Duration
4 Days
Prerequisites
To fully benefit from this course, you should have the following knowledge:
- Cisco CCNA®–level knowledge about data center architecture and products technologies (network, compute, storage network)
- Familiarity with VMware vCenter and ESXi
- Familiarity with public cloud offerings, primarily AWS, but also Azure and GCP
Recommended Cisco learning offerings that may help you meet these prerequisites:
- Understanding Cisco Data Center Foundations (DCFNDU)
- Implementing and Operating Cisco Data Center Core Technologies (DCCOR)
- Introducing Cisco Data Center Technologies (DCICT)
- Cisco CCNP Data Center specialization modules: DCID, DCIT, DCACI, DCSAN, DCACIA, DCAUTO.
Course Content
The Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX) v1.3 course shows you how to deploy and use the Cisco® HyperFlex™ data platform to support multicloud workloads. You will become familiar with HyperFlex components and learn how to install, design, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco HyperFlex to support highly scalable and resilient multicloud implementations. You will also gain hands-on experience focused on installation, management, maintenance, and native replication, and you will explore cluster technologies as well as Cisco Intersight.™
Outline
- Introducing Hyperconvergence and Cisco HyperFlex
- Traditional Data Center Design
- What Is Hyperconvergence?
- Describing Cisco UCS: The Foundation of Cisco HyperFlex
- Cisco Server Deployment Models: Standalone Versus Managed
- Cisco UCS Managed Model Benefits
- Describing Cisco HyperFlex Software Components
- Virtual Machine Hypervisor
- Log-Structured File System
- Describing Cisco HyperFlex Hardware Components
- Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Servers
- Storage Technologies in Cisco HyperFlex
- Introducing Cisco Intersight
- Installing and Expanding Standard ESXi Cisco HyperFlex
- Installation Summary
- Software Prerequisites
- Managing Cisco HyperFlex in vSphere Environment
- Management Interfaces Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex Plugin for vCenter
- Maintaining Cisco HyperFlex
- Cisco HyperFlex Upgrade Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex Online Upgrade
- Designing Cisco HyperFlex
- Cluster Resiliency: VM-Level
- Cluster Resiliency: HXDP-Level
- Protecting Your Data
- Disaster Recovery Overview
- Third-Party Data Restore Solutions
- Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Deployment
- Stretched Cluster Overview
- Prerequisites
- Introducing Cisco HyperFlex EDGE
- Cisco HyperFlex EDGE Cluster Overview
- Prerequisites and Recommendations
- Troubleshooting Cisco HyperFlex
- Troubleshooting Guidelines
- Generating Tech Support Bundles
Who should enroll
- Data center engineers
- Engineers (design, implementation, pre-sales, post-sales)
- Product managers and sales