With this course, you will be able to learn how to setup Cisco UCS Platform Emulator in your own virtual environment. We will show you how to download necessary software such as Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, VMware Workstation etc. and then step by step we will understand the order to install related software. After these necessary steps, we will learn how to setup Cisco UCS Platform Emulator to create topologies that we want to emulate.

On this course, first we will know our devices. We will learn Cisco UCS B Series which are blade servers, Cisco UCS C series which are rack servers, we will also learn about Fabric Extenders and lastly we will understand Fabric Interconnects, why we need them and why they are important to us. After discussing UCS related devices, we will talk about VMware Workstation Pro, how it can help us emulate UCS and how to create a Cisco username and password and after creating Cisco account, we will learn how we will get the download rights for our Cisco UCS Platform Emulator. After downlaoding Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, we will learn how we can setup UCSPE and which settings we need to apply. After we implement them, we will continue to deal with UCS Platform Emulator itself. This is a great product to learn Cisco UCS and emulate your topologiers before making a decision to buy or setup.

Introduction To Chapter 1 Softwares We Will Use

Cisco UCS B Series Blade Chassis and Servers

Cisco UCS C Series Rack Servers

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator Overview

VMware Workstation Pro Download and Install

How To Create An Account On Cisco Site

How To Download Cisco UCS Platform Emulator

Introduction To Chapter 2 Cisco UCS Platform Emulator Installation

Installing UCS Platform Emulator

Configuring IP Address For UCS Platform Emulator

System Settings and VM Console Options Of UCS Platform Emulator

Introduction To Chapter 3 How To Use Cisco UCS Platform Emulator

Equipment Tab For UCS Platform Emulator

Hardware Inventory Overview For UCS Platform Emulator

Adding A New Chassis and A Rack Server

Adding A New Fabric Extender and A Blade Server

Adding A New Hard Disk Drive Expansion Tray and Fans PSUs

Modifying and Duplicating Chassis Servers and FEXs

Inserting Removing and Deleting Hardware From UCS Manager

Connectivity of Links Management For Devices

Import and Export Configurations

First Login To UCS Manager and Final Remarks