Plan szkolenia
Module 1: XP8 Array Concepts and
Hardware • Architecture overview
• XP8 building blocks
• Component details
• Terminology
Module 2: Remote Web Console
• Management options
• Web console architecture
• Web client requirements
• Web console navigation
Module 3: Command Line Interface
• Setup RAID Manager
• Send commands to SVP in-band and out of band
• Authenticate with SVP
• List array configuration
Module 4: Introduction to Intelligent
Storage Manager (ISM)
• Intelligent Storage Manager features
• Architecture
• GUI highlights
• Logical Group concept
Module 5: Volume Management
• Custom volumes
• Custom volume overview
• Volume usage
• Capacity expansion enabled parity groups
• Command line for volume management
• Volume Shredder
• Data retention
Module 6: LUN Management
• Fibre port management
• Host groups
• Host modes
• Fibre port topology and settings
• Create LUNs and command devices
• Command line for LUN management
• Use of the XPInfo tool
• Multi-pathing solutions
Module 7: XP Thin Provisioning and
SMART Tiers
• What is thin provisioning (THP)?
• THP operation sequence
• THP pools
• Subscription limits
• Rebalancing THP pools
• Monitoring pool and THP volume space usage
• THP Smart Tiers
• Capacity expansion enabled FMD pools
Module 8: Cache Partitioning
• With and without cache partitions
• Cache Logical Partitions (CLPRs)
Module 9: External Storage
• Overview and features
• External storage path modes
• Cache mode
• Use with cache partitions
• Configure external ports
• Configure external volumes
• Power on and off order
Module 10: Performance Monitor and
Performance Control (PFC)
• Data collection
• Viewing collected data
• XP QOS Performance Control (PFC)
• Performance Control RAID Manager commands
Module 11: Performance Advisor
• Product overview
• Collecting array and host information
• Management Station: components
• Host agents and clients
• Installing and logging on to Performance Advisor
• Performance Advisor GUI
• PA licensing
• Configuration data collection
• Creating charts
• Generating and scheduling reports
Module 12: Business Copy
• Business Copy terminology
• Full copy vs. Fast Snap comparison
• Business Copy operations and states
• Configuring Business Copy with RWC
• Configuring Business Copy with RAID Manager
Module 13: Auto LUN
• Tiered storage approach
• Auto LUN migration
• Auto LUN tasks
• Auto LUN migration configuration
Module 14: Fast Snap (Snapshots)
• Fast Snap overview
• Fast Snap components
• Floating snapshots
• Snapshot states
• Cascade snapshots
• Fast Snap Clone
Module 15: Performance Advisor
• Continuous Access overview
• Continuous Access Synchronous overview
• Fence levels
• Continuous Access Journal overview
• CA Journal link requirements
• 3 Data Center CA model
Module 16: XP High Availability Concepts
• HA vs CA Synchronous comparison
• Virtual DKC (virtual storage machine) concepts
• HA I/O operation walkthrough
• HA components
• HA failure scenarios
• 3 Data Center HA model
Module 17: High Availability Setup
(Lecture Only)
• Array to array connections
• Setup quorum device
• Configuring Virtual DKC (VSM)
• Pair creation
• ALUA configuration
• HA configuration with CVAE
Module 2 Lab: Remote Web Console
• Remote web console navigation
Module 3 Lab: RAID Manager CLI
• Installing and configuring RAID manager
– Windows
– Linux
• Using raidcom commands
Module 4 Lab: Volume Management
• Creating basic volumes
• Creating thin provisioned volumes
Module 5 Lab: LUN Management and
Host Connectivity
• Finding the WWNs of your HBAs
– Windows
– Linux
• XP ports
• Allocate volumes
• Xpinfo
Module 6 Lab:Thin Provisioning
• Creating thin provisioning pools
• Creating thin provisioning V:VOLs
• Monitoring pool usage using the raidcom CLI
• Writing to ThP volumes: consuming space in the pool
• Maintaining the pool
• Expanding a thin provisioned volume
Module 9 Lab: Performance Monitor and
Performance Control
• Lab setup
• Run a workload
• Monitor performance using Performance Monitor
• Configure PFC
• Experiment with performance monitor
Module 10 Lab: Using Performance
Advisor
• XP PA data import
• Observe the performance of the array through PA charts
• Creating report from XP PA
• Performance advisor graphical view
• Preparing to collect PA data
• XP PA host agent installation
• Setup collection configuration and performance collection
Module 11 Lab: Business Copy
• XP BC: create, split, and resync pair
• XP BC resync pair: reverse copy
Module 12 Lab: AutoLUN Manual
Migration
• Perform a manual migration
• Verify migration
Module 13 Lab: Fast Snap (Snapshot)
• Setup
• Snap operations
• Cascade
• Clone
• Filling the pool
