Cisco Ultra M Deployment and Operations

The Cisco Ultra M Deployment and Operations self-paced course teaches you about the hardware components of the Cisco® Ultra M virtual packet core solution, including Cisco Nexus® spine and leaf switches and Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®) C240 M4S (Small Form Factor) servers. You will learn about the software components of the Ultra M solution, including the OpenStack Virtual Infrastructure Manager (VIM), the Ultra M Virtualized Network Function (VNF) architecture, and the Cisco Elastic Services Controller, and how the different components operate. The course also covers the operation and administration of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system in relation to the Ultra M Undercloud and Overcloud deployments. 

Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:

• Describe the Ultra M hardware and software
• Describe the features covered in the OpenStack component overview and deployment architecture
• Describe the Ultra M deployment architecture and operation
• Describe the Virtualized Packet Core-Distributed Instance (VPC-DI) architecture and packet flow
• Deploy and operate Ultra M

This new Cisco self-paced course is designed to be as effective as classroom training. Course content is presented in easily-consumable segments via both Instructor Video and text. Interactivity is enabled through Discovery Labs, content review questions, and graded Challenge labs and tests. This makes the learning experience hands-on, increasing course effectiveness, and provides students direct feedback on how well they have mastered the material. And gamification features are built in, including earning badges and a leaderboard, to encourage better performance.

Cisco Ultra M Deployment and Operations E-Learning