
Configuring Compute Node LAN Connectivity
Configuring Compute Node SAN Connectivity
Creating Identity and Resource Pools
Creating Service Profiles
Creating Service Profile Templates and Cloning Service Profiles
Managing Service Profiles
Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Configuration
Troubleshooting Cisco UCS B-Series Operation
Backing Up & Restoring the Cisco UCS Manager Database
Managing and Upgrading Cisco UCS B-Series Firmware
Module 3: Administering UCS Management Tools with Intersight
Describing Cisco UCS User Interfaces
Exploring Intersight User Interfaces
Describing Cisco UCS Management Framework & Features
Describing Cisco UCS Hyperflex
Getting Started with Intersight Programmability
Module 4: Examining the Intersight Object Model and API tools
Understanding Managed Objects in Intersight
Using the REST API Browser to test resources and methods and run results
Intersight Developer tools
Module 5: Interacting with the Intersight REST API using Postman
Using the Postman collection repo
Configuring environment variables
Intersight Collection Postman How-To
Understanding request headers
Why use a pre-request script?
Request examples for managing UCS and HX in Intersight
Module 6: Using Python to manage operations with the Intersight REST API
Using the Intersight Python SDK
How to Generate API Keys and Secrets
looking at the contents of the rest-API repository
Leveraging Python examples with Intersight
Running and validating python requests on Intersight
Module 7: Managing and automating Intersight with Ansible
Installing Ansible and the UCS Python SDK
Installing the UCS and UCSM Ansible Collections
Configure and run UCS Ansible Playbooks
Install the Intersight Ansible Collection
Configure and run Intersight Ansible Playbooks
Intersight Automated Hyperflex Deployment with Ansible How-To
Module 8: Deploying UCS infrastructure with Intersight and Terraform
Terraform Workflow Overview
How to Install GO and Terraform
Intersight Terraform Provider requirements and config
Terraform configuration files
How to Initialize Terraform
Create and configure Terraform Resources
Running Terraform Apply to configure UCS infrastructure in Intersight
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Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:
Connecting to the Lab Environment
Explore the Cisco UCS GUI and CLI Environment
Explore the Cisco Intersight Dashboard and claim devices
Create Users, Groups, Roles and Organizations in Intersight
Provision Identity and Resource Pools in UCSM
Provision Mobile Service Profiles from Updating Templates
Backup and Restore Cisco UCS Manager Database Objects
Configure Logging in Cisco Intersight
Create LAN and SAN Network Policies in Intersight
Build a Server Profile and deploy to a UCS blade from Intersight
Using Intersight to upgrade Firmware
Install an OS from Intersight
Using Rest API to Query UCSM Objects in Intersight
Examining the Intersight Object Model and API tools
Interacting with the Intersight REST API using Postman
Using Python to manage operations with the Intersight REST API
Managing and automating Intersight with Ansible
Deploying UCS infrastructure with Intersight and Terraform