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.
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
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
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