FPIMPADM: Implementing and Administering the FlexPod Solution

Overview

Duration: 3.0 days

FlexPod Implementation and Administration is a 3-day instructor-led certification & training course where 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.

Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Outline the FlexPod implementation workflow
• List the Cisco Nexus family components
• Illustrate FlexPod physical cabling
• Identify the NetApp FAS and AFF components
• Perform NetApp cluster setup and storage configuration
• List the Cisco UCS components
• Show how to configure resource pools, policies and SAN connectivity
• List virtualization solutions in FlexPod
• Compare FlexPod application workloads
• List FlexPod Cisco management tools
• Explain FlexPod NetApp management tools

Content

Module 1: FlexPod Architecture and Implementation Overview

• Overview of the FlexPod Solution
• Common FlexPod Architectures
• FlexPod Implementation and Administration Overview

Module 2: The FlexPod Network Layer

• FlexPod Network Layer Components
• Cabling the FlexPod Network
• Configuring the FlexPod Network

Module 3: The FlexPod Storage Layer

• FlexPod Storage Layer Components
• FlexPod Storage Cabling
• FlexPod Storage Configuration

Module 4: The FlexPod Compute Layer

• FlexPod Compute Layer Components
• FlexPod Compute Configuration

Module 5: Overview of FlexPod Workload Solutions

• FlexPod Virtualization Solutions
• FlexPod Application Workloads

Module 6: FlexPod Management Tools

• FlexPod Cisco Management Tools
• FlexPod NetApp Management Tools

Labs:

• Cabling the FlexPod Network Components
• Cisco Nexus Network Initial Configuration Setup
• Cisco Nexus LAN Configuration
• NetApp Clustered ONTAP Initial Configuration Setup
• NetApp Clustered ONTAP Network Configuration
• Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Initial Configuration Setup
• Cisco UCS Configuration
• Create UCS Policies and Templates
• VMware ESXi Installation on a NetApp LUN
• NetApp Virtual Storage Console Configuration
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery and Configuration
• Cisco UCS Director Discovery Monitoring and Statistics

Audience

The primary audience for this course is as follows:

• Network engineers, Network administrators, System engineers and Server administrators

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner must have before attending this course are as follows:

• Technical Overview of FlexPod Solutions WBT
• Cisco CCENT or equivalent
• NetApp NCDA or equivalent
• Familiarity with hypervisor technologies (such as Microsoft, Red Hat, or VMware)

Certification

NS0-173 - Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Design

NS0-174 - Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Implementation and Administration Specialist