Design and Implementation of Cisco Unified Computing Solutions

New Data Center Training Courses at Fast Lane

8 February 2010 – The Cisco Learning Solutions Partner Fast Lane has added two new official Cisco training courses to its portfolio. These are !Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCD) and !Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing (DCUCI). The IT training specialist has yet again extended its range of courses focusing on data center. The new courses are intended primarily for system and network engineers.

UCSThe five-day DCUCD training course provides participants with the skills and knowledge necessary for designing scaleable Data Center Unified Computing solutions based on the latest Cisco technologies. The course looks in detail at aspects such as the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco Nexus Switches and Catalyst 6500 in Virtual Switching Systems (VSS). The course provides the ideal preparation for certification as a “Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Design Specialist“. The training sessions cover issues such as performance characteristics, recommended analysis tools, and sizing and migration processes, as well as success criteria and ROI calculations. Practical learning exercises allow participants to become familiar with the UCS environment.

An overview of the DCUCD course content:

  • Data Centre Computing Solutions: components and benefits
  • Unified Computing System Implementation
  • Evaluating existing Data Center Computing Solutions
  • Designing Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Solutions
  • Evaluating Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Solutions


Data Center Unified Computing Implementation

The new five-day DCUCI course provides participants with comprehensive skills and knowledge about Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS) as well as about the implementation of a virtualised data center environment. The training also looks at the implementation of UCS in an enterprise data center routing & switching infrastructure with the Cisco Nexus product family. The training involves participants learning key aspects by means of practical laboratory exercises. The course provides the ideal preparation for certification as a “Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Support Specialist“..

An overview of the DCUCI course content:

  • Benefits of Cisco UCS in today’s Data Center environments
  • Cisco’s Unified Computing System: UCS hardware components & UCS features
  • User Management
  • Chassis Array Manager (CAM)
  • Implementation of Server Resources via the UCS
  • Maintaining a Cisco Unified Computing System
  • Monitoring, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting the UCS
  • Designing UCS Deployment