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HyperFlex Troubleshooting and Operations Workshop (HX-TOW2)

  • Overview

    Description, Pre requisites

  • Content

    Lessons, Course Structure

Overview 

This is a 2-day instructor led program designed for engineers already experienced with implementing and managing the Cisco HyperFlex System. Participants will learn how to troubleshoot, manage, and operate Cisco HyperFlex in various formats – Single Cluster, Stretched Cluster and Edge, and using both vCenter and Hyper-V hypervisors. You will also gain hands-on experience focused on maintenance using the native HyperFlex Connect platform and Cisco Intersight. 

  • Ratio of 50% hands on to 50% theory 

Targeted Audience 

The primary audience for this workshop is  

  • Data Centre Architects 
  • Cloud Infrastructure Architects 
  • Network Engineers 
  • System Administrators 
  • Storage Administrators 

Pre-requisites 

Attendees with the following must have: 

  • Familiarity with Cisco Hyperflex 
  • Familiarity with Cisco UCS 
  • Familiarity with Server Virtualization 
  • L2 and L3 Networking Concepts 

Duration

2 days

Outline 

Day 1 

Module 1: Cisco Hyperflex Technical Deep Dive

  • What’s in the box?
  • A day in the life…
    • How Hyperflex really works
    • Write Operations in HX
    • Read Operations in HX
  • Log Structured File System

Module 2: Understanding UCS/HX Management options 

  • UCS OOB/Inband Management
  • Migrating from OOB to inband (UCSM)
  • Hypervisor vSwitch Arrangement

Module 3: Operating and Maintaining Hyperflex

  • Post Install Actions
  • Day-to-day HX Cluster Operation
    • Seven Things to Know to Make Hyperflex Go
  • Optional Operations

Module 4: HyperFlex Upgrade Best Practices 

  • Pre-upgrade Health Check
  • Upgrading Stand-alone Clusters
  • Upgrading Stretched Clusters
  • Upgrading Edge Clusters
    • Intersight upgrade option
  • Upgrading Hyper-V

Module 5: What could possibly go wrong? 

  • Troubleshooting Installation issues
    • UCS
    • vCenter
    • Hyper-V
  • Troubleshooting Upgrading issues
  • Re-Installing HX
  • Finding the log files
  • Generating tech-support bundles

Day 2  

Module 6: Enhancing HX

  • Integration with 3rd Party Backup
  • HX Replication

Module 7: Multi-site Cisco Hyperflex

  • Cisco HyperFlex Edge Cluster Overview
    • Networking Options
  • Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster Overview
    • Failure Scenarios

Module 8: Managing Hyperflex using Intersight

  • Cisco Intersight Overview
  • Cisco Intersight Licensing
  • Cisco Intersight Key Components
  • Accessing Cisco Intersight
  • User Addition and RBAC
  • Cisco Intersight GUI

Lab outline 

  • Investigate Inband/OOB Management 
  • HX Cluster Expansion  
  • HX Cluster Upgrade  
  • HX Troubleshooting Lab 
  • Install and Manage Stretched Cluster 
  • HX Cluster Replication and VM Migration and Failover 
  • Investigate Edge Cluster 
  • Investigate Cisco Intersight