This is a self-study technical course that is designed for senior engineers and IT professionals. It shows you how to deploy and use the Cisco HyperFlex™ data platform to support multicloud workloads. You will become familiar with HyperFlex components and learn how to install, design, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco HyperFlex to support highly scalable and resilient multicloud implementations. You will also gain hands-on experience focused on installation, management, maintenance, and native replication, and you will explore cluster technologies as well as Cisco Intersight.™
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Describe hyperconvergence, Cisco HyperFlex, and the components of Cisco HyperFlex
- Explain the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) and what makes it valuable to business
- Describe how Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) and HX maintenance mode work
- Describe the physical components of Cisco HyperFlex
- Install and expand Regular vSphere Cisco HyperFlex
- Manage your Cisco HyperFlex VMware ESXi-based cluster
- Describe how to maintain Cisco HyperFlex
- • Design a Cisco HyperFlex solution and explain third-party data restore solutions
- Protect the data on your Cisco HyperFlex cluster using replication and data at rest encryption
- Describe a stretched cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
- Describe an Edge cluster and how is it different from a standard cluster
- Describe a HyperV-based cluster and how is it different from an ESXi-based cluster
- Design a multicloud datacenter with Cisco HyperFlex
- Perform basic troubleshooting tasks and explain Cisco Intersight
- Explain Cisco HyperFlex releases beyond 3.5(1a)
This Cisco self-paced course is designed to be as effective as classroom training. Course content is presented in easilyconsumable segments via both Instructor Video and text. Interactivity is enabled through Discovery labs, content review questions, and graded Challenge labs and tests. This makes the learning experience hands-on, increasing course effectiveness, and provides students direct feedback on how well they have mastered the material. And gamification features are built in, including earning badges and a leaderboard, to encourage better performance.