Unified Computing Systems Architectural Overview (UCSAO)
Who should attend
- Account Managers
- Business Development Managers
- Channel Account Managers
Course Objectives
- Outline the customer and Cisco's perspective of a Data Center solution and the future trends
- Identify the drivers for server virtualization and understand the benefits and challenges in deploying data center applications in a clustered environment
- Using an architectural approach, correctly identify the key Data Center business drivers for a given set of Data Center solutions
- Correctly position Cisco Unified Computing System solutions and identify key differentiators to competitive products
Course Content
This instructor-led course is intended for those who are starting to build their Data Center sales skills. The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and confidence to add an architectural sales approach to selling the Cisco Unified Computing System's (UCS) range of solutions within a data center architecture. This is achieved through a mixture of theory and discussion and will provide you with a solid understanding of how Cisco UCS can help maximize performance while simplifying configuration and management of data center compute resources.
Data Center Architecture
- Data Center Scalability
- Cisco Data Center 3.0
- LAN Architecture Overview
- SAN Architecture Overview
- Unified I/O and FCoE
- CNAs and server connectivity
- Data Center Bridging (DCB)
Server Evolution
- CPU and Memory Evolution
- Server Consolidation
- Server Virtualization
- Vmware vSphere Architecture
- Nexus 1000v Overview
- Server Management
Application Overview
- Application Tiers
- Application Deployment Models
- Application Requirements
Cisco Unified Computing System
- UCS Overview
- UCS B-Series components
- UCS C-Series components
- UCS scalability
- UCS Manager
- Service Profiles
- BMC Bladelogic
- UCS Deployment
- Use cases
Duration: 1 day
Prices (excl. VAT):
- Germany: 690.- €