Preface

Cisco Unified Computer System (UCS) is a powerful solution for modern data centers that is responsible for increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Implementing Cisco UCS Solutions is an update to the previous version and provides a similar hands-on approach. With actual examples of configuring and deploying Cisco UCS components, this book prepares readers for real-world deployments of Cisco UCS data center solutions.

This book starts with a description of Cisco UCS equipment options and introduces Cisco UCS Emulator, which is an excellent resource for practically learning Cisco UCS component deployment. Subsequent chapters introduce all areas of UCS solutions with practical configuration examples.

You will be introduced to the Cisco UCS Manager, which is the centralized management interface for Cisco UCS. Once the reader establishes elementary acquaintance with UCS Manager, we go deep into configuring LAN, SAN, identity pools, resource pools, and service profiles for the servers. We also present miscellaneous administration topics, including backup, restore, user roles, and high availability cluster configuration. The last few chapters introduce virtualized networking, third-party integration tools, testing failure scenarios, and automating your infrastructure with Cisco UCS Director.

If you want to learn and enhance your hands-on skills with Cisco UCS solutions, this book is certainly for you. You will learn everything you need for the rapidly growing Cisco UCS deployments.