Implementing Cisco HyperFlex v1.3
Explore the power of Cisco HyperFlex in this hands-on class. Learn to enable multicloud IT through an adaptive platform, providing the simplicity of hyperconverged infrastructure. Gain practical experience to harness the full capabilities of Cisco HyperFlex for versatile application deployment across any environment.
Explore the power of Cisco HyperFlex in this hands-on class. Learn to enable multicloud IT through an adaptive platform, providing the simplicity of hyperconverged infrastructure. Gain practical experience to harness the full capabilities of Cisco HyperFlex for versatile application deployment across any environment.
More Information:
- Modality: Virtual
- Learning Style: Course
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Duration: 4 Days
- CLC: 24 Units
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- Certificate: See Sample
Course Information
About This Course:
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™
Course Objectives:
- Describe hyperconvergence, Cisco HyperFlex, and the components of Cisco HyperFlex
- Explain the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) and what makes it valuable to business
- Describe how Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) works
- Describe the physical components of Cisco HyperFlex
- Describe Cisco Intersight and introduce functionalities relevant to HyperFlex
- Install standard ESXi-based vSphere Cisco HyperFlex
- Manage your Cisco HyperFlex VMware ESXi-based cluster
- Describe how to maintain Cisco HyperFlex
- Design a Cisco HyperFlex solution
- Protect the data on your Cisco HyperFlex cluster using replication and data at rest encryption
- Describe a stretched cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
- Describe an Edge cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
- Perform basic troubleshooting tasks and explain Cisco Intersight
Audience:
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Data center engineers
- Engineers (design, implementation, pre-sales, post-sales)
- Product managers and sales
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- 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)
- Cisco CCNP Data Center specialization modules: DCID, DCIT, DCACI, DCMDS, DCACIA, DCAUI