HPE OneView Administration

Prerequisites

Basic system and network administration

Audience

System, network, and storage administrators, and consultants who manage and monitor an HPE environment and for system architects anticipating the implementation of HPE OneView.

Course Outline

Module 1: HPE OneView Overview

• Composability: basic parts and advantages
• HPE OneView: the bridge to the future
• HPE OneView: the path to Synergy
• HPE OneView partner ecosystem
• HPE OneView documentation
• HPE services

Module 2: HPE OneView Appliance Architecture

• Deploying the HPE OneView appliance
• HPE OneView: first access and configuration
• HPE OneView address pools
• Backing up the OneView appliance
• The Restful API, resource managers, and the State Change Message Bus

Module 3: Manage HPE OneView Storage

• Important recent advances
• Configure a SAN manager and auto zoning
• HPE OneView storage management
• Add a storage system and storage pools
• HPE OneView Nimble Storage integration
• HPE OneView and storage system ports
• Volumes and volume templates
• Adding and creating volumes
• Attaching volumes to server profiles
• Monitoring storage
• Active/Active and Active/Standby networking designs in OneView
• SmartLink and pause flood protections in OneView
• Networks, network sets, and uplink sets
• Fibre channel over Ethernet connections
• HPE OneView Ethernet and SAN statistics

Module 4: Building the Software-Defined Data Center

• Networks, network sets, and uplink sets
• Redundant network configurations
• Fabric connections

Module 5: The OneView Domain

• The HPE OneView Domain
• Logical interconnects, logical interconnect groups, and enclosure groups
• Network loop protection
• Configure an enclosure group
• Add a c7000 Enclosure
• Top of the rack logical switch integration
• HPE OneView support for networking resources
• HPE OneView address and identifier service
• Network loop protection in HPE OneView

Module 6: HPE OneView Server and Enclosure Management

• Server hardware types
• Adding a server is adding its iLO
• HPE OneView refresh = validation
• Removing HPE OneView components

Module 7: HPE OneView Profile Management

• HPE OneView server profiles
• HPE OneView profile architecture
• Server profile templates
• Ethernet profile connections
• Configuring boot settings
• Server profile BIOS settings
• Profile connections – advanced topics
• Local storage
• Attaching to volumes
• Server profiles and network bandwidth

Module 8: Updating HPE OneView Firmware

• HPE OneView firmware repository
• Driver and firmware update overview
• Driver and firmware updates using SUM and Smart Update Tools
• Updating Windows, Linux, and ESXi environments using iSUT
• Updating VMware environments using SUT
• Updating HPE OneView components
• Enclosure firmware update best practices

Module 9: HPE OneView Appliance Management

• HPE OneView: managed (licensed) compared to monitored (free)
• Backup and restore the appliance
• Update the OneView appliance
• Restore the OneView appliance
• HPE OneView and the iLO
• HPE OneView and LDAP/Active Directory
• Capture support dumps
• Administrator password reset
• OneView utilization and health monitoring
• HPE OneView Ethernet and SAN statistics
• OneView reports

Module 10: HPE OneView Security and Maintenance

• Security in HPE OneView
• Certificate management
• Scope-based access control
• Two-factor authentication
• SNMPv3
• Enabling authorized services access
• User notes
• Enabling HPE remote support

Module 11: Licensing HPE OneView

• HPE OneView licensing

Module 12: HPE OneView Global Dashboard

• HPE OneView Global Dashboard in your data center

Module 13: Accessing OneView Using the REST API

• REST API software architecture
• HPE OneView resources and operations
• Tools and techniques for exploring the HPE OneView RESTful API
• HPE OneView certification
• HPE OneView REST API use case examples

Detailed Lab outline

Lab 01: Install and Configure OneView
Lab 02: Configure OneView Networks
Lab 03: Configure OneView Storage
Lab 04: Configure Logical Interconnect Groups
Lab 05: OneView Enclosure Management
Lab 06: HPE OneView Profile Management
Lab 07: Access Controls and Alerts in HPE OneView
Lab 08: Maintain the HPE OneView Appliance
Lab 09: Explore the HPE OneView Global Dashboard