HPE SAN Essentials II: Advanced B-series Networking

Course code

HM9Q2S

Duration

2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours

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Objectives

Prerequisites

Course Outline

Course Overview

Course overview

This course is designed for advanced B-Series SAN administrators and is a follow-up to the SAN Essentials I: Administration Fundamentals class. It does not cover basics since those are discussed in the Fundamentals training. This course introduces new topics such as advanced Fibre Channel (FC) features, additional B-Series management options, SAN extension technologies, advanced SAN security, and hardware installation. All practical parts are based on B-Series devices. This course helps students gain the experience needed to tackle the challenges of working in medium-sized and enterprise-class B-Series SAN environments.

Objectives

Course objectives

At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:

Explain advanced FC terminology
Describe the role of the principal switch
Talk about FCP routing
Explain ISLs and trunking
Explain advanced FC concepts ,SAN services, and associated well-known addresses
Describe FC stack, Classes of Service, and frame structure
Discuss additional zoning types (Peer, TDPZ, TI, QoS) as well as ingress rate limiting
List and talk about SAN extension options, B-Series Extended Fabrics, and Buffer-toBuffer Credits
Describe FCIP technology including tunnels, circuits FCIP QoS, performance and security
Discuss FC-FC routing including definitions and elements.
Talk about Virtual Fabrics including IDs, types of logical switches and links between them
Present SAN security in both theory and practice (policy distribution, SCC, DCC, FCS policies as well as IP Filter and AUTH policies)
Talk about performance monitoring on HPE StoreFabric B-series products (Fabric Vision, with focus on Flow Vision and MAPS)
Talk about additional SAN management options and switch firmware
Present basic troubleshooting and diagnostics methods by using SAN Network Advisor, Web Tools, and CLI.
Perform Firmware upgrade

Prerequisites

HPE SAN Essentials I: Administration Fundamentals (HM9Q1S)
A good technical understanding of networking and storage concepts
Basic experience in managing Windows systems

Audience

Intermediate to advanced technical professionals seeking a learning path that includes more advanced knowledge of SAN technologies and experience in HPE B-series SAN environments.

Course Outline

Module 1: FCP Routing and Trunking

Fabric Terminology
Principal switch
Upstream and downstream links
Fabric Initialization Process
Basics of FSPF and frame routing within a fabric
FCping
Inter-Chassis Link
Trunking

Module 3: Long Distance Connectivity

Why extend the SAN?
Long distance cabling
HPE Supported SAN extension technologies
Cables and SFPs
C/DWDM
Fabric OS Extended Fabrics theory and configuration
Working with Buffer-to-Buffer Credits

Module 5: SAN Security

Security policies list
Policy Database Distribution
Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy
Setting Device Connection Control (DCC) policy
Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)
FCS Switch Operations
Authentication policy for fabric elements (FCAP and DHCHAP)
IP Filter policies and rules
How to configure them
Encryption and compression

Module 6: Performance

B-Series Fabric Vision Introduction
Fabric Vision Elements
Dashboards
Flow Vision Overview
What is Flow?
Flow Vision Elements – Flow Monitor
Flow Monitor Example
Flow Vision Elements – Flow Learning
Flow Learning Example
Flow Vision Elements – Flow Generator
SIM port attributes and configuration
Flow Generator Example
Flow Generator + Monitor
Flow Generator + Monitor Example
Flow Vision Elements – Flow Mirroring
Flow Mirror Example
Flow Vision – IO Insight and VM Insight
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS)
MAPS monitoring categories
MAPS Groups, and Conditions
MAPS Rules, and Policies
MAPS Dashboard
Port monitoring using MAPS
Monitoring Flow Vision Flow Monitor data with MAPS
Fabric performance impact monitoring using MAPS
Other Features: Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring
Other Features: Configuration and Operational Monitoring Policy Automation Services Suite (COMPASS)
Other Featureas: ClearLink Diagnostics, Forward Error Correction (FEC), Credit Loss/Buffer Credit Recovery
Fabric Vision licensing
SAN Network Advisor and Fabric Vision technology

Module 7: Management and Troubleshooting

HPE SAN Network Advisor – its features and editions
Configuration backup
CP details for B-Series switches and Directors
Firmware management and upgrade process
General approach
Information to collect
Supportshow and supportsave
Common issues
Tools and features to use
Diagnostic Tools and D_Port use
Checking FRUs status via SAN Network Advisor, Web Tools, and CLI

Lab outline

Lab 1: FC Routing (locating Principal Switch, changing Link Cost, working with trunks)
Lab 2: Fabric Channel Theory (Optional)
Lab 3: Configuring Traffic Isolation zoning (CLI)
Lab 4: Installing and configuring SAN Network Advisor
Lab 5: Configuring Traffic Isolation zoning (Web Tools)
Lab 6: TI zone checking (SNA)
Lab 7: Configuring QoS zoning (SNA)
Lab 8: Long distance (managing buffers)
Lab 9: Configuring FCIP (SNA)
Lab 10: Configuring Virtual Fabrics
Lab 11: Security – users and RBAC (SNA)
Lab 12: Fabric Vision (Flow Vision, MAPS, thresholds, reporting) (SNA)
Lab 13: Configuring and troubleshooting zoning (SNA)
Lab 14: Checking health and troubleshooting switches (SNA)
Lab 15: Checking health and troubleshooting switches (CLI)
Lab 16: D_port functionality

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HPE SAN Essentials II: Advanced B-series Networking

Course code:

HM9Q2S

Duration:

2 Days, 16 Acad. Hours

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HPE SAN Essentials II: Advanced B-series Networking

Course overview

Course objectives

Prerequisites

Audience

Course Outline

Module 1: FCP Routing and Trunking

Module 2: Advanced Fibre Channel Theory and Services

Module 3: Long Distance Connectivity

Module 4: Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)

Module 5: SAN Security

Module 6: Performance

Module 7: Management and Troubleshooting

Lab outline