Learn to select the appropriate Cisco Intersight deployment model for data privacy compliance, differentiate between telemetry polling and streaming via WebSocket transport, and deploy Cisco Intersight Assist to securely proxy third-party APIs
Learn to operate, monitor, and support Cisco UCS X-Series infrastructure using Cisco Intersight, including customising dashboards, utilising global search, and applying tagging for efficient resource management
Claim and troubleshoot diverse infrastructure targets in a Private Virtual Appliance environment
Design and implement a multi-tenant administrative structure in Cisco Intersight using Organisations, Resource Groups, custom role-based access control, and IP Access Management
Explain the architecture of Cisco IMM, configure Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect ports, and create policy-based Domain, Chassis, and Server Profiles for Cisco UCS X-Series deployments
Describe the fundamental and advanced concepts of Cisco UCS server profiles, pools, and policies within Cisco Intersight
Learn to create, clone, and deploy server profiles and templates to efficiently manage standalone and Fabric Interconnect-attached servers, ensuring configuration consistency and rapid provisioning
Understand Cisco Intersight Virtualisation capabilities for managing, monitoring, and automating virtualised infrastructure across on-premises environments, including target claiming and workflow orchestration
Learn to integrate and monitor third-party storage arrays within Cisco Intersight and design policy-driven storage configurations for consistent, scalable Cisco UCS server deployments using Cisco Intersight Managed Mode
Execute coordinated fabric and server firmware upgrades with traffic evacuation and compliance validation
Explain how to design and execute unattended operating system installation workflows within Cisco Intersight using the Software Repository, Cisco-validated, Custom, and Embedded installation methods, placeholder variable configuration, password encryption, and CSV-based bulk deployment across Cisco UCS server infrastructure
Learn to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and secure Cisco UCS infrastructure using Cisco Intersight's Topology View, Metrics Explorer, Alarms, Syslog/SNMP policies, Security Advisories, and Audit logs
Learn to interpret, query, visualise, and analyse Cisco Intersight telemetry data using OTLP standards, the native Druid-powered Telemetry API, custom metric widgets, and capacity forecasting capabilities to deliver proactive infrastructure observability
Use Cisco Intersight’s proactive and reactive support tools to identify and resolve UCS hardware and firmware faults
Describe the capabilities of the Device Console application, navigate its GUI and CLI, and generate diagnostic data for troubleshooting Cisco UCS components
Systematically troubleshoot and resolve operational issues in Cisco IMM, including discovery failures, profile deployment errors, power and thermal violations, IMM Transition Tool failures, and emergency target unclaims
Integrate Cisco Intersight with ServiceNow and Splunk to make infrastructure telemetry visible, connected, and analysable across IT operations
There are no prerequisites for this training. However, the knowledge and skills you are recommended to have before attending this training are:
