Fast Lane Data Center Solutions
FL-FLEXPODAD
Architecture & Design for FlexPod

Who should attend:
This course is intended for the following audiences:
- System Engineers
- Data Center Systems engineers
- Data Center Field Engineers
- System Operators responsible for vSphere and vCenter Server
- Professionals who need to design, deploy, and configure the FlexPod solution
The following prerequisite skills and knowledge are recommended:
- Understanding of server system design and architecture
- Basic VMWare environment background
- Familiarity with Ethernet and TCP/IP networking
Architecture & Design for FlexPod (FLEXPODAD) is a highly focused 3-day course that provides a detailed understanding of how to design a FlexPod for VMware environment and FlexPod for Microsoft Private Cloud environments. FlexPod provides scalable infrastructure solutions with a predesigned base configuration for simplifying standardized data center infrastructure deployments.
This course will teach you to define the FlexPod architecture and explain the benefits of FlexPod as an end-to-end solution. You will also be able to describe key differentiators for the FlexPod architecture including the use of VMware and Hyper-V as the virtualization hypervisor.
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Define the FlexPod architecture components
- Explain the benefits of FlexPod as an end-to-end solution
- Define the FlexPod key differentiators
- Identify key customer objections and how to respond
- Define key requirements for sizing FlexPod components
- Define the elements of the FlexPod Deployment Guide
The course consists of the following modules in addition to course labs:
- FlexPod Solution Architecture Overview
- FlexPod for VMWare Deployment
- FlexPod Validated with Microsoft Private Cloud
- FlexPod DataCenter Solutions Sizing
- FlexPod Toolbox
- ExpressPod
- Clustered ONTAP FlexPod
- FlexPod vs vBlock
- FlexPod Implementation Summary
If you would like to know more about this course please contact us