Duration: 3 Days
In this course, you will learn how to manage the new addition to the EVA disk array family product line, the P6000. You will cover in-depth hardware, concepts, and terminology. You will also learn configuration tasks, including Command View EVA (version 10.0) as well local replication using business copy with snapshots, snapclones, and mirrorclones.
What You Will Learn
- New features of the
P6000, including thin provisioning and online LUN migration
- Performance Advisor,
the new performance monitoring application for the P6000
- EVAPerf
- Command line storage
system scripting utility (SSSU)
- Best practices
Audience
New users and administrators who have worked with the legacy EVA product line
Prerequistes
Course Outline
1. Product and Hardware
- Features of the P6000
Array
- Hardware Components of the P6000 Array
- Controllers
- Drive Shelves
- Management Module
2. Command View (10x)
- Logging
In and Using the Command View User Interface
- installing and Configuring
Guidelines for Command View
- Installing Command View
- Server Based Management (SBM)
- Array Based Management
(ABM)
- Using the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and its Features
3.
Basic Concepts and Terminology
- Terms Associated with EVA
- Features of a
Disk Group
- Features of Virtual Disks
- Distributed Virtual Redundant Array
of Independent Disks (RAID) Technology
- Virtual Disk Creation
4.
Storage System Configuration
- Using Command View to Initialize a P6000
- Create, Modify, and Delete Disk Groups and Virtual Disks
- Properties of Disk
Groups and Virtual Disks
5. Host Configuration
- Supported Operating Systems
- Find the World Wide Name (WWN) for a Host
Bus Adapter (HBA)
- Zoning for Host Presentation from a P6000
- Preparing a
Host to Access P6000 Capacity
- Creating Hosts in Command View
- Adding FC
Ports to a Host
- Presenting a vdisk/lun to a Host
- Unpresenting a
vdisk/lun from a Host
6. Making LUNs Visible to
Hosts
- Windows, HP-UX, Linux, and VMware ESX
- Multipathing Information
7. Thin Provisioning
- Thin Provisioned vdisk/lun
- Advantages and Disadvantages of a Thin Provisioned vdisk/lun
- vdisk/lun in
Command View
8. Advanced Concepts and Terminology
- P6000 Virtualization
- Redundant Storage Sets (RSS) and their Benefits
- Describe RSS Behavior
- Disk Failure Protection Levels
- Virtual Disk
Leveling
- Distributed Sparing
9. Storage System
Scripting Utility (SSSU)
- Command Structure and Naming Conventions
10.
Local Replication Business Copy
- Snapshots
- Snapclone
- Mirrorclone
11. LUN Migration
- Migrate a vdisk/lun in Command View
12.
Performance Monitoring
- New Performance Advisor and EVAPerf
- Benefits of
Performance Advisor
- Bringing Up Performance Advisor
- Charts and Reports
in Performance Advisor
Course Labs
