HP StoreVirtual 4000 (LeftHand) Configuration and Administration (HK364S)

COURSE OVERVIEW

The HP StoreVirtual 4000 course is a comprehensive technical-based training course that teaches the skills needed for planning, installing, configuring, and managing HP 4000 storage area networks (SANs). Learning concepts are reinforced through a series of comprehensive labs.

PREREQUISITES

• Basic networking
• Advanced knowledge of Windows Servers

AUDIENCE

• Storage Administrators

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Explain the architecture of HP StoreVirtual 4000 SAN solution
• Plan and install networks of Storage Systems, including multi-site installations providing High Availability / Disaster Recovery
• Configure Storage Systems for initial connection
• Install and use the HP StoreVirtual Consolidated Management Console (CMC) for Windows
• Configure and manage the 4000 SAN
• Mount the SAN Volumes from Windows 2003, Windows 2012, or VMware vSphere 5.1i

BENEFITS TO YOU

• Students will get comfortable with HP StoreVirtual 4000 SAN so that you can go back into your environments and engineer a solution using all the features of 4000 SAN systems and LeftHand software (11.x)
• Participants will be able to understand & implement Best Practices of HP StoreVirtual 4000 SAN implementation/administration process in Windows

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

Storage Product Suite Overview

• List the components of the HP StoreVirtual 4000 suite
• Discuss the function of the HP StoreVirtual 4000 suite components
• Describe Left Hand OS Software

Centralized Management Console

• Install the Centralized Management Console
• Understand Management Console user interface
• Use the Content Pane to verify the status of modules

Basic Configuration

• Install and set IP/hostname
• Configure storage systems
• Manage the Networks settings
• Understand how to configure and use SNMP

Management Group and Clusters

• Explain the purpose of Managers and Management Groups
• How to create, edit, and delete Management Groups
• How to create local administrative groups and users
• Identify the purpose and requirements for a virtual Manager
• Understand the purpose of Managers
• Explain the purpose of Clusters
• How to create, edit, delete, and view Clusters
• Understand the virtual IP address and its use
• Understand other Cluster-related configuration functions

Working with Volumes

• Planning Volumes
• Prerequisites for Volumes
• Volume growth capacity
• Create and view Volumes
• Edit/delete Volumes
• Left Hand OS network RAID

Connecting the Volume via iSCSI

• Understanding iSCSI
• Installing the initiator
• Creating “Server Profiles”
• Connecting the Volume
• Formatting the drive

HP StoreVirtual 4000 SAN & Microsoft MPIO support

• HP Storage DSM for MPIO
• HP Storage MPIO
• Configure NICs for failover

LeftHand OS Snapshots

• Snapshot Overview
• Snapshot Architecture
• Using a Snapshot
• Creating a Snapshot Single
• Rolling back a Snapshot
• Scripting Snapshot operations

SmartClone Volumes

• StoreVirtual 4000 SAN SmartClone

Remote Copy

• Remote copy software
• Remote copy planning
• Create, edit, delete, view, or cancel a remote copy operation
• Remote copy workarounds

Using HP Storage LeftHand OS with VMware vSphere

• HP Storage and VMware advantages

HP LeftHand OS Multi-Site HR/DR Solution Pack

• Purpose of LeftHand OS Multi-Site HA/DR Solution Pack

Onboard Performance Monitoring

• Understanding performance statistics
• Adding, removing statistics
• Exporting data
• Statistics log

Performance Tuning and ISCSI SAN for Applications

• Important performance factors
• Use HP Storage performance guidelines when planning and implementing an IP SAN solution

Best Practices

• Recognize and use best practices
• Practices to avoid

Appendix

• LeftHand OS 11 Additional Enhancements

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For whom it is intended:

• Storage administrator
• System administrator
• System engineer