Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions – Second Edition

Product Description

Discover how to simplify your data center architecture, reduces costs, and improve speed and agility with Cisco UCS at your side
About This Book

Learn how to reduce equipment and operating costs, consolidate resources, and automate data center processes
Eliminate manual, time-consuming tasks that were traditionally required to connect servers in data centers
A practical hands-on guide that will help you to deploy servers and application stacks with ease

Who This Book Is For
This book is for system, network, and storage administrators who are responsible for Cisco UCS deployments. You need to have basic knowledge of server architecture, network, and storage technologies.
What You Will Learn

Set up your Lab using Cisco UCS Emulator
Configure Cisco UCS, LAN, and SAN connectivity
Create and manage Service profiles
Perform various tasks using UCS
Backup and restore Cisco UCS configuration
Test various Cisco UCS scenarios
Manage and automate multiple domains

In Detail
Cisco Unified Computer System (UCS) is a powerful solution for modern data centers and is responsible for increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
This hands-on guide will take you through deployment in Cisco UCS. Using real-world examples of configuring and deploying Cisco UCS components, we’ll prepare you for the practical deployments of Cisco UCS data center solutions. If you want to develop and enhance your hands-on skills with Cisco UCS solutions, this book is certainly for you.
We start by showing you the Cisco UCS equipment options

About the Author

Anuj Modi (@vConsultant) is a senior consulting engineer in the Advanced Service Group at Cisco Systems and has worked in architecting and implementing Cisco’s cloud and data center solutions. He has more than 14 years’ experience in the IT industry, including serving various roles as IT manager at IndSwift, senior system admin at Computer Science Corporation, and virtualization consultant at Hewlett Packard. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer applications and many industry-standard certifications, such as MCSE, VCP, ITIL, and CCA. He has co-authored a book on VMware NSX and Cisco Unified Computing System. His primary focus is orchestrating and automating infrastructures for private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions with Cisco and third-party products. He has extensive experience in data center assessment, and planning, designing, implementing, and optimizing infrastructure, and helping customers build and migrate to next-generation data centers.