UCSDAV: Advanced UCS Director Orchestration and Workflows

Advanced UCS Director Orchestration and Workflows (UCSDAV) is a two-day advanced UCS Director workshop that enables participants to configure UCS Director software to manage integrated infrastructure. Participants of this Cisco UCS training course will be given a set of requirements to implement using the UCS Director solution on an infrastructure using various scenarios. Grow in your understanding of Cloupia Script, creating custom tasks, deploying PowerShell Scripting, implementing SSH Scripting, and much more in this Cisco UCS class devoted to Advanced UCS Director Orchestration and Workflows.

What's Included

• Comprehensive study materials, including official Cisco courseware
• Remote lab access

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with Cisco UCS Director

Course Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Create more complex Self Service Portals
• Provide Advanced Catalog Options
• Designing an Advanced Workflow
• Deploy Application Containers
• Implement SSH Scripting
• Develop Compound Tasks
• Deploy PowerShell Scripting
• Use Cloupia Script
• Create Custom Tasks using the API

Course Outline

Module 1: Advanced Orchestration

• Lesson 1: Tasks and Workflows
• Lesson 2: Workflow Templates
• Lesson 3: Advanced Catalog
• Lesson 4: Workflow Designer

Module 2: Data Center Operation

• Lesson 1: Chargeback
• Lesson 2: Reporting
• Lesson 3: Building custom reports using the report builder

Module 3: Application Containers

• Lesson 1: Understanding Application Containers

Module 4: Understanding Advanced Tasks

• Lesson 1: Task Library & Inputs
• Lesson 2: CLI & SSH Task
• Lesson 3: Understanding Compound Tasks
• Lesson 4: Custom Tasks

Module 5: Open Automation Troubleshooting

• Lesson 1: UCS Director Restart
• Lesson 2: Module Loading
• Lesson 3: Report Errors
• Lesson 4: Feature Loading
• Lesson 5: Report Registration

Module 6: REST API- Automation

• Lesson 1: UCS Director Developer Tools
• Lesson 2: Accessing REST using a REST client
• Lesson 3: Accessing REST using the REST API browser

Module 7: Open Automation SDK

• Lesson 1: Overview
• Lesson 2: Open Automation vs. Custom Tasks
• Lesson 3: Use Cases

Module 8: UCS Director PowerShell API

• Lesson 1: Cisco UCS Director PowerShell Console
• Lesson 2: Installing & Configuring
• Lesson 3: Working with Cmdlets

Module 9: Cloupia Script

• Lesson 1: Structure
• Lesson 2: Inputs & Outputs
• Lesson 3: Design
• Lesson 4: Examples

Labs

• Lab 1: Self Service Portal creation
• Lab 2: Advanced Catalog Options
• Lab 3: Designing an Advanced Workflow
• Lab 4: Application Containers
• Lab 5: SSH Scripting
• Lab 6: Compound Task
• Lab 7: PowerShell Scripting
• Lab 8: Cloupia Script
• Lab 9: Custom Tasks & the API