Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration CLDADM v1.0; 5 Days; Instructor-led Course Description Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration (CLDADM) is a new 5-day ILT course designed to help students prepare for the CCNA Cloud certification, an associate level certification specializing in Cloud technologies. This course is designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the essentials of Cloud administration and operations. Course Objectives Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives: Provision the Cisco UCS director (UCSD) Provision the Cisco Prime Services Catalog (PSC) Provision the Cisco Virtual Application Container Services (VACS) Provision the Cisco Intercloud Fabric Director (ICF) Provision the Cisco Prime Network Services Controller (PNSC) Audience The primary audience for this course is as follows: Cloud Operators Engineers basic operation and support of Cisco Cloud Products and Solutions The secondary audience for this course is as follows: Cloud Technical Administrator implementation operation and support of Cisco Cloud Products and Solutions Prerequisites The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows: Attendance in the CCNA Cloud Fundamentals course Course Outline Module 1: Cisco Cloud Technologies Overview Lesson 1: Reviewing Cloud Environments What is Cloud? Cloud Types Private Cloud Public Cloud Hybrid Cloud
Cloud Providers Summary Lesson 2: Reviewing the Virtual Infrastructure Virtualization Overview Hypervisors / Hosts Virtual Machines Virtualization and Networking Lesson 3: Cisco UCS Director Overview Cisco UCS Director Overview Cisco UCS Director Orchestrator Cisco UCS Director Catalog Baremetal Agent Cisco UCS Director Deployment Models Lesson 4: Cisco Cloud Solution Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite Cisco Prime Service Catalog Virtual Application Container Services Intercloud Fabric Lesson 5: Module Summary Lesson 6: Module Self-Check Module 2: Cisco Cloud Administration Lesson 1: Administering the Portal in UCSD Users/Groups and RBAC Configurations VLANS Creations Firewall Datastores Workflows via Service Catalog Lesson 2: Describing Virtual Machines Operations in Cisco UCSD Migrations VM Resizing VM Snapshots
Lesson 3: Cisco Prime Service Catalog Services Configuration of Service Names and Icons Order Permissions RBAC Cisco PSC Architecture Lesson 4: Module Summary Lesson 5: Module Self-Check Module 3: Cisco Cloud Provisioning Lesson 1: Deploying UCS Templates with UCSD Template Types Initial vs Updating Template Deployment Managing Service Profile Templates from UCSD Portal Changes for Template Deployment Lesson 2: Explaining UCSD Application Containers UCSD App Containers Overview App Containers Deployment Overview App Containers Basic Support Operations Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Support Lesson 3: Cisco Virtual Application Container Services Basics VACS Overview VACS Container Topology VACS Deployment Methodology Lesson 4: Module Summary Lesson 5: Module Self-Check Module 4: Cloud Systems Management and Monitoring Lesson 1: System Monitoring in UCS Director Identify Ongoing Issues Alerts Lesson 2: Working with Monitoring Dashboards in UCSD Create Monitoring Dashboards
Custom Monitoring Dashboards Summary Lesson 3: Reporting in Cisco UCS Director (CloudSense) Reports Overview Lesson 4: Creating Budget and Resource Limits in UCSD Resource Limits for the Different Tenants Budgets for the Different Tenants Lesson 5: Cisco UCS Performance Manager Describe Capacity Planning Describe Bandwidth Monitoring Describe How Host Groups Facilitate Dynamic Monitoring Lesson 6: Module Summary Lesson 7: Module Self-Check Module 5: Cloud Remediation Lesson 1: Configuring Serviceability Options Configuring Syslog Configuring NTP Configuring DNS Configuring DHCP Configuring SMTP Lesson 2: Interpreting Logs for Root Cause Analysis Faults and Logs User Activities Applications Lesson 3: Reviewing Backup Cisco UCSD Configurations Databases Backups Databases Restoration Lesson 4: Module Summary
Lesson 5: Module Self-Check Lab Outline Hardware Lab 1: Explore Cisco UCSD Portal and Register Virtual and Physical Components Set Up Physical Accounts in Cisco UCS Director Register the Cisco UCS Manager in the Cisco UCS Director Register the Cisco UCS Invicta in the Cisco UCS Director Register the VMware vcenter in the Cisco UCS Director Register the Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM in the Cisco UCS Director Explore Cisco UCS Director Portal as a Billing Administrator User Explore Cisco UCS Director Portal as an Operator User Hardware Lab 2: Explore Cisco UCSD Portal Administration Tasks Analyze Existing Workflows Execute a Service Request Hardware Lab 3: Explore UCSD VM Operation Tasks Using Predefined Workflow Create a New Workflow for Migrating a VM Hardware Lab 4: Explore Cisco Prime Service Catalog Order a Laptop for a Company Employee Order New Employee Onboarding Services Hardware Lab 5: Explore VM, Cisco UCS, and Server Templates in Cisco UCSD Explore VMware Template Deployment Tasks Explore Cisco UCS Service Profile Template Deployment Tasks Hardware Lab 6: Explore App Container Tasks Defining 2-Tier App Container Configuring ASAv Deployment Policy. Configuring Tiered Application Gateway Policy. Configuring Virtual Infrastructure Policy Configuring Application Container Template Deploying 2-Tier Application Container Hardware Lab 7: Explore Cisco UCS Director Monitoring Capabilities Inspect Monitoring Capabilities Manipulate Presented Graphs Monitor Event View Hardware Lab 8: Explore UCS Director Built-In Reports Generate a Report of Physical Accounts Generate a Virtual Infrastructure Inventory Report Generate a Billing Report for a Customer Hardware Lab 9: Explore Monitoring Dashboards in Cisco UCS Director Generating Top-N Report Customize the Monitoring Dashboard
Hardware Lab 10: Charge-back Reporting Capabilities of Cisco UCS Director Get a Price Quote Export a Charge-Back Report Hardware Lab 11: Enable Serviceability Options in UCSD Configure SMTP and NTP Hardware Lab 12: Explore Logs in Cisco UCS Director Analyze Basic System Information Analyze Infra Manager Logs Analyze Authenticator Logs Download Logs for Further Analysis Enable Debugging Hardware Lab 13: Backup Cisco UCSD Configuration to a Backup Server Back Up the Database