Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration (CLDADM)
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.
The management software applications covered in this course include:
Cisco UCS Director
Cisco Prime Service Catalog
Virtual Application Container Services
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is recommended as preparation for the CCNA Cloud certification.
For Cloud Engineers, Cloud Administrators, Cloud Operations / Support Engineers, Cloud Design Engineers, Cloud Infrastructure Architects, Virtualization Engineers job roles
Who are looking to build their career around Cloud jobs / roles
Who plan, design, implement and/or support Cloud deployments, and are looking to validate / showcase their skills
For Data Center Engineers
Who wish to add knowledge of Cloud to their DC skills
For Network Engineers
Who are looking to develop their careers with Cloud knowledge and skills
PREREQUISITES
Prior completion of the following course:
Understanding Cisco Cloud Fundamentals (CLDFND)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon course completion, Students will be able to:
Identify the components of the Cisco Cloud management software solution
Understand the fundamentals of Cloud infrastructure administration
Describe reporting and charge-back
Provision Clouds using pre-configured templates
Perform Cloud management, monitoring and remediation
FOLLOW ON COURSES
Building the Cisco Cloud with Application Centric Infrastructure (CLDACI)
Automating the Cisco Enterprise Cloud (CLDAUT)
Designing the Cisco Cloud (CLDDES)
Implementing and Troubleshooting the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure (CLDINF)
OUTLINE: Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration (CLDADM)
Module 1: Cisco Cloud Technologies Overview
Reviewing Cloud Environments
Reviewing the Virtual Infrastructure
Understanding Cisco UCS Director
Understanding Cisco Cloud Solution
Module 2: Cisco Cloud Administration
Administering the Portal in Cisco UCS Director
Describing VM Operations in Cisco UCS Director
Describing Cisco PSC Services
Module 3: Cisco Cloud Provisioning
Deploying Cisco UCS Templates with Cisco UCS Director
Explaining Cisco UCS Director Application Containers
Describing Basics of Cisco Virtual Application Container Services
Module 4: Cloud Systems Management and Monitoring
System Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
Monitoring Dashboards in Cisco UCS Director
Reporting in Cisco UCS Director (CloudSense)
Creating Budget and Resource Limits in Cisco UCS Director
Cisco UCS Performance Manager
Module 5: Cloud Remediation
Configuring Serviceability Options
Interpreting Logs for Root Cause Analysis
Reviewing Backup Cisco UCS Director Configurations
Labs:
Lab 1: Explore Cisco UCS Director Portal and Register Virtual and Physical Components
Lab 2: Explore Cisco UCS Director Portal Administration Tasks
Lab 3: Explore Cisco UCS Director VM Operation Tasks Using Predefined Workflow
Lab 4: Explore Cisco PSC
Lab 5: Explore VM, Cisco UCS, and Server Templates in Cisco UCS Director
Lab 6: Explore Application Container Tasks Defining Two-Tier Application Container
Lab 7: Explore Cisco UCS Director Monitoring Capabilities
Lab 8: Explore Cisco UCS Director Built-In Reports
Lab 9: Explore Monitoring Dashboards in Cisco UCS Director and Generate a Top-N Report
Lab 10: Explore Charge-Back Reporting Capabilities of Cisco UCS Director
Lab 11: Enable Serviceability Options in Cisco UCS Director
Lab 12: Explore Logs in Cisco UCS Director
Lab 13: Back Up Cisco UCS Director Configuration to a Backup Server