Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN)
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COURSE INFORMATION
Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) Overview:
Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) course evaluates the FlexPod solution design process in regards to the contemporary data center challenges. The course also provides:
- A comprehensive understanding of the reconnaissance and analytics to assess computing solution performance characteristics
- A comprehensive understanding of the reconnaissance and analytics to assess computing solution performance requirements
- Describe the hardware components of the FlexPod
- Describe the process for selecting proper hardware for a given set of requirements
The following topics have been added to the Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) course:
- UCS Mini (Directly Attached NetApp Storage)
- Cisco ACI Architecture (NVA – All Flash FAS and AltaVault)
- Nexus 9K and 5K Switch Validated Designs
- Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware 6
- FlexPod DC with All Flash FAS, 9K, ONTAP 8.3.1
Who Should Attend:
- Pre-sales audiences, channel partners, customer network engineers and administrators whose interest is focused around designing a scalable infrastructure with the FlexPod.
Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) Certifications:
- Cisco and NetApp FlexPod Specialist (FLEXPOD)
Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the FlexPod data center solutions and architecture
- Identify FlexPod workload sizing and technical specifications
- Describe the FlexPod deployment and management strategies
Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN) Outline:
Module 1: FlexPod Data Center Solutions and Architecture
- Data center elements
- Data center business challenges
- Data center environmental challenges
- Data center technical challenges
- Data center consolidation trend
- FlexPod solution
- Benefits of FlexPod
- FlexPod platforms
- FlexPod validated and supported designs
- Supported Cisco UCS components
- Supported Cisco Nexus switch components
- Supported NetApp storage components
Module 2: FlexPod Workload Sizing and Technical Specifications
- FlexPod performance characteristics
- Server virtualization performance characteristics
- Desktop virtualization performance characteristics
- Reconnaissance and analysis tools
- Process for deploying analysis tools
- Configure the Microsoft MAP Toolkit
- FlexPod Design components
- FlexPod Sizing considerations
- Employ Cisco UCS Application Sizer
- Employ Cisco UCS VXI Resource Comparison tool
- NetApp Solution Builder Sizing tool
- Module 2 Labs:
- Lab 1: Analyze the Existing Computing Solution
Module 3: FlexPod Deployment and Management Strategies
- Key FlexPod LAN features
- Key FlexPod SAN features
- FlexPod server provisioning features
- FlexPod high availability features
- Supported FlexPod SAN features
- FlexPod virtual storage tiering features
- Cisco FlexPod validated designs
- FlexPod data center with VMware vSphere 5.1
- FlexPod data center with VMware vSphere 5.1 with Cisco Nexus 7000
- FlexPod data center with Microsoft Private Cloud Enterprise Design Guide
- FlexPod Select with Cloudera’s Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH)
- FlexPod Cisco Nexus 7000 and NetApp MetroCluster for multisite deployment
- Data center operations and management challenges
- FlexPod validated management solutions
- Cisco UCS Director turnkey solutions
- Cisco UCS Director management types
- Cisco UCS Director automation
- Self-service provisioning and reporting
- Customer challenges and goals
- Workload analysis
- Component selection process
- Review the selected component
- Analyze the solution
- Module 3 Labs:
- Lab 1: Review Cisco Nexus 5548 LAN FlexPod base Configuration
- Lab 2: Review NetApp FlexPod base Configuration
- Lab 3: Review Cisco UCS B-Series Configuration
Average Salary for Skill: Storage Management
