Course number HE645S

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

Prerequisites
HP Insight Control Environment for BladeSystem (HE643S)

Audience

• HP ProLiant System Administrators
• System Integrators

Course objectives

• Perform an installation of Rapid Deployment Pack (RDP) and HP System Insight Manager (SIM) using Insight Control Environment Edition
• Perform scripted installations of operating systems and applications
• Capture and deploy images of ProLiant servers
• Deploy Microsoft Updates using RDP and HP SIM
• Use Microsoft's Sysprep with RDP imaging
• Script NIC teaming
• Demonstrate how to use the web console to deploy Red Hat RPMs
• Create virtual computers
• Use conditions and events to control jobs

Next steps
Select from our ProLiant Essentials, Insight Control Environment (ICE) and HP BladeSystem curriculum path

Benefits to you

• Comprehend the role of PXE and DHCP in the deployment solution
• Understand the features and functions of RDP
• Understand the role of deployment agents
• Understand RDP's role in an enterprise deployment solution
• Master advanced RDP topics
• Practical hands-on lab exercises

Course outline

Touring the Rapid Deployment Pack 3.80

• Introducing RDP
• Benefits of RDP
• What's new in RDP 3.80
• RDP architecture
• Server components
• Deployment server database
• Deployment agents for Windows and Linux
• Integration modules and module install
• Licensing and updates
• RDP and HP SIM
• Creating virtual bays
• Deploying an operating system to an initial server blade
• Capturing an image of the initial server blade
• Rip-and-replace
• Reconfiguring the server blades
• Other HP server deployment tools

Planning for RDP in the Enterprise

• Designing and implementing a deployment infrastructure for RDP
• Assessing the enterprise infrastructure
• Planning the RDP installation
• Implementation environments
• Scenario 1 - Simple networks
• Scenario 2 - Enterprise networks
• Scenario 3 - Virtual LANS
• Scenario 4 - WANs

PXE Technology

• Introduction to PXE
• PXE overview
• Boot options
• PXE configuration utility
• PXE boot process
• PXE boot sequence on ProLiant servers
• MAC address filtering
• Configuring PXE NICs
• PXE security issues
• Mitigating PXE and DHCP security issues
• Possible PXE issues with environments
• PXE alternatives

Installing and Configuring RDP 3.80

• Installation and system requirements
• Target systems
• Minimum target server firmware
• Installing RDP
• Microsoft Windows AIK 2.1
• Installing the ProLiant and integrity integration modules
• Upgrading RDP from a previous version
• Configuration tasks
• Configuration options
• Post RDP installation tasks
• Installing the RDP SIM integration module
• Installing agents

Using the RDP Deployment Console

• Deployment console features
• Deployment tools and icons
• Administration tools
• Package editing tools
• Deployment console operations menu
• Integration with iLO
• RDP and BladeSystem integration
• Image explorer
• Wise MSI editor

Scripted Installation and Imaging Jobs

• Jobs and tasks
• Scheduling jobs
• Job categories
• Server imaging
• Scripted deployment
• Hardware and array configuration files
• Array and disk defaults
• Configuration flow for scripting
• Default scripting process for Windows server 2003 deployment jobs
• ProLiant support packs
• Imaging
• Configuration flow for imaging
• Advanced imaging options
• Partition resizing
• Deploying Linux using scripting
• Creating an IIS FTP virtual directory
• Default scripting process for Linux server deployments

Altiris Deployment Solution Agents

• Deployment agent versions
• Deployment agent overview
• DAgent
• Installing the DAgent
• AClient
• AClient status
• Installing AClient
• ADLagent
• Installing the ADLagent

Using the Deployment Web Console

• Deployment Web Console requirements
• Installing Deployment Web Console
• Using Deployment Web Console

Advanced Deployment Techniques

• Advanced imaging techniques
• Disk imaging with RDP 3.80
• Partitions
• Spanning media
• Using RapiDeploy and Sysprep
• Creating conditional jobs
• Using token replacement
• Scripting NIC teaming
• Multicast technology
• Configuring role-based security for RDP
• Automation environment
• Modes used to manage computers
• Automation boot methods
• Importing and exporting computers
• Integrating RDP into a backup and disaster recovery process

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