VxRail Educational Resource Palooza!

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VxRail education related resources:

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Leading Training

List of VxRail Training: Expand “Training > Converged Infrastructure” and select “VxRail” for all VxRail training.

List of VxRail Training [Free]: Expand “Training > Converged Infrastructure” and select “VxRail” for all VxRail training, Set "Min" and "Max" Price to 0.

Innovative Offerings                      

On-Demand Lab: Expand “Type” and select “On Demand Lab”. Look for “VxRail” in search results. This is the same lab environment as used in the VxRail Administration instructor led course.

Learning Accelerator Program: As stated in the Program Overview data sheet "Dell Technologies work closely with your business and technology stakeholders to understand your business objectives and pain points. Dell Learning
Architects will conduct an in-depth learning needs analysis leveraging both skill surveys and interviews of key stakeholders to:
• Evaluate the skills of targeted professionals;
• Examine past training history;
• Develop a customized training strategy focused on closing skill gaps and achieving defined business objectives."

Learning Hub: Explore bundles of educational resources such as on-demand labs, on-demand training, Tech Exchange Live, Tech Exchange on-demand, Virtual Classes, Proven Professional exam preparation videos and exam voucher, Instructor Sessions, and more...

Proven Professional Certification (New Framework)

Proven Professional Certification (General overview, original framework)

• Dell VxRail Deploy 2023 Exam: D-VXR-DY-23 
• Dell VxRail Operate 2023 Exam: D-VXR-OE-23

Tech Exchange [Free]: 60-minute, live and on-demand events featuring leading-edge VxRail topics. The live events feature question and answer periods throughout.

Instructor Sessions: 4-hour, live, interactive, comprehensive, dynamic, comprehensive session delivered by a pair of instructors on leading-edge VxRail Topics.

Instructor Hours: 2-Hour, live, question and answer session with a pair of instructors covering VxRail 7.0.XXX Administration topics.

VxRail Education Community: Conversations, posts, blogs, and podcasts centered around VxRail education topics and resources.

VxRail Resources 

Dell Support site [Requires Login] VxRail Documentation, Software, Knowledge Base Articles, and Advisories

InfoHub: Guides, Videos, Blogs, Podcasts, and Related Resources.

Dell VxRail Documentation Quick Reference List: Summary and link to prominent VxRail documentation.

Ansible Galaxy: Ansible Modules for VxRail.

GitHub: Ansible Modules for VxRail. It may also include in-development modules before they are posted to Ansible Galaxy. 

Automation Community: Used to support potential issues with the Ansible Modules for VxRail or the VxRail API PowerShell Modules. Both sets of modules ultimately use the VxRail RESTful API. If the issue is believed to be server-side, that is the VxRail RESTful API hosted by the VxRail Manager system, contact Dell Support instead.

Automation Services for Dell Products: Dell provides automation services where Dell implements workflows for common automation use cases that are either "Done For" or "Done With" a customer. The workflows are built as Ansible playbooks. Look for VxRail Solution Briefs on the Services page. The VxRail Solution Briefs contain a list of use cases.

Dell Technologies Developer portal: VxRail RESTful API documentation 

VCF on VxRail Administration Guide: This resource is hosted by VMware. Make sure to select the VCF on VxRail version (4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 etc.) applicable to your needs. This document is designed to be used in concert with SolVe which details typical VCF on VxRail administrative tasks.

SolVe Online [Requires Login]: Used to generate step-by-step instructions specific to your VxRail model, version, and configuration. See my “Better call SolVe” post for needless details.

VxRail Configuration portal [Must be invited by your Dell Implementation team]: Describes the process of implementing a VxRail. Provides links to VxRail related implementation resources. Used to create a JSON file used for VxRail deployment.

Dell Demo Center: [Customer facing service requiring registration]: Search for "VxRail". Contains hands-on labs and interactive demonstrations.

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