VSDESIGN – Designing the VersaStack™ Solution

Short Course Description

2 Day

Course Overview

Designing the VersaStack™ Solution is a 2-day intensive training with hands-on labs that prepares the Cisco or IBM Partner Systems Engineers to properly position and design the VersaStack Solution while comparing it to various Integrated Infrastructure Solutions. A thorough explanation of the benefits and advantages of using VersaStack with Cisco Nexus 9000 and Cisco MDS Switches will help you understand the Cisco-IBM ecosystem while allowing you to visualize how Cisco UCS and IBM Storwize work together to enhance compute, network, and storage in the data center. Cisco UCS Director and IBM Storwize will be introduced as the management tools for the VersaStack solution. The lecture and hands-on-labs will provide you with a better understanding of the VersaStack solution providing you with the ideas and information needed to increase sales and explain the value of VersaStack to customers.

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills that a learner should have before attending this course are as follows:

• Familiarity with Data Center Compute, Networking, and Storage. Recommended training includes IBM StorWize, Cisco UCS, and Cisco Nexus
• Familiarity with Cisco UCS
• Understanding of data center networking, storage, and virtualization concepts

Course Objectives

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

• Describe VersaStack Design Options
• Compare VersaStack to other Integrated Infrastructure Solutions
• Describe the Value Proposition and Available Services
• Explain VersaStack working with Cisco Nexus 9000 and MDS Switches
• Understand IBM Storwize working with Cisco UCS
• Describe Managing VersaStack with IBM Storwize and Cisco UCS Director
• Explain the Post-Sales Process