This lab will guide and educate you on what the F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes is, how it is deployed with NVIDIA DOCA, and how it will ultimately help show the gains in offloading traffic to DPUs instead of tying up resources for your applications on the CPU of the physical K8 host.

In this hands-on lab, you'll learn how to set up a disconnected installation of OpenShift, allowing you to deploy and manage OpenShift clusters in environments without direct internet access. You'll begin by downloading the necessary OpenShift components on a connected host, transferring them to a disconnected host, and proceeding with installing OpenShift on bare metal servers using the agent-based installer. By the end of this lab, you'll have a fully functional, disconnected OpenShift cluster. This lab is ideal for users working in secure or isolated environments where external connectivity is restricted or non-existent.

Red Hat OpenShift AI, formerly known as Red Hat OpenShift Data Science, is a platform designed to streamline the process of building and deploying machine learning (ML) models. It caters to both data scientists and developers by providing a collaborative environment for the entire lifecycle of AI/ML projects, from experimentation to production. In this lab, you will explore the features of OpenShift AI by building and deploying a fraud detection model. This environment is built ontop of Dell R660's and Intel Xeon's 5th generation processors.