Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM)

Module 1: FlexPod Overview

• FlexPod validated designs
• FlexPod architecture
• FlexPod platform solutions
  • Cisco UCS Mini
  • All FAS Flash
  • OpenStack
  • Hyper-V
• FlexPod platform
  • Review of storage
  • Review of network
  • Review of compute
• FlexPod cooperative support
• Life-cycle management (LCM)
• Customer profile
• Customer challenges and goals
• Existing customer environment
• VMware vSphere 6.0 characteristics

Module 2: FlexPod Networking Implementation

• Cisco Nexus hardware
• VLAN requirements
• Port configuration options
• Access and trunk ports
• Port channels
• Virtual port channels (vPC)
• vPC building blocks
• vPC configuration requirements
• NPV and NPIV
• Fibre Channel fundamentals
• FCoE fundamentals
• Overview of VSAN
• VSAN information
• VSAN recommended practices
• Zoning implementation
• Zones and zone sets
• Zoning practices

Module 3: FlexPod Storage Implementation

• NetApp hardware
• Cluster configuration
• Switched/switchless clusters
• Management interfaces
  • NetApp Oncommand System Manager
  • NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager
  • CLI
• Service Processor and RLM
• Management settings: CDP, Autosupports, and SNMP
• Aggregates
• SVM namespace and volumes
• NFS for VMware datastores
• SAN configuration
• Initiator groups (igroups), port sets, and ALUA
• High availability, including Storage Failover (SFO)
• IPspaces and broadcast domains
• ifgrps and VLAN tags
• LIFs

Module 4: Cisco UCS Implementation

• Cisco UCS hardware
• Cisco UCS features
  • User interfaces
  • Manager
  • Central
• Finite-state machine (FSM)
• Fabric interconnect configuration
  • Clustering
  • Discovery process and monitoring using FSM
• I/O Uplinks and Bandwidth Oversubscription
• End-host and switching mode comparisons
• Port personality and port types
• Unified uplink ports and port channels
• Chassis links
• VLAN
• Resource pools
• Creating identity and resource pools
• MAC pools
• IP pools
• LAN connectivity policies
• WWNN and WWPN pools
• SAN connectivity policies
• Policies
• Benefits of service profiles
• Benefits of service profile template
• Expert Service Profile wizard
• Service profile associate/disassociate
• Management of IP address, KVM and virtual media Cisco hardware

Module 5: Virtualization and Application Solutions

• Key implementation factors for FlexPod applications and hypervisors
• VMware
• OpenStack
• Hyper-V

Module 6: FlexPod Management Tools Implementation

• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco UCS Central
• NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager
• NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)

Labs:

• General Lab Setup
• Cisco Nexus 9300 Network Initial Configuration Setup (Instructor Demo)
• Cisco Nexus 9300 LAN Configuration
• NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP Initial Configuration Setup (Instructor Demo)
• NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP Configuration
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Initial Configuration Setup (Instructor Demo)
• Cisco UCS Configuration
• VMware ESXi Installation on a NetApp LUN
• VMware vSphere Setup
• NetApp Virtual Storage Console Configuration
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery and Configuration
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery Monitoring and Statistics (Optional)
• Teardown and Restoration