Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Identify the architecture, features and components of VersaStack for Data Center
• Describe configuration parameters for VersaStack for Data Center including Cisco Nexus 9300 switches, Cisco MDS 9100 switches, Cisco UCS and IBM Storwize V7000 Disk Systems
• Describe VersaStack management tools including Cisco UCS Director

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 the 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 the Service Profile Template
• Lab: Configure and Deploy Service Profiles

• Network Engineers
• Network Administrators
• System Engineers
• Consulting System Engineers
• Server Administrators

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this VersaStack Administration course are as follows:

• Basic understanding of storage operations, Fibre Channel and SAN architectures.
• Basic knowledge of server and server virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi
• General knowledge of networking technologies. CCNA/CCNP Data Center or equivalent knowledge recommended.