The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows: •Cisco Certified Network Associate Data Center (CCNA Data Center) or equivalent knowledge and experience •Server operating systems, hypervisor and virtualization familiarity •CI-ICSNS Attendance of the following Cisco learning offerings is recommended to fully benefit from this course: •Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI)

This course covers the implementation and operation of Cisco UCS in the data center, and is designed to serve the needs of engineers and technicians who implement Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) B-Series Blade Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers. You will be guided through rack installation and provisioning of server hardware, operating systems, hypervisors, and applications. Much of the content is devoted to management and maintenance.