HK920S - HP Matrix Operating Environment: Infrastructure Administration

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Duration: 3 Days Overview: This 3 day course covers how to effectively utilize and manage the HP Matrix Operating Environment. The HP Matrix Operating Environment is covered in depth. Target Audience: Experienced c-class Blade Administrators, engineers and consultants who will manage & administer the HP CloudSystem Matrix solution in their environments HP Customers, Partners or HP Internal Employees Expectation is students have deep understanding of HP BladeSystem technologies and Insight Management software Pre-requisites: Before attending this course, students MUST have at least one out of four requirements below TRAINING and HP BladeSystem experience: HE646X c-class Blade Administration training, or Standard deliveries of all 3 HE646S, HE643S and HK758S Blades, Insight Control and Virtual Connect courses or Attended tailored or Custom Training event through HP Education that covered administration topics from the above courses, or Equivalent HP BladeSystem ProLiant administration experience >2 years. At Course Completion: After completing this course, students will be able to: Understand technical details and business value of HP CloudSystem Matrix solution and Converged Infrastructure Be able to manage and optimise a HP CloudSystem Matrix environment Outline: Expand All Module 1: Introduction to HP CloudSystem Matrix & Converged Infrastructure Lessons What is a 'Converged Infrastructure'? How do I build a Converged Architecture? - HP BladeSystem - Virtual Connect and VCEM - Insight Management portfolio - Insight Control - Capacity Advisor - HP StorageWorks - Storage Provisioning Manager - Remote replication HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment management functionality Review environment dashboard Explain how HP Virtual Connect with HP VCEM enables advanced functionality of HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment Module 2: Self Service Portal Lessons Demonstration: - Infrastructure Lab 1 Using Self-Service Portal Cost of Services conveyed via the portal Lease Periods How IT published a catalog of Services to set standard configurations Module 3: Designer Lessons IO Designer Import Cloudmaps Chargeback Workflows Lab 2: Using the designer tool Using IO Designer Create templates for physical and virtual machine deployment Module 4: Managing HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment with dynamic Infrastructure Provisioning Lessons Infrastructure Orchestration Resource Pools - Software, Network, Storage, Server, Users Deployment Strategies, physical and virtual. vSphere, vCenter, Server Automation, Insight Control Virtual machine management (Hyper-V), Insight Control Server Deployment (RDP) and Ignite Lab 3 Create a software pool entry Impact of network pools on service deployment Storage pool wizard Server pool wizard – assign users to the pools Deployment of virtual machine Deployment of physical machine Module 5: Continuous Consolidation and planning with the HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment Lessons Describe HP Matrix Operating Environment capacity planning functionality to optimize infrastructure confidently Using Capacity Advisor - Server Consolidation - Server Virtualisation - Scenarios and Smart Solver - Utilisation limits - Comparison Reports Lab 4 Customise the interface Capacity Advisor Setup, collecting and examining data Lab 5 Using Capacity Advisor for Server Consolidation Utilisation reports Running resource usage reports Lab 6 System Consolidation with Power Calculations Power comparison reports Module 6: Energy aware planning with the HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment Lessons Review HP Thermal Logic capabilities: - Intelligent Power Discover - Data Center Environmental Edge - HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure - ProLiant Power Regulator - Dynamic Power Capping - Platinum Power Supply - Sea of Sensors Perform consolidation review using planning tools Data Center Smart Grid HP Energy Efficiency Services HP Performance Optimised Data Center Lab 7 Performing power management review Module 7: Improving service delivery with Infrastructure Protection and Recovery Functionality Lessons HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment and support to enable optional data protection Recovery options from ISVs and HP HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment also offers recovery management capability for certain enterprise environments Differentiate data protection and disaster recovery products Describe HP Insight Management availability and recovery solutions Describe the process for configuring an environment to implement HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment recovery management Lab 8 / Demonstration Setup and failover of logical server failure Module 8: Expanding BladeSystem Solution with CSA for Matrix Lessons Discussion on how HP management software and Matrix fit together Review capabilities and value of Cloud Service Automation for Matrix Demonstration and Discussion -Site scope -HP Server Automation Lab 9/ Demonstration Demonstrate building a template using CSA for Matrix Module 9: Building out Converged Infrastructure Lessons Practical use case study review Learning check of customer objectives Course wrap-up and practical Approach of bringing your company to CI and how to introduce HP CloudSystem Matrix into your Data Center: - Next steps - Best practices - Matrix planning, conversion, installation, sizing, high availability, setup services, SDR process - HP CloudSystem Matrix and Converged Infrastructure Roadmap - Customer Example - CIMM (Converged Infrastructure Maturity Model) tool - Wrap-up Appendix A: Demo Portal Lessons Example configuring storage, network, and server pools. HP Demo portal: www.hp.com/go/matrixdemos Configuration steps for HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment recovery functionality. Appendix B: HP Service Pack for ProLiant