DCUCI v6.2 - Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing

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Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI) v6.2 is a professional-level self-study technical course designed to help students prepare for the CCNP Data Center certification and for professional-level data center roles. The focus of this skills-building course is on deploying, securing, operating, and maintaining the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series Blade Servers and UCS C-Series Rack Servers for use in data centers. The extensively hands-on course covers configuring and managing Cisco UCS servers using unified I/O networking for LAN and SAN connectivity, virtualizing server hardware identifiers to enable rapid recovery of server operating system images, implementing automation for Cisco UCS, configuring fault tolerance, implementing role-based access control (RBAC), backing up and restoring system configurations, and using the monitoring and troubleshooting tools in Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC). You'll master the professional-level skills and technologies needed to implement Cisco data center unified computing infrastructure, including unified computing implementation maintenance and operations, automation, security, and storage.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

" Describe Cisco UCS server form factors " Describe Cisco UCS connectivity " Configure identity abstraction " Configure service profile templates " Implement iSCSI " Implement Fibre Channel port channels " Implement FCoE " Implement role-based access control (RBAC) " Implement external authentication providers " Implementing key management " Implement Cisco UCS firmware updates " Implement Cisco UCS backups " Implement monitoring " Deploy Cisco UCS Central and use it to add a Cisco UCS Manager domain, manage resources centrally, and create all required pools and templates to deploy a service profile. " Implement Cisco UCS Director and Cisco Integrated Management Controller (Cisco IMC) Supervisor " Compare scripting options for Cisco UCS Manager

This Cisco self-paced course is designed to be as effective as classroom training. Course content is presented in easily-consumable segments via both Instructor Video and text. Interactivity is enabled through Discovery Labs, content review questions, and graded Challenge assessments. This makes the learning experience hands-on, increasing course effectiveness, and provides students direct feedback on how well they have mastered the material. Gamification features are built in, including earning badges, achievements, and a leaderboard, to encourage better performance.