HPE XP8 Storage Array Administration and Configuration

Course code

H9TJ8S

Duration

5 Days, 40 Acad. Hours

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Course Overview

Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

Course overview

This course introduces students to the HPE XP8 array terminology, function, architecture, and configuration. Students get hands-on practice with LUN and volume management, data replication, cache partitioning, thin provisioning, Auto LUN, Performance Monitor, and Performance Advisor. In addition, we cover the concepts and setup of XP High Availability and Command View Advanced Edition. This course is 60% lecture and 40% hands-on labs.

Objectives

Course objectives

Understand the hardware architecture of the HPE XP8 disk array
Use Remote Web Console user interface to manage and view XP configuration information
Use RAID Manager command line to manage the array configuration
Set the fibre port topology for the XP ports
Configure LUNs
Use the Volume Manager to create custom size volumes
Understand how to implement LUN security
Handle multiple paths to a LUN
Understand XP replication products: Business Copy, Fast Snap, and Continuous Access
Understand how to use external storage

Prerequisites

Knowledge of networks and the storage administration tasks for the operating system being served by the array is useful.

Audience

Storage administrators responsible for the configuration and management of HPE XP8 disk arrays.

Course Outline

Module 1: XP8 Array Concepts and Hardware

Architecture overview
XP8 building blocks
Component details
Terminology

Module 2: Remote Web Console

Management options
Web console architecture
Web client requirements
Web console navigation

Module 3: Command Line Interface

Setup RAID Manager
Send commands to SVP in-band and out of band
Authenticate with SVP
List array configuration

Module 4: Introduction to Intelligent Storage Manager (ISM)

Intelligent Storage Manager features
Architecture
GUI highlights
Logical Group concept

Module 5: Volume Management

Custom volumes
Custom volume overview
Volume usage
Capacity expansion enabled parity groups
Command line for volume management
Volume Shredder
Data retention

Module 6: LUN Management

Fibre port management
Host groups
Host modes
Fibre port topology and settings
Create LUNs and command devices
Command line for LUN management
Use of the XPInfo tool
Multi-pathing solutions

Module 7: XP Thin Provisioning and SMART Tiers

What is thin provisioning (THP)?
THP operation sequence
THP pools
Subscription limits
Rebalancing THP pools
Monitoring pool and THP volume space usage
THP Smart Tiers
Capacity expansion enabled FMD pools

Module 8: Cache Partitioning

With and without cache partitions
Cache Logical Partitions (CLPRs)

Module 9: External Storage

Overview and features
External storage path modes
Cache mode
Use with cache partitions
Configure external ports
Configure external volumes
Power on and off order

Module 10: Performance Monitor and Performance Control (PFC)

Data collection
Viewing collected data
XP QOS Performance Control (PFC)
Performance Control RAID Manager commands

Module 11: Performance Advisor

Product overview
Collecting array and host information
Management Station: components
Host agents and clients
Installing and logging on to Performance Advisor
Performance Advisor GUI
PA licensing
Configuration data collection
Creating charts
Generating and scheduling reports

Module 12: Business Copy

Business Copy terminology
Full copy vs. Fast Snap comparison
Business Copy operations and states
Configuring Business Copy with RWC
Configuring Business Copy with RAID Manager

Module 13: Auto LUN

Tiered storage approach
Auto LUN migration
Auto LUN tasks
Auto LUN migration configuration

Module 14: Fast Snap (Snapshots)

Fast Snap overview
Fast Snap components
Floating snapshots
Snapshot states
Cascade snapshots
Fast Snap Clone

Module 15: Performance Advisor

Continuous Access overview
Continuous Access Synchronous overview
Fence levels
Continuous Access Journal overview
CA Journal link requirements
3 Data Center CA model

Module 16: XP High Availability Concepts

HA vs CA Synchronous comparison
Virtual DKC (virtual storage machine) concepts
HA I/O operation walkthrough
HA components
HA failure scenarios
3 Data Center HA model

Module 17: High Availability Setup (Lecture Only)

Array to array connections
Setup quorum device
Configuring Virtual DKC (VSM)
Pair creation
ALUA configuration
HA configuration with CVAE

Lab outline

Module 2 Lab: Remote Web Console

Remote web console navigation

Module 3 Lab: RAID Manager CLI

Installing and configuring RAID manager
- Windows
- Linux
Using raidcom commands

Module 4 Lab: Volume Management

Creating basic volumes
Creating thin provisioned volumes

Module 5 Lab: LUN Management and Host Connectivity

Finding the WWNs of your HBAs
- Windows
- Linux
XP ports
Allocate volumes
Xpinfo

Module 6 Lab: Thin Provisioning

Creating thin provisioning pools
Creating thin provisioning V:VOLs
Monitoring pool usage using the raidcom CLI
Writing to ThP volumes: consuming space in the pool
Maintaining the pool
Expanding a thin provisioned volume

Module 9 Lab: Performance Monitor and Performance Control

Lab setup
Run a workload
Monitor performance using Performance Monitor
Configure PFC
Experiment with performance monitor

Module 10 Lab: Using Performance Advisor

XP PA data import
Observe the performance of the array through PA charts
Creating report from XP PA
Performance advisor graphical view
Preparing to collect PA data
XP PA host agent installation
Setup collection configuration and performance collection

Module 11 Lab: Business Copy

XP BC: create, split, and resync pair
XP BC resync pair: reverse copy

Module 12 Lab: AutoLUN Manual Migration

Perform a manual migration
Verify migration

Module 13 Lab: Fast Snap (Snapshot)

Setup
Snap operations
Cascade
Clone
Filling the pool

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HPE XP8 Storage Array Administration and Configuration

Course code:

H9TJ8S

Duration:

5 Days, 40 Acad. Hours

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