VNX Block Storage Deployment and Management

$5,000.00


  • classroom

  • virtual

  • Onsite

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Duration: 5 Days

This Specialist-level course provides in-depth knowledge and practical hands-on labs with EMC VNX Block Storage systems. This intensive training covers all the key elements of SAN/IP-SAN (block access), including:

  • Integrating VNX block access for open systems hosts (Linux, Windows, and VMware ESXi) through FC, iSCSI, and FCoE connectivity options
  • Initial storage system configuration, domain management, security, and availability using Unisphere
  • Implementing local replication solutions

What You Will Learn

  • Implement Unisphere security
  • Configure a VNX storage system
  • Manage host access to storage with Access Logix
  • Common host integration tasks and concepts
  • Integrate a Windows host with a VNX Block Storage system
  • Integrate a Linux host with a VNX Block Storage system
  • Process for integrating ESXi with a VNX Block Storage system
  • Implement advanced storage features
  • Configure Even Monitor and Alerts
  • Configure Unisphere Analyzer
  • VNX SnapView principles
  • Deploy and manage VNX SnapView snapshots and clones

Audience

Storage/cloud infrastructure administrators who configure, deploy, or manage block-based VNX storage systems in heterogeneous host environments

Prerequistes

You should have knowledge and skills associated with:

  • VNX system architecture
  • Unisphere and Navisphere Secure CLI
  • EMC PowerPath operations
  • SAN configurations, including basic utilization of the software tools used to manage the major Fibre Channel, FCoE, and Ethernet switch environments
  • Basic Microsoft Windows and UNIX administration
  • Basics of VMware ESX Server/ESXi operation and management

Course Outline

1. Implementing Unisphere Security

  • Configuring Unisphere Security
  • LDAP/AD Security
  • IP Address Filtering
  • Unisphere SSL/TLS Certificates Objectives

2. Storage System Configuration and Management

  • Configuring SP Networking
  • SP Memory and Cache Configuration
  • VNX System Configuration

3. Storage Provisioning and Management

  • Configuring RAID Groups and Traditional LUNs
  • Pools, Thick LUNs, and Thin LUNs

4. Managing Host Access to Storage

  • Access Logix

5. Host Integration Basics

  • Connectivity
  • Software

6. Windows Host Installation and Integration

7. Linux Host Installation and Integration

8. ESXi Host Installation and Integration

  • VNX and ESXi Integration
  • Types of ESXi Storage Devices and Best Practices with VNX
  • Virtual Storage Integrator for vSphere Client

9. Advanced Storage Concepts

  • Configuring MetaLUNs
  • LUN Migration
  • Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST)
  • Data Compression
  • FAST Cache

10. Configuring Unisphere Event Monitor and Alerts

11. Unisphere Analyzer

12. VNX SnapView: Principles

  • VNX Snapshots in Business Environments
  • Basic Operating Principles
  • Snapshot and Clone Differences

13. VNX SnapView: SnapShots

  • SnapShot Terminology
  • SnapShot Operations and Requirements
  • SnapShot Configuration

14. VNX SnapView: Clones

  • Clone and Clone Consistency Operations
  • Clone Configuration and Management

Course Labs

Lab 1: Configuring Unisphere and the VNX system

Lab 2: Provisioning storage, via iSCSI, to Windows and Linux hosts

Lab 3: Implementing advanced storage concepts (metaLUNs, LUN migration, FAST)

Lab 4: Configuring SnapView snapshots and clones

Lab 5: Configuring Unisphere Event Monitor and Unisphere Analyzer