Designing the FlexPod Solution (FPDESIGN)

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: FlexPod Solution Overview

• Changes and challenges to Data Management
• Introduction to FlexPod solutions
• FlexPod datacenter architectures
• FlexPod workloads

Module 2: Designing a FlexPod Solution

• FlexPod design principles
• Design methodology
• FlexPod sizing and design tools

Module 3: FlexPod Components

• Compute layer
• Network layer
• Storage layer
• FlexPod management

Module 4: Analysis of Validated FlexPod Designs

• FlexPod datacenter with vSphere 6.5U1 CVD
• FlexPod datacenter with Microsoft SQL Server 2017 on Linux VM on VMware and Hyper-V
• FlexPod Express with VMware vSphere 6.7U1 and NetApp AFF A220 with Direct-Attached IP-Based storage
• FlexPod datacenter with VMware Horizon View 7.3 and VMware vSphere 6.5 U1 with Cisco UCS Manager 3.2 for 5000 seats
• FlexPod datacenter with VMware 6.5 U1 and Cisco ACI 3.1

Appendix:

• VDI project planning and solution sizing questions

Labs:

• Extracting customer requirements and challenges
• Select appropriate hardware based on workload variables
• Explore workloads and capacity with FlexPod components
• Select appropriate hardware based on workload variable