In Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) training course, you will learn to set up, configure, and administer the FlexPod architecture. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of the configuration requirements for FlexPod at the network, storage, and compute layers of the architecture. FlexPod can be used to deploy and manage internal, external, and cloud architectures. Centralized administration is achieved by using management tools such as Cisco UCS Director, NetApp Virtual Storage Console, and vCenter. These management tools are introduced and practical hands on labs are used to reinforce topics to learners.
By attending Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) workshop, delegates will learn to:
- Describe data center architecture and identify FlexPod architecture components
- Identify and configure FlexPod networking components
- Describe and configure FlexPod storage with clustered data ONTAP
- Identify and configure the Cisco UCS compute components of FlexPod
- Identify FlexPod management and troubleshooting tools
- Knowledge of server system design and architecture
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
- Familiarity with SANs and NFS network-attached storage (NAS) technologies
- Familiarity with Fibre Channel Protocol
- Understanding of Cisco Enterprise Data Center Concepts including Unified LAN and SAN
- Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as Microsoft, Red Hat, or VMware)
The Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution (FPIMPADM) class is ideal for:
- Network engineers, Network administrators, System engineers and Server administrators