HPE Virtual Connect

Prerequisites

HPE strongly recommends that students have attained the following credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:

• Completion of HPE BladeSystem Administration (HE646S)

Audience

System administrators, engineers, and consultants who will plan and manage the HPE Virtual Connect environment.

Course Outline

Module 1: Virtual Connect Overview

• Review recent firmware releases
• Access Virtual Connect documents and support
• Introduce the current Virtual Connect modules
• Outline Virtual Connect default behaviors
• Review the c-Class management signal paths and stacking link requirements
• Explain fundamental Virtual Connect technologies
• Introduce Virtual Connect as a layer 2 bridge
• Introduce common Virtual Connect terms

Module 2: The Virtual Connect Manager

• List basic requirements for accessing and managing Virtual Connect functionality
• Configure Virtual Connect manager local user accounts
• Explain Virtual Connect logical flow for an initial setup
• Investigate Virtual Connect failover and configuration backup
• Review administrator password recovery

Module 3: HPE Virtual Connect Ethernet

• Investigate the current Virtual Connect Ethernet modules
• Understand and identify primary/secondary module placement
• Recognize uplink port status error conditions
• Introduce the Ethernet concepts and protocols used with Virtual Connect
• Introduce the concept of Physical Functions (Adapter FlexNICs)
• Introduce VLAN tagging and addressing
• An appendix addresses FlexFabric 20/40 F8 cabling and older hardware

Module 4: HPE Virtual Connect Fibre Channel

• IIdentify Virtual Connect Fibre Channel modules and functions
• Introduce the HPE Virtual Connect Fibre Channel 16Gb 24-Port module and the N_Port trunking feature
• Understand NPIV and why HPE uses this technology
• Review the Fibre Channel Logon sequence (FLOGI)
• Investigate Virtual Connect Fibre Channel login distribution and re-distribution

Module 5: The Virtual Connect FlexFabric Technology

• Detail the FlexFabric modules, adapters, and FCoE capabilities
• Describe VSAN support and configuration
• Introduce Virtual Connect to HPE 3PAR SAN connectivity

Module 6: HPE Virtual Connect vNets

• Outline the Virtual Connect ports
• Investigate Virtual Connect networking definitions and terminology
• Configure vNets and VLANs
• Investigate advanced Virtual Connect VLAN tagging
• Describe the tunneling and mapping modes
• Outline the link layer discovery role in Virtual Connect
• Introduce link aggregation control protocol
• Demonstrate basic Virtual Connect Ethernet networks
• Discuss teaming and bonding modes with Virtual Connect
• Compare active/standby and active/active network designs

Module 7: The Virtual Connect Profile

• Outline Virtual Connect Flex-port assignments
• Explore Virtual Connect bandwidth allocation
• Investigate profile inheritance, and migration
• Manage and configure profiles
• Use the CLI Pool-specified function to capture MAC and WWN addresses
• Implement the ProLiant Gen9 UEFI Boot Options

Module 8: Virtual Connect Manager — Advanced Features

• Build Multi-enclosure domains
• Investigate partially stacked domains
• Configure native VLANs
• Explain the role of SmartLink
• Monitor Virtual Connect from an external utility
• Introduce and configure the federal information processing standard140-2
• Understand network loop detection technologies embedded in Virtual Connect

Module 9: Advanced Virtual Connect Networking for the System Administrator

• Advanced Virtual Connect networking features
• Review LACP advanced features