Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX)
- Duration: 4 days (32 hours)
- Date: on request
Implementing Cisco HyperFlex (DCIHX)
This course will help:
- Gain the knowledge and skills needed to implement and use the Cisco HyperFlex platform to support multi-cloud infrastructure
- Explore HyperFlex components and learn how to design, implement, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco HyperFlex to build a resilient, distributed infrastructure
- Learn to design Cisco HyperFlex multi-cloud infrastructure
Course syllabus:
- Introduction to Cisco HyperFlex
- Traditional Data Center Design
- Description of Cisco UCS: The Foundation of Cisco HyperFlex
- Cisco Server Deployment Models: Standalone and Managed
- Benefits of the Cisco UCS Managed Model
- Cisco HyperFlex Software Component Descriptions
- Virtual machine hypervisor
- File system with journal structure
- Cisco Intersight
- Description of Cisco HyperFlex Hardware Components
- Cisco HyperFlex Servers
- Storage Technologies in Cisco HyperFlex
- Installing and Extending Standard ESXi Cisco HyperFlex
- Software Prerequisites
- Managing Cisco HyperFlex in a vSphere Environment
- Overview of management interfaces
- Cisco HyperFlex Plugin for vCenter
- Cisco HyperFlex Maintenance
- Cisco HyperFlex Upgrade Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex Online Upgrade
- Cisco HyperFlex Design
- Cluster resiliency: virtual machine level
- Cluster resiliency: HXDP level
- Data protection
- Disaster Recovery Overview
- Third party data recovery solutions
- Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Advanced Deployment
- Advanced Cluster Overview
- Cisco HyperFlex EDGE
- Cisco HyperFlex EDGE Cluster Overview
- Troubleshooting Cisco HyperFlex
- Troubleshooting Tips
You will learn:
- 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) and HX maintenance mode work
- Describe the physical components of Cisco HyperFlex
- Install and expand Regular vSphere Cisco HyperFlex
- Manage your Cisco HyperFlex VMware ESXi-based cluster
- Describe how to maintain Cisco HyperFlex
- Design a Cisco HyperFlex solution and explain third-party data restore solutions
- 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
- Describe a HyperV-based cluster and how is it different from an ESXi-based cluster
- Design a multicloud datacenter with Cisco HyperFlex
- Perform basic troubleshooting tasks and explain Cisco Intersight
- Explain Cisco HyperFlex releases beyond 3.5(1a)
Pre-requisites:
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 Microsoft Server 2016 and Hyper-V
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