Cisco HyperFlex solutions enhance data center efficiency, agility, and
resiliency by tightly integrating core infrastructure (compute, storage,
networking, and system management), increasing automation, and
simplifying lifecycle management. This authoritative, comprehensive
guide brings together knowledge, detailed configuration options, and
real-world case studies for successfully deploying Cisco HyperFlex
technologies in environments of all types.
Three expert authors present easy-to-understand overviews of key
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) concepts, show how HyperFlex
technologies apply them, and present detailed reference examples with
topologies, configurations, and verifications for each major feature.
Drawing on extensive experience helping Cisco customers adopt HyperFlex,
they present best practices for optimizing design, streamlining
deployment, avoiding pitfalls, and maximizing value.
This guide will be indispensable to every IT and network professional,
manager, or consultant involved in planning, deploying, or operating
Cisco HyperFlex or evaluating any HCI solution. Reflecting current
trends in HCI deployment, it will be valuable in both small-scale
environments and large-scale data centers.
- Explore how and why data centers have evolved from traditional to
converged and hyperconverged infrastructure
- Review the essentials of HyperFlex hyperconverged infrastructure
connectivity
- Understand HyperFlex Data Platform architecture, components,
topologies, and supported hardware
- Compare HyperFlex standard, stretch, and edge clusters, and understand
their respective roles
- Install and deploy each type of Cisco HyperFlex cluster, including
preparation, prerequisites, and components
- Manage HyperFlex via HyperFlex Connect: HX storage cluster status,
components, encryption, replication, and more
- Maintain HyperFlex: clustering, virtual machine management, native
snapshots, ReadyClones, and more
- Scale HyperFlex clusters, replace hardware, and upgrade software
- Configure and manage advanced HyperFlex Data Platform disaster
recovery features
- Integrate supported third-party data protection solutions, including
Veeam Availability Suite, Cohesity, and Commvault
- Utilize the cloud-based Cisco Intersight platform to deploy
HyperFlexAnywhere, including edge and standard clusters
