Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System: Learn Cisco Ucs with Cisco Ucspe

The Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) can be found in the majority of data centers across the world. However, getting hands-on practice to learn this infrastructure can be difficult, as many companies will push to have it production-ready as soon as possible. Home-labs are also cost-prohibitive, cumbersome, electricity-hungry, and noisy.
So, how do you get hands-on experience? With Unified Computing System Platform Emulator (UCSPE) and this book. UCSPE is free and can run on a laptop. Using it along with this book, you will learn how to set up, manage and troubleshoot a UCS, including the fabric interconnects, chassis and IOMs, and servers through the GUI and the CLI. All from the comfort of your own home. Introducing Cisco Unified Computing System will show you how to set up a UCS (comparing the UCSPE to a real-world deployment), customize the hardware, configure the UCS system, and secure it.
You'll start by creating an organization and then the policies to control storage, networking, boot options, maintenance policies, and server pools. Once you have the required policies you'll use them to create service profiles (using the policies) and templates and assign these to the blade and rack-mount servers in the virtual environment. You'll also be looking at real-life scenarios such as upgrades (and downgrades), northbound networking, and Storage Area Networking (SAN) connectivity. Using the GUI and the CLI you'll look at real-world examples that data center engineers may encounter.
What You'll Learn

• Set up the Cisco UCSPE on VMWare
• Create UCS service profiles
• Secure the UCS system
• Troubleshoot the UCS

Who This Book Is For
Datacenter and network engineers and individuals studying for the CCNA and CCNP Cisco data center qualification.

思科統一計算系統（UCS）在全球大多數數據中心中都可以找到。然而，要獲得實踐經驗以學習這個基礎設施可能很困難，因為許多公司會盡快將其準備好投入生產。家庭實驗室也是成本高昂、笨重、耗電量大且嘈雜的。那麼，如何獲得實踐經驗呢？通過使用統一計算系統平台仿真器（UCSPE）和本書。UCSPE是免費的，可以在筆記本電腦上運行。通過與本書一起使用，您將學習如何設置、管理和疑難排解UCS，包括通過GUI和CLI設置互連、機箱和IOM以及伺服器。所有這些都可以在您舒適的家中完成。《介紹思科統一計算系統》將向您展示如何設置UCS（將UCSPE與實際部署進行比較）、自定義硬件、配置UCS系統並對其進行安全保護。您將首先創建一個組織，然後創建用於控制存儲、網絡、啟動選項、維護策略和伺服器池的策略。一旦您擁有所需的策略，您將使用它們來創建服務配置文件（使用策略）和模板，並將其分配給虛擬環境中的刀片伺服器和機架式伺服器。您還將研究升級（和降級）、北向網絡和存儲區域網絡（SAN）連接等實際情境。通過使用GUI和CLI，您將查看數據中心工程師可能遇到的實際案例。您將學到什麼：在VMWare上設置思科UCSPE、創建UCS服務配置文件、保護UCS系統、疑難排解UCS。本書適合數據中心和網絡工程師以及正在學習CCNA和CCNP思科數據中心資格的個人。

Stuart Fordham, CCIE 49337, is the Network Manager and Infrastructure Team Leader for SmartCommunications SC Ltd, which is the only provider of a cloud-based, next-generation customer communications platform. Stuart has written a series of books on SD-WAN, BGP, MPLS, VPNs, and NAT, as well as a CCNA study guide and a Cisco ACI Cookbook. He lives in the UK with his wife and twin sons.

Stuart Fordham（CCIE 49337）是SmartCommunications SC Ltd的網絡經理和基礎設施團隊負責人，該公司是唯一提供基於雲端的下一代客戶通訊平台的供應商。Stuart撰寫了一系列關於SD-WAN、BGP、MPLS、VPN和NAT的書籍，以及一本CCNA學習指南和一本Cisco ACI Cookbook。他與妻子和雙胞胎兒子居住在英國。