HP OneView Administration (H4C04S)

COURSE OVERVIEW

This 3-day course covers how to install, manage, configure, and update the HP OneView Appliance. An architectural overview ensures a high level understanding of the associated managed equipment: c-Class enclosures, Virtual Connect Ethernet, FlexFabric, and Fibre Channel components. Participants will explore HP OneView management of ProLiant Gen 7, Gen 8 and Gen 9, as well as OneView monitoring of Gen 6 and rack-mounted ProLiant systems. Participants will configure storage connectivity through a switch and directly to a 3Par Storage Array.

PREREQUISITES

• Completion of HP BladeSystem Administration (HE646S) and the Virtual Connect (HK758S) courses
• A basic understanding of hypervisor environments (VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V) and familiarity with general networking terminology and basic network concepts

AUDIENCE

• System Administrators, engineers and consultants who will plan and manage the HP OneView Converged Management for the Software Defined Infrastructure

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Install and configure HP OneView on supported hardware
• Explain HP OneView connectivity model, networking resources and templates, and licensing
• Add enclosures with server blades and ProLiant DL servers to the OneView appliance
• Connect to an HP 3PAR storage system — pools, volumes and templates
• Plan and complete firmware updates
• Access the Rest API and configure the appliance using scripting.

BENEFITS TO YOU

• Gain the ability to perform successful site planning and infrastructure design needed to deploy an HP Virtual Connect solution
• Understand the various product and firmware versions required in the solution

COURSE OUTLINE

Module 1: HP OneView Overview

• Describe HP OneView and its positioning
• Describe the HP OneView resource model
• List what is new in HP OneView 1.20
• Introduce the OneView for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center plugins
• List HP OneView URLs for reference documentation and more information

Module 2: HP OneView Installation

• Describe HP OneView language localization
• Review the HP OneView support matrix
• List the HP OneView supported hardware
• List the HP OneView configuration limits
• Describe the HP OneView deployment on a VMware ESXi host
• Describe the HP OneView deployment on a Microsoft Hyper-V host
• Configure OneView on first access
• Discuss VMware Tools Support
• List HP OneView documentation

Module 3: Network Creation and Management

• Describe the Connectivity Resource Manager
• Describe HP OneView Networks
  • Network Sets and Uplink Sets
  • Fibre Channel connections
  • Compare HP Virtual Connect Manager to HP OneView Networks
  • Configure Active/Standby and Active/Active networking

Module 4: Storage Management

• Review OneView resource architecture and capabilities
• Describe supported storage hardware
• Describe Storage Resource Manager, storage administrator role, and associated use cases
• Add a SAN Manager and associated SAN fabrics
• Add and configure a storage system and storage pools
• Manage storage volumes and volume templates
• Describe basic storage diagnostics and alerts

Module 5: Connectivity Management

• Describe:
  • HP OneView Domains, Enclosure Groups, and Logical Interconnect Groups
  • OneView logical Interconnects and Interconnects
  • HP OneView MAC and WWN Addressing
• Import an enclosure and update the associated firmware
• Explain the firmware repository
• Explore the firmware update processes available in HP OneView

Module 6: HP OneView Server and Enclosure Management

• Describe these OneView resources:
  • Enclosure groups and Enclosures
  • Server Hardware Type and Server hardware
• Describe the process of adding enclosures and server blades to OneView
• Migrate an existing Virtual Connect Domain structure into OneView
• Describe the process of adding HP ProLiant BL and DL servers to OneView
• Describe the refresh procedures
• Explore OneView licensing
• Remove components from OneView

Module 7: HP OneView Profile Management

• Describe
  • OneView Server Profiles
  • OneView Server Profile Connections
• Control server profile and network bandwidth
• Configure OneView Server Profile Boot Order
• Explore OneView Server Profile BIOS settings
• Attach to 3PAR storage volumes
• Managing OneView server profiles

Module 8: Health and Environmental Monitoring

• Describe the server health monitoring in OneView
• Explain iLO 4 status traps and polling
• Describe enclosure and server connectivity alerts
• Describe G7 server health monitoring with OneView
• Describe the basic environment components

Module 9: HP OneView Maintenance and Troubleshooting

• Administer OneView user accounts and roles
• Configure Active directory and manage certificates
• Update/upgrade the OneView appliance
• Backup and restore OneView
• Monitoring and troubleshooting tools available in OneView
• Download support dumps
• Troubleshooting tips
• Reset the Administrator password
• List the HP Services available to support OneView installation and integration

Module 10: HP OneView REST API Overview

• Describe the basic concepts of the REST API in OneView
• Explain the OneView API design goals, resources, and operations
• Use the cURL command line utility to access the OneView REST API functions
• Programming development and debugging OneView using the REST API extensions for web browsers
• Access and use the PowerShell wrapper with the OneView REST API

Lab 1: Installing and configuring HP OneView

• Installing and configuring HP OneView

Lab 2: Configuring Networks

• Configuring Networks

Lab 3: Configuring Storage

• Configuring Storage

Lab 4: Configuring Logical Interconnect Groups

• Configuring Logical Interconnect Groups

Lab 5: Managing Enclosures

• Managing Enclosures

Lab 6: Managing Server Profiles

• Managing Server Profiles

Lab 7: Reconfiguring Logical Interconnect Group to Active/Active

• Reconfiguring Logical Interconnect Group to Active/Active

Lab 8: Health and Environmental Monitoring

• Health and Environmental Monitoring

Lab 9: Maintaining HP OneView

• Maintaining HP OneView

Lab 10: Troubleshooting HP OneView

• Troubleshooting HP OneView

Lab 11: Accessing HP OneView by using REST API calls

• Accessing HP OneView by using REST API calls

Lab 12: Managing HP OneView with PowerShell library for REST API scripting

• Managing HP OneView with PowerShell library for REST API scripting

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For whom it is intended:

• Presale/consultant
• System administrator
• System engineer