<p style="margin:0px">This is Cisco's official, comprehensive self-study resource for preparing for the new Introducing Cisco Cloud Administration (210-455 CLDADM) certification exam. Designed for all CCNA Cloud candidates, it covers every objective concisely and logically, with extensive teaching features designed to promote retention and understanding. You'll find:</p><ul><li><div style="margin:0px">Pre-chapter quizzes to assess knowledge upfront and focus your study more efficiently</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Foundation topics sections that explain concepts and configurations, and link theory to practice</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Key topics sections calling attention to every figure, table, and list you must know</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Exam Preparation sections with additional chapter review features</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Final preparation chapter providing tools and a complete final study plan</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">A customizable practice test library</div></li></ul><p style="margin:0px">This guide's comprehensive, up-to-date coverage includes:</p><ul><li><div style="margin:0px">Comparing cloud operational models: public, private, and hybrid</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Understanding the business value of cloud technologies, and the business journey towards fully embracing them</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Using cloud automation to reduce operating expense and eliminate redundancy</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Establishing your cloud operations roadmap</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Working with Cisco's cloud automation and orchestration suites: UCS Director and CIAC</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Using UCS Performance Monitor and Prime Infrastructure to manage and monitor cloud environments</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Establishing your pool of physical and virtual cloud resources</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Managing users and groups via role based access control</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Administering virtual machines</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Deploying virtual application containers to logically separate tenants</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Implementing service catalogs, chargeback, billing, and reporting</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Verifying that services have been provisioned as requested</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Using UCS Performance Monitor to track performance and manage capacity</div></li><li><div style="margin:0px">Using Prime Services Catalog, UCS Director, and Prime Infrastructure together to monitor cloud systems and fix problems</div></li></ul>