Duration: 3 Days
In this course, you will prepare to navigate through the HP CloudSystem
solution offerings and identify, describe, position, and specify the correct
solution based on customer needs. This course prepares you for the HP ASE -
Cloud Architect v1 certification. You will also learn the technical consulting
skills needed to deliver planning and design services.
What You Will Learn
- Cloud computing fundamentals
- HP Cloud Functional Reference Architecture
- Get to the cloud, use existing resources, new HP solutions, and HP and partner
services
- Address typical concerns
- Cloud-specific networking challenges
and technologies and address those challenges
- Guiding principles required to
propose a solution based on customer needs
- Plan, design, and size a
solution
- HP CloudSystem offerings, positioning, and components
- Cloud
resources available from HP
Audience
HP employees, channel partners, or customers needing to learn how to
describe, position, recommend, select, and architect the HP CloudSystem
solutions
Prerequistes
- Thorough understanding of HP Converged Infrastructure and its
components, including HP servers, storage, networking, power and cooling,
software, security, and services
- HP ATP - Cloud Administrator v1 Certification
Course Outline
1. Cloud Fundamentals
- Cloud Concepts
- Current
IT Challenges and How Cloud Computing Addresses Customer Needs
- HP Converged
Cloud Strategy
- HP CloudSystem vs. HP Converged Infrastructure
- HP
CloudSystem Offerings and their Capabilities.
- Purpose of HP Cloud Maps
2. HP Cloud Reference Architecture
- Benefits of
Applying ITIL Principles to an IT Organization
- Relate ITIL to the HP Cloud
Functional Reference Architecture
- Features and Benefits of the HP Converged
Cloud Architecture
3. HP Journey to Cloud
- Services and Roadmaps to Help Customers get to the Cloud
- Security Concerns
with Cloud Implementations and Position HP Security Products for Cloud
- Moving to HP CloudSystem while Using Existing
- Converged Infrastructure
Components
- HP Cloud Services
- HP Partner Programs
- Value of the
Solution (HP Solution Demo Portal)
4. Cloud
Networking
- Cloud-Specific Networking Challenges and Considerations
- Best
Practices in Designing Networks for Cloud
- Components of HP FlexFabric
Networks
- Features and Benefits of the HP Intelligent Resilient Framework
- Features and Benefits of the HP Intelligent Management Center
- Features and
Benefits of the HP Secure Virtualization Framework
5.
Planning and Designing HP CloudSystem Solutions
- Guiding Principles Required
to Propose a Solution Based on a Customer's Needs
- Plan, Design, and Size the
Customer Solution
6. A Closer Look at the HP
CloudSystem Matrix
- Explain the architecture and identify the major
components of the HP CloudSystem Matrix
- Define CloudSystem Matrix reference
configurations
- Features and Benefits of Matrix OE
- Matrix Recovery
Management
- Features and Benefits of CSA for Matrix
- Major Components and
Functionality of Server Automation
- Main Components and functionality of
SiteScope
- Integrating HP CloudSystem with Third-Party Infrastructure
7.
HP CloudSystem Enterprise
- Architecture and Major Components of HP
CloudSystem Enterprise
- Main HP Cloud Service Automation Concepts and
Components
- Features of HP Server Automation Enterprise Edition
- Features
and Benefits of HP Network Automation
- HP CSA Installation and Configuration
Process
8. HP CloudSystem Service Provider
- Architecture and Major Components of HP CloudSystem Service Provider
- HP
Aggregation Platform for SaaS (AP4SaaS)
9. HP Cloud
Resources
- HP Solution Demo Portal
- Additional Resources Available from HP
for the Cloud
10. Strengths of HP Cloud Solutions
- Cloud Market
Landscape
- Strengths of HP Cloud Solutions
Course Labs
Lab 1: Create a CloudSystem Proposal
- Analyze customer requirements
- Present a high-level architectural diagram of a cloud solution that meets
specific customer requirements and explain your choice
- Create a detailed
proposal of the architecture you have designed, explain the cost vs. benefits
related to your choice
Lab 2: Lab Environment
- CMOD lab environment
- Verify communication between Server Automation (SA) and HP Infrastructure
Orchestration (HP IO)
- Validate SA operating system sequences in the Matrix
OE environment
- Ensure that SiteScope monitors appear in HP IO
Lab 3:
Provision Red Hat Server
- Use the IO Designer to create a template
- Configure server, network, and storage definitions in the IO Designer
- Use
the IO Self Service portal to request a service
- Approve a service request
and monitor the progress of the service creation task
- Check the e-mail
approval process
- Monitor the provisioning task in vCenter and in SA
- Flex
up virtual machine vCPU characteristics
Lab 4: Provision and Customize a Red
Hat Web Server
- Edit server properties
- Add application software to the
software deployment
- Add workflows to a template for SiteScope monitors and
SA compliance and remediation
- Validate the SA operating system sequence
availability in the Matrix OE
Lab 5: Flexing Services with HP SiteScope and
HP IO APIs
- Flex up and down a service based on SiteScope alerts
Lab 6:
CloudSystem Matrix Bursting and Template Customization
- Set up the initial
steps for CloudSystem Matrix to enable bursting to HP Cloud Services
- Modify
the default currency settings for local billing
Lab 7: HP Solution Demo
Portal and CloudSystem Resources
- Use the HP Solution Demo Portal (SDP)
- Access the resource portals for HP CloudSystem Matrix
