CLDADM – Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration

This course will help prepare you for the CCNA Cloud certification, an associate-level certification specializing in cloud technologies. Upon completing this course, you will be armed with the necessary knowledge and skills to perform the essentials of cloud administration and operations.

Audience

• Data center engineers who wish to add cloud knowledge to their data center skills
• Network engineers who are looking to develop their careers with cloud knowledge and skills

Learning Objectives

• Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco Prime Service Catalog
• Virtual Application Container Services
• Identify the components of the Cisco cloud management software solution
• Understand the fundamentals of cloud infrastructure administration
• Reporting and charge-back
• Provision clouds using pre-configured templates
• Perform cloud management, monitoring, and remediation

1. Cisco Cloud Technologies Overview

• Cloud Environments
• The Virtual Infrastructure
• Cisco UCS Director Overview
• Cisco Cloud Solution

2. Cisco Cloud Administration

• Administering the Portal in Cisco UCS Director
• VM Operations in Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco PSC Services

3. Cisco Cloud Provisioning

• Deploying Cisco UCS Templates with Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco UCS Director Application Containers
• Cisco Virtual Application Container Services Basics

4. Cloud Systems Management and Monitoring

• System Monitoring in Cisco UCS Director
• Monitoring Dashboards in Cisco UCS Director
• Reporting in Cisco UCS Director (CloudSense)
• Creating Budget and Resource Limits in Cisco UCS Director
• Cisco UCS Performance Manager

5. Cloud Remediation

• Configuring Serviceability Options
• Logs for Root Cause Analysis
• Backup Cisco UCS Director Configurations