UCSXDOT: UCSXDOT: UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting

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About this Course

UCS X-SERIES INTERSIGHT, DEPLOYMENT, OPERATIONS, TROUBLESHOOTING (UCSXDOT)
SUNSET LEARNING EXCLUSIVE
This five-day Cisco UCS X-Series with Intersight Deployment course enables participants to deploy, troubleshoot and operate a UCS X-Series production installation.

Deploy: covers deployment of the X9508 chassis, X210c/X410c compute nodes, 6400/6500 Series Fabric Interconnects and other hardware options. Participants learn how to prepare the UCS X-Series hardware components for discovery by Intersight Managed Mode (IMM). Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.
Troubleshoot: enables participants to effectively troubleshoot common issues with Fabric Interconnect configurations, vNIC/vHBA configuration issues, firmware update issues and profile/policy/pool configuration issues. Information is also provided on CLI/Intersight troubleshooting options and common troubleshooting methodologies. Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.
Operate: participants will be provided with the information and tools to manage and support UCS X-Series in a production environment. The students will be using the most up-to-date tools in Cisco’s Intersight Dashboard for day-to-day operations. This will include the new Telemetry Dashboard and the new Monitoring tool. Participants gain practical experience through hands-on labs.

Audience Profile

Cisco customers, internal and Partner SEs/FEs looking to deploy the UCS X9508 chassis, X210c/ X410c compute nodes, and 6400/6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.

At Course Completion

Articulate the solution level architecture of the UCS X-Series solution, and the role of IMM/Intersight and the key differentiators of the UCS X-Series solution from previous UCS architecture.
Identify the function of each hardware component in the UCS X-Series solution and the communication and traffic flow between components.
Enumerate the key requirements to successfully deploy a UCS X-Series solution with Intersight.
Identify the key features of Cisco Intersight to manage a UCS X-Series deployment.
Understand Troubleshooting Guidelines and able to successfully troubleshoot:
Fabric Interconnect issues
IOM issues
Frame and CRC issues
SAN connectivity issues
Successfully operate a UCS X-Series production installation.

Outline

DAY 1
Section 1: Cisco UCS X-Series Hardware Components & Traffic Flow
Cisco UCS X9508 System Chassis
Fabric Components
Compute Options (Needs Updated)
Storage Options
Networking & Data Flow
Power/Cooling Efficiency
Section 2: Cisco UCS X-Series Installation Considerations
Managing Cisco UCS 2.0 with Cisco Intersight
Deployment Model Options
Section 3: Cisco UCS Migration and Monitoring Options
Prerequisites
Installing Cisco Intersight IMM Transition Tool
Accessing Cisco Intersight IMM Transition Tool
Initiate Migration
Verification
DAY 2
Section 4: Cisco UCS X-Series Management Through Intersight
IMM Overview
Intersight Licensing
Dashboard Navigation
Domain Claiming
LAB 1 – Claiming a Domain
Domain and Server Policies/Profiles
LAB 2 – Domain Profile Creation
LAB 3 – Domain Profile Deployment
LAB 4 – Creating Pools
LAB 5 – Server Policy Creation
LAB 6 – Server Profile Deployment
LAB 7 – Server Profile Template Deployment
LAB 8 – Installing VMware ESXi
DAY 3
Section 5: General Guidelines for Troubleshooting
Faults
Audit Log
Requests Tab
LAB 9 – Intersight Dashboard Overview
LAB 10 – Add and Remove a Dashboard Widget
Syslog
Technical Support Files
Section 6: Troubleshooting Fabric Interconnect Issues
Recovering a Fabric Interconnect from the Boot Loader Prompt
Resolving Fabric Interconnect Cluster ID Mismatch
Section 7: Troubleshooting Firmware Issues
Recovering Fabric Interconnect During Upgrade
Recovering IO Modules During Firmware Upgrade
LAB 11 – Updating Firmware (Review Only)
DAY 4
Section 8: Troubleshooting IOM Issues
IOM Terminology
Chassis Boot Sequence
Link Pinning and Failover Behavior
Section 9: Troubleshooting Frame and CRC Issues
Background Information
Reasons for Bad Frames and CRC Errors
Forwarding Mode Behavior (Cut-Through or Store-and-Forward)
Main Forwarding ASICs Commands for UCS FIs, IOMs and VIC Cards
Section 10: Troubleshooting Pool/Policy/Profile Issues
Diagnosing Common Pool/Policy/Profile Issues
DAY 5
Section 11: Day 2 Operations
Topology Views
Monitoring and Metrics Explorer
LAB 12 – Using Metrics
Telemetry Dashboard
LAB 13 – Creating and Using Dashboards for Operations
Policy Cloning
LAB 14 – Policy Cloning
Organizations and Shared Orgs
LAB 15 – Creating Shared Orgs and Sharing Policies

Prerequisites

To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

Basic to intermediate understanding of UCS