This 5-day course provides instruction on HP BladeSystem administration and HP Virtual Connect. Discussion of the portfolio overview ensures an understanding of components, configurations, and solutions.
Target Audience:
This course is intended for administrators, engineers and consultants who will manage and monitor of HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class blade servers.
Pre-requisites:
Before attending this course, it is recommended that students have attained the following credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:
HP Insight Foundation (HE643S) or similar experience is recommended
Key Participant Benefits:
Gain the ability to perform successful site planning and infrastructure design needed to deploy an HP c-Class BladeSystem solution
Understand the various servers and management tools which will be required in the solution
Be able to perform effective local and remote administration using HP Onboard Administrator
Understand the support processes for the HP BladeSystem components, enclosures and software
At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Review the HP c-Class BladeSystem Portfolio and equipment capabilities
Discuss the functional architecture of the ProLiant BL c-Class environment, including the servers, management infrastructure (Insight Display, Onboard Administrator and iLO), and power
HP BladeSystem Technologies on the ProLiant System Board
HP BladeSystem I/O Technologies
Intel Processor Technology
HP ProLiant Server Blades
HP Integrity Server Blades
Module 3: HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
HP BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
HP BladeSystem Initial Setup
HP BladeSystem Infrastructure
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
c-Class Enclosure Management and Reporting
c-Class Numbering Schemes
Appendix
Module 4: HP Integrated Lights-Out
iLO2
iLO3
Configuring iLO
Module 5: HP BladeSystem Power and Cooling
c-Class Power
c-Class Cooling
Module 6: HP BladeSystem c-Class Port Mapping
c7000 Port Mapping
c3000 Port Mapping
Module 7: HP BladeSystem c-Class Firmware
HP Smart Update Manager
Additional Firmware Update Tools
Firmware Embedded in the Onboard Administrator
Deploying Virtual Connect Firmware
Appendix
Module 8: HP Virtual Connect Overview
Introducing HP BladeSystem Virtual Connect
What is Virtual Connect?
Lab Guides:
Companion labs to the student guides that engage students in configuring management and monitoring components for the BladeSystem c-Class environment:
- ProLiant G7 Converged Network Adapter
- BladeSystem Insight Display
- HP Onboard Administrator (GUI and CLI)
- HP Integrated Lights-Out (GUI and CLI)
- HP Onboard Administrator (GUI and CLI)
- Using the HP Power Advisor
- Using the HP Smart Update Manager
- Mounting an ISO in the Onboard
- Administrator using the CLI
HP Virtual Connect & Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
Module 9: Virtual Connect overview
Describe the purpose of Virtual Connect in a datacenter
Compare the differences between Virtual Connect and an Ethernet switch
Describe how Virtual Connect configures the server
Describe Virtual Connect components
Module 10: Virtual Connect Ethernet
Select Virtual Connect components and connectivity options
Identify modules, ports, and connectors
Describe Virtual Connect Ethernet Failover
Module 11: Virtual Connect Fibre Channel
Select VC Fibre Channel options
Implement Server Side NPIV
Understand VC Fibre Channel Login
Balancing and Fail-over
Module 12: Introducing the Virtual Connect Manager
Pre-deployment Planning
Virtual Connect Basic Setup
Logical Flow for an Initial Setup
Using the CLI
Virtual Connect Failover and Configuration Backup
Lab: Basic Virtual Connect Manager Setup
Use the HP Virtual Connect wizards to complete the initial set up, which includes the following tasks:
- Logging into the VC Domain
- Running the Domain Setup Wizard
- Completing the Network Setup Wizard -Completing the Fibre Channel Setup Wizard
Make a Server Profile
Module 13: Virtual Connect Manager Advanced Features
Virtual Connect Firmware History and Enhancements:
- Native VLANs
- Fast MAC Cache Failover
- SmartLink
- IGMP Snooping
- Port monitoring -PXE settings
- Server VLAN Tag mapping -Private network mode-Virtual Server IDs
- Integrity Server Fibre Channel boot parameters
- Multiple Fibre Channel SAN Fabric Support-Certificates/Authentications -Multi-enclosure VC Domains
Module 14: Virtual Connect Domain
Virtual Connect Networking Definitions and Terminology
Virtual Connect vNets
VC Ethernet Best Practice
Module 15: Virtual Connect Profile
Configure VC profiles using the GUI and scripting
Module 16: Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
Managing Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
New in VCEM 6.2
VCEM Software Developers Toolkit (SDK)
Module 17: VC Flex-10 Overview
HP VC Flex-10 Technology
Flex-10 port assignments
Flex-10 bandwidth allocation
Flex-10 Network Configuration
Video: Flex-10-with-hypervisor3
Lab: Advanced VC Setup
Verifying network status
Review Fast MAC Cache Failover
Setup Local User Accounts
Review Secure Sockets Layer
Enable Multi-enclosure VC Domains
Make a Server Profile using a Shared Uplink
Set with Mapped VLAN Tagging
Lab: Advanced Virtual Connect Lab Exercises
Setup VC-FC fabrics with Dynamic Login
Balancing that are all connected to the same SAN fabric.
Add VC-FC ports to an existing VC-FC fabric and manually redistribute the server blade HBA logins.
Configure a Ethernet/SAN Profile using the FlexFabric module
Establish VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with a Shared Uplink Set (SUS) with Link Aggregation using LACP (802.3ad) – Windows
Configure VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with Multiple Shared Uplink Sets (SUS) and Mapped VLANs - ESX 4
Module 18: VC Flex Fabric
FlexFabric Definitions and Terminology
HP VC FlexFabric Modules
HP VC FlexFabric Adapters
VC FlexFabric Fibre
FlexFabric Fibre iSCSI
VC FlexFabric Module Compatibility
Converged Enhanced Ethernet Standards
Fibre Channel over Ethernet Standards
Module 19: Managing VC Flex Fabric
The OneCommand Manager
Module 20: HP BladeSystem Firmware Best Practices
Understand the HP Firmware Release Initiative
Use the HP Smart Update Manager
Locate the HP BladeSystem Firmware
Deploy Virtual Connect Firmware
Module 21: Supporting Virtual Connect
Collect information from the log files
Perform Basic Virtual Connect troubleshooting
Reset VC to factory default settings
Upgrade the VC 1/10 Domain to Flex-10
Troubleshoot using the Virtual Connect Support Utility
Collect information
Understand Virtual Connect Stacking Port Functionality