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UCS
UCS Director: Advanced Workflows and Orchestration v6.0 (UCSDAV)

This advanced UCS Director course is a 2-day hands-on workshop that enables participants to configure UCS Director software to manage integrated infrastructure. Participants will be given a set of requirements to implement using the UCS Director solution on an infrastructure using various scenarios.

About the course

Prerequisites:

It is recommended that learners have the following knowledge and skills prior to attending this course:

  • Familiarity with Cisco UCS Director

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner should be able to meet these overall objectives:

  • Create More Complex Self-Service Portals
  • Provide Advanced Catalog Options
  • Designing an Advanced Workflow
  • Deploy Application Containers
  • Implement SSH Scripting
  • Develop Compound Tasks
  • Deploy PowerShell Scripting
  • Use Cloupia Script
  • Create Custom Tasks using the API
Course content

Module 1: Advanced Orchestration

  • Tasks and Workflows
  • Workflow Templates
  • Self Service Portals
  • Advanced Catalog
  • Workflow Designer

Module 2: Datacenter Operation

  • Chargeback
  • Reporting
  • Building custom reports using the report builder

Module 3: Application Containers

  • Understanding Application Containers

Module 4: Understanding Advanced Tasks

  • Task Library & Inputs
  • CLI &  SSH Task
  • Understanding Compound Tasks
  • Custom Tasks

Module 5: Open Automation Troubleshooting

  • UCS Director Restart
  • Module Loading
  • Report Errors
  • Feature loading
  • Report Registration

Module 6: REST API – Automation

  • UCS Director Developer Tools
  • Accessing REST using a REST client
  • Accessing REST using the REST API browser

Module 7: Open Automation SDK

  • Overview
  • Open Automation Vs Custom Tasks
  • Use Cases

Module 8: UCS Director PowerShell API

  • Cisco UCS Director PowerShell Console
  • Installing and Configuring
  • Working with Cmdlets
  • Troubleshooting PowerShell

Module 9: Cloupia Script

  • Structure
  • Inputs and Outputs
  • Design
  • Examples

Lab Outline:

Labs are designed to assure learners a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:

  • Self Service Portal creation
  • Advanced Catalog Options
  • Designing an Advanced Workflow
  • Application Containers
  • SSH Scripting
  • Compound Task
  • PowerShell Scripting
  • Cloupia Script
  • Custom Tasks & the API
Who Should Attend

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

  • Field Engineers
  • Systems Engineers
  • Systems Administrators
  • Systems Architects
  • Anyone Interested in improving the results in the data center