Course number HF837S

Delivery method
Remotely assisted instructional learning (RAIL)
Instructor-led training (ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (OST)

Course overview
Students will install and configure the Virtual Connect Ethernet and Virtual Connect Fiber channel modules using Virtual Connect Simulation labs and access tremote c-class blades. Each topic involves lab scenarios using remote equipment access that will reflect real-world scenarios for network connectivity.

Prerequisites

• Completion of HP BladeSystem Administration (HE646S) (or equivalent knowledge)
• Basic Windows Server 2000/2003 knowledge

Audience

• Administrators engineers and consultants whwill plan and manage the deployment of HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class blade servers
• HP Internal

Course objectives
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:

• Discuss the deployment and management tools available for HP Virtual Connect solutions
• Discuss the architecture of the HP Virtual Connect components and their benefits
• Prepare and deploy the HP Virtual Connect Module and Enterprise Manager
• Choose the appropriate mezzanine card and interconnect options for HP Virtual Connect
• Explain how tconnect HP Virtual Connect ta Storage Area Network
• Configure HP Virtual Connect from command line or script

Benefits tyou

• Gain the ability tperform successful site planning and infrastructure design needed tdeploy an HP Virtual Connect solution
• Understand the various product and firmware versions which will be required in the solution
• Configure simple and complex HP Virtual Connect environments
• Be able tperform effective local and remote administration using HP Onboard Administrator and Virtual Connect Manager
• Gain experience using the management tools tdeploy and monitor HP Virtual Connect configuration
• Understand the support processes for the HP Virtual Connect, HP BladeSystem servers, enclosures and software

Course outline

Virtual Connect Overview

• c-Class BladeSystem Interconnect Modules for Every Need
• Simplify and make your data center change-ready
• Pass Through: Tomany cables Problem: Error prone & costly
• Administrative Domain Comparisons
• Traditional servers
• Virtual Connect environment: 3 Key Components ta VC Infrastructure
• HP 1/10Gb-F Virtual Connect Ethernet Module
• HP 1/10Gb Virtual Connect Ethernet Module
• HP Virtual Connect FC Module
• Virtual Connect – Ethernet
• How dVC-Enet uplinks look from the data center network perspective?
• HP Virtual Connect Manager
• Virtual Connect - Fibre channel
• HP Virtual Fibre Channel One SAN per VC-FC
• Virtual Connect Logical Flow

Virtual Connect Enclosure Overview

• BladeSystem c-Class enclosure positioning and comparison
• c7000 Overview and Enclosure
• c7000 Enclosure – fully redundant
• c7000 enclosure device bay and interconnect bay numbering
• Standby Onboard Administrator
• Onboard Administrator cabling
• c3000 Overview, Front View and Rear view
• c3000 enclosure device bay and interconnect bay numbering
• c3000 Onboard Administrator tray
• c3000 Onboard Administrator link module
• c7000 and c3000 Port Mapping
• Virtual Connect Fibre Channel Port Mapping
• VC-FC uplink usage mapping and usage

Virtual Connect Deployment

• Virtual Connect Ethernet MAC addresses
• Virtual Connect Fibre Channel WWNs
• Virtual Connect Fibre Channel port types and logins
• Fibre Channel zoning and SSP
• VC Enet Technology Definitions
• Virtual Connect pre-deployment planning
• Building a Virtual Connect environment
• Virtual Connect out-of-the-box steps
• Virtual Connect Manager
• Accessing the VC Manager through the Onboard Administrator
• Virtual Connect Manager Logon page
• Setting up Virtual Connect
• Virtual Connect role-based privileges
• Security and permissions
• Shared Uplink Sets page
• Ethernet Networks page
• Defining and setting the Server Profile
• Failover and configuration backup
• Virtual Connect Management
• Configuration Backup and Restore
• Best Practices: VC-Enet Uplinks
• VC Uplinks and Redundancy
• VC Uplinks and Load Balancing
• VC Command Line
• Virtual Connect Firmware

Use Cases for VC-Enet in a CiscNetwork

• Scenari1 Single network connection
• Scenari2 Combining multiple uplink ports
• Scenari3 Basic VLANs (untagged)
• Scenari4 Basic VLAN sharing a port trunk
• Scenari5 Multiple VLANs sharing a single port
• Scenari6 Multiple VLANs sharing a port trunk
• Scenari7 Host-based VLANs
• Scenari8 VLANs sharing a port trunk and VLAN-trunk
• Scenari9 Simple network failover
• Scenari10 Network failover with LACP
• Scenari11 Aggregating NIC bandwidth
• Scenari12A Network failover using SmartLink
• Scenari12B Network failover without SmartLink
• Scenari13 Typical VMware ESX implementation scenari

HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager

• Benefits and Value
• Multi-Domain Management
• Domain Grouping
• Server Profile Movement
• Server Profile Movement - Recovery
• Server Profile Movement – Disaster Recovery
• VCEM User Interface
• Installation and Operations Overview
• VCEM Licensing

• Upis u radnu knjižicu: ne
• Certifikat: ne
• Uvjerenje: ne
• In-house: ne
• Svjedodžba: ne
• Diploma: ne