UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting (UCSXDOT)

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Course Overview

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.

Schedule

Start Date	Delivery Format	Days	Time	Status	Price	Enroll
02/10/2025	Virtual Live Instructor-Led Training	5	10:00 am	Guaranteed to Run	$4,995	UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting (UCSXDOT) quantity 35520
11/04/2024	Virtual Live Instructor-Led Training	5	10:00 am	Guaranteed to Run	$4,995	UCS X-Series Intersight, Deployment, Operations, Troubleshooting (UCSXDOT) quantity 35520

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Who Should Attend

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

Prerequisites

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

Basic to intermediate understanding of UCS

Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

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.

Course 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

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