H6773: HP StorageWorks XP 1: Configuration and Management

In this course, you will be introduced to the XP disk array terminology, function, architecture, and configuration. You will get configuration practice on LUN and Volume Management, Data Replication using Business Copy and Continuous Access, Performance Advisor, Disk and Cache partitioning, and Command View XP Advanced Edition using our XP's. You will also cover the concepts of external storage, thin provisioning, and snapshot XP. This training incorporates updated releases of Command View XP Advanced Edition and Performance Advisor.

What You Will Learn

• Architecture of the HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays
• Use Remote Web Console
• Use XP Command View Advanced Edition
• Set the Fibre Port Topology for the XP ports
• Configure LUNs
• Use the Volume Manager to create logical unit size extension (LUSE) and custom size volumes
• Implement LUN security
• Use multipath I/O (MPIO) and HP-UX 11iv3 native mutlipathing to handle multiple paths to a LUN
• XP replication products: Business Copy XP, Snapshot XP, and Continuous Access XP
• Use the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) manager for Business Copy
• Use Performance Advisor software
• Additional XP software products including external storage and thin provisioning
• Manage the XP family of disk arrays through the hands-on use of StorageWorks XP software
• XP architecture and how it can be implemented and extended in the enterprise

Audience

Storage administrators responsible for the configuration and management of HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays

Prerequistes

Required:

• Knowledge of networks and the storage administration tasks for the OS the XP will serve
• Understanding of SANs

Recommended:

Course Outline

1. XP Array Concepts

• XP n the HP Family of Arrays
• XP Frames
  • Disk Unit and Disk Controller (DKC)
• Channel Adapter (CHA)
• Online Firmware Upgrades
• XP Components
  • Disk Adapter (DKA)
• Cache and Shared Memory
• Service Processor (SVP)
• Hard Disk Units (HDUs) and Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)
• Disk Numbering
• B4
• Marketing Array and Parity Groups
• Volumes
  • Logical Device (LDEV)
• LDEV Interleaving (Striping)
• XP Disk Array RAID
• LDEV Numbering
• LUSE
• Spare Disk Drives
• XP Disk Array Software
• High Availability and Data Replication
• Performance Management

2. XP Array Hardware

• XP2x000 and XP1x000 Hardware Architecture
• CHA and DKA Supported Sonfigurations for XP 2x000 and 1x000

3. Remote Web Console

• Web Console Architecture and Client Requirements
• Accessing Web Console through a Firewall
• Start Remote Web Console
• Web Console Page Layout
• Adding User Accounts
• Array Locking
• License Key Management
• Audit Logs
• Viewing Storage System Information

4. Host connectivity

• Storage Area Network (SAN)
• XP Fibre Port Topology
• Zoning Rules for the XP
• Securing LUNs Using Host Groups
• Finding WWN
• Host Modes

5. LUN Manager

• Management Tools for Configuring LUNs
• Verify and Set Port Topology
• CHA Security
• Hosts Groups
• Creating LUNs and Command Devices
• Configuration File Loader

6. Volume Management

• LUN Expansion
  • Guidelines
• Expanding Paths Defined LDEVs
• Open-V Volume Creation
• Formatting and Deleting Volumes
• Data Shredder and Retention Utility

7. Making LUNs Visible to Hosts

• Making Host See New LUN
• Host Bus Adapter (HBA) Issues
• Making LUNs Visible to HP-UX 11iv1, v2, and v3
• HP-UX Legacy FC Hardware Addresses
• Connecting a Windows Host to an XP

8. Multipathing Solutions

• Automatic Path Failover
• Dynamic Load Balancing
• Multipathing Solutions
• MPIO for Windows
• Installing MPIO DSM for XP
• Installing DSM MGR (Optional)
• HPDSM CLI
  • hpdsm.exe
• MPIO DSM Manager
• MPIO
  •  Setting a Preferred Path
• HP-UX 11iv3 Native Mutlipathing

9. Disk and Cache Partitioning

• With and ithout Cache Partitions
• Cache Logical Partitions (CLPRs)
• Storage Partition (SLPR)

10. HP StorageWorks Performance Advisor

• Collecting Array and Host Information
• Management Station
  • Components
• Host Agents and Clients
• Installing and Logging On to Performance Advisor
• Performance Advisor GUI
• Publicly Available Licensing
• XP Configuration Data Collection
• Creating Charts and New Alarms
• Generating and Scheduling Reports
• XPWatch
• XPSketch

11. XP Business Copy

• XP Business Copy
• Full Copy vs, Snapshot Comparison
• XP Business Copy Operations and States

12. HP StorageWorks RAID Manager XP

• RAID Manager
• Installation and Configuration
• Command Device
• Instance Configuration File
• RAID Manager Commands for Business Copy

13. XP Continuous Access

• XP Continuous Access Overview
• CA Synchronous/Asynchronous Overview
• XP Continuous Access Journal Overview
• Configure Synchronous CA
• Basic Configuration for CA Journal

14. XP Command View Advanced Edition

• Features
• Architecture
• Device Manager Host Agent and Web Client
• Connecting to the XP CV AE Device Manager
• GUI Functions Available with Core License
• Installing the Device Manager Host Agent
• Setting Up the Device Manager Agent

15. XP Command View Advanced Edition: Command Line (CLI)

• CLI Features
• Installing and Running the CLI
• Command Format
• CLI Commands

16. LUN and User Management with XP Command View Advanced Edition (CVAE) GUI

• Logical Group Concept
• CVAE
  • Concepts
• Host Storage Domains
• Add LUNs to an Existing Host Group
• Create LUNs for a New Host Group
• User Management Concepts
  • Resource Groups
• Security Settings for User Accounts

17. XP Command View Advanced Edition: Copy Pair Operations

• Device Manager Copy Operations
  • Architecture
• Setting Up Copy Pair Operations
• XP Additional Software
• Conceptual Overview
  • External Storage
  • Thin Provisioning
  • AutoLUN
  • Performance Control
  • Tiered Storage Manager

18. Additional Software

• HP Storage Essentials
• XP Thin Provisioning
• XP External Storage
• XP Performance Control
• XP Replication Manager
• System Copy Software for SAP

Course Labs