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Cisco AI PODs & AI Defense with Red Hat OpenShift (CAISR)

In this 2-day workshop, participants will be deploying and securing AI workloads in an AI enterprise service provider environment. It covers Cisco AI PODs architecture for multi-tenant, AI-driven security strategies, and integration with Red Hat OpenShift AI for scalable and resilient AI operations. Students will gain hands-on experience in managing AI deployments while enhancing security and performance.


Learning Objectives:

  • Understand Cisco AI PODs architecture and capabilities.
  • Deploy AI-driven security and automation in service provider networks.
  • Utilize Red Hat OpenShift AI for scalable AI/ML workloads.
  • Implement AI-powered threat detection and defense.
  • Integrate AI workflows into existing network infrastructures.
  • Optimize network performance using AI-based insights.
  • Configure and manage AI-driven service assurance.
  • Leverage automation tools for AI/ML lifecycle management.
Course content

Course Outline

Introduction to Cisco AI & ML Infrastructure

Understanding Cisco AI PODs

Cisco AI Defense – Security in AI Deployments

Introduction to Red Hat OpenShift AI in Multi-tenant Environments

Cisco UCS C845A M8 Rack Server – The Next-Gen AI Server

AI Infrastructure Best Practices & Use Cases

Splunk Infrastructure and Application Performance Monitoring


Lab Outline

Deploying a Standard Cisco AI POD (Instructor Demo)

Deploying AI Models on Red Hat OpenShift AI

Implementing AI-Agents for Multi-tenant environments.

Implementing AI Defense Strategies

Securing AI Deployments

Day 2 Operations with Splunk Observability for Infrastructure and Applications

Who Should Attend
  • Cloud Infrastructure Architects
  • Networks Administrators
  • Service providers
  • Network Engineers
  • AI/ML practitioners
  • Security Professionals