MHNHC: Migrating HyperFlex to Nutanix on Hyperconverged Cisco (MHNHC)

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About this Course

Migrating from Hyperflex to Cisco Compute with Nutanix is a 3-day, hands-on, instructor-led training course intended for anyone requiring a better understanding of migrating to Cisco UCS with Nutanix in the data center.

The lab environment includes a 3-node Cisco Hyperflex (HX) cluster and a Cisco UCS Chassis with Nutanix AHV hypervisors managed by Prism. Both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors are available to practice with full migrations of VMs to Nutanix.

Course topics include Cisco UCS Service Profiles and their automation with Templates, Nutanix AHV and Prism installation and operations with the full details and impact of migrating workloads to Nutanix. Migrating from Hyperflex to Cisco Compute with Nutanix.

Audience Profile

Data Center Engineers
Nutanix Engineers and Administrators
Cisco Server Engineers
Data Center Architects
Consulting System Engineers
Cisco Integrators and Partners

At Course Completion

Gain knowledge required to successfully migrate HyperFlex to Nutanix on Hyperconverged Cisco
Understand Cisco UCS Server Administration
Describe UCS Manager
Understand Nutanix Cloud Solutions
Understand Nutanix Prism Central
Understand Nutanix Acropolis Operating System (AOS) and Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) concepts
Use Prism Central to create and monitor cluster networks
Understand and perform migration of workloads with Nutanix Move

Outline

Module 1: Cisco UCS Server Installation and Administration

Section 1: Describing Cisco UCS Server Hardware
Section 2: Describing Cisco UCS Connectivity
Section 3: Describing the Cisco HyperFlex HX Data Platform
Section 4: Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profiles
Section 5: Configuring Cisco UCS Service Profile Templates
Section 6: Describing Cisco UCS Policies for Service Profiles
Section 7: Implementing Cisco Intersight
Module 2: Cisco UCS Operations

Section 8: Implementing External Authentication Providers
Section 9: Implementing Key Management on Cisco UCS Manager
Section 10: Implementing RBAC on Cisco UCS
Section 11: Implementing Cisco UCS Firmware Updates
Section 12: Describing the Scripting Options for Cisco UCS Manager
Section 13: Implementing Monitoring on Cisco UCS Manager
Module 3: Nutanix Prism and Migration

Section 14: Getting Started with a Nutanix Cluster
Section 15: Configuring Cluster Networking
Section 16: Managing Images
Section 17: Creating Virtual Machines
Section 18: Managing Virtual Machines
Section 19: Configuring and Managing Cluster Storage
Section 20: Migrating Workloads with Nutanix Move
Labs:

Installation of UCS servers from Service Profile Templates (Instructor Demo)
Verification of Cisco UCS blades.
Verification of VMware ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-V based source Virtual Machines for migration
Installation of Nutanix Cluster on Cisco UCS (Instructor Demo)
Verification of Nutanix Cluster
Configuring Nutanix Cluster Networking
Managing Images with Nutanix
Creating Virtual Machines in Nutanix
Managing Virtual Machines in Nutanix
Configuring and Managing Nutanix Cluster Storage
Migrating VMs from ESXi and Hyper-V with Nutanix Move

Prerequisites

Fundamental Knowledge of UCS
Fundamental knowledge of Hypervisors
Basic Data Center Experience
Fundamentals of Data Center Servers
Basics of Operating Systems