Cisco HyperFlex Management and Operations Workshop (HX-MOW2-ENGLISH)
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Overview
Description, Pre requisites -
Content
Lessons, Course Structure
“By Invitation Only Workshop for Cisco Customers”
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This is a 3-days (4.0 hours per day) instructor led program designed for customers who have implemented the Cisco HyperFlex System. Participants will learn how to manage and operate Cisco HyperFlex in various formats – Single Cluster, Stretched Cluster and Edge. 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
- 12 hours instructor led theory and review. Students will be expected to complete some lab time between class times
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:
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- Familiarity with Cisco Hyperflex
- Familiarity with Cisco UCS
- Familiarity with Server Virtualization
- L2 and L3 Networking Concepts
Duration
3 Days (4.0 hours per day)
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FAQ:
What will happen after I complete my registration?
- Only the person who made the registration will get an ‘Acknowledgment Email’ from learning@housley.com.au. If you don’t see it in your Inbox please check your Junk Mail.
- The person from the ‘Student Details’ field will not get the ‘Acknowledgement Email’, the person who made the registration on the student’s behalf should inform them that they have registered them in the workshop.
What if I didn’t get an acknowledgement email?
- You may directly contact the coordinator at bellesantos@housley.com.au or learning@housley.com.au to check your registration status.
When will I get the Workshop logistics?
- Once the class is Confirmed to Run, each student who registered on the workshop will get the “Workshop Confirmation and Logistics” email from bellesantos@housley.com.au
- Workshop will be Confirmed to Run once we have reached the minimum number to run the class.
What emails should I be expecting from Housley?
- Acknowledgement Email – right after the registration
- Workshop Confirmation and Logistics – once the workshop is ‘Confirmed to Run’
- Reminder + Updated Workshop Logistics – 1 week before the commencement including the WebEx Session details and other important information
- Reminder – Workshop Tomorrow – a day before the workshop
Why there are no dates available?
- Each workshop schedule has a maximum capacity of 20 students. Once the workshop is Full, the date will not be visible on the Website.
Module 1: Operating and Maintaining Hyperflex
- Did you know Hyperflex can…?
- Post Install Actions
- hx_post_install
- vCenter plugin
- Security Hardening
- SED configuration
- Enabling HX Boost Mode
- Day-to-day maintenance
- Seven things to know to make Hyperflex go
- Optional Operations
Module 2: Cisco HyperFlex Architecture
- Hyperflex Node Choices
- 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 3: Understanding UCS/HX Management options
- UCS Architecture
- UCS OOB/Inband Management
- Migrating from OOB to inband (UCSM)
- Hypervisor vSwitch Arrangement
Module 4: Managing Hyperflex using Intersight
- Cisco Intersight Overview
- Cisco Intersight Licensing
- Cisco Intersight Key Components
- Accessing Cisco Intersight
- User Addition and RBAC
- Cisco Intersight GUI
Module 5: Multi-site Cisco Hyperflex
- Cisco HyperFlex Edge Cluster Overview
- Networking options
- Cisco HyperFlex Stretched Cluster Overview
- Failure Scenarios
Module 6: 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 7: Cisco Hyperflex Backup and HA Options
- Integration with 3rd Party Backup
- Veeam
- CommVault
- Cohesity
- HX Replication
Lab outline
- HyperFlex Demo Environment
- Operations with HyperFlex Connect
- Accessing the Housley Remote Lab Environment
- Adding a VLAN to HX
- Removing a VLAN from HX
- Investigate Cisco Intersight
- HyperFlex Cluster Replication
- HyperFlex with Veeam Availability Suite