Duration: 4 Days
In this course, you will cover how to effectively utilize and manage the HP CloudSystem Matrix features, including IO resource pools, Storage Provisioning Manager, logical servers, infrastructure orchestration, and capacity planning.
What You Will Learn
- Major functions and
features of the HP CloudSystem Matrix
- Configure HP CloudSystem Matrix infrastructure orchestration (IO) software
- Deploy infrastructure services in a private cloud configuration
- Use Capacity and Energy planning functionality to optimize the infrastructure
- Improve service delivery with
infrastructure protection and recovery
- Matrix OE Infrastructure Orchestration
- Matrix OE Recovery Management
Audience
Experienced HP administrators who will manage the day-to-day operations of their internal cloud service catalogs using HP CloudSystem Matrix software
Prerequistes
- Deep understanding of HP BladeSystem technologies and Insight Management
software
- Understanding of SAN technology
- Experience installing and
configuring Windows Server OSs and their required hardware, firmware, and
software drivers
- Familiarity with the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) and the
associated Windows Services, such as SNMP
- Knowledge of Windows user account
and group creation, modification, and membership
- Familiarity with VMware
vSphere 5 and Microsoft HyperV
- Qualified experience to configure an HP
BladeSystem Virtual Connect environment, including VC Ethernet modules, VC Fibre
Channel modules, and server blades
Course Outline
1. CloudSystem Matrix 7.0
- HP Converged Infrastructure
- CloudSystem
- Matrix OE Product Structure
- Matrix OE Configuration Management
- Matrix OE Capacity Planning
- Matrix OE
Logical Server Management
- Matrix OE
Infrastructure Orchestration
- Matrix OE
Recovery Management
2. Managing HP CloudSystem
Matrix Infrastructure
- Infrastructure
Orchestration
- vSphere, vCenter, Server
Automation, and Insight Control Virtual Machine Management (Hyper-V), Insight
Control Server Deployment (RDP), and Ignite
- Using Software Pools
- Creating Software
Pool Entry
- Using Server Pools
- Creating a Server Pool Entry
- Using User
Pools
- Creating a User Pool Entry
3. HP Storage Provisioning Manager
- Templates
- Storage Catalogs
- Service Requests
4. HP CloudSystem Matrix
Infrastructure Orchestration Networks
- Using Network Pools
- Creating a Network
Pool Entry
- Using Infrastructure
Orchestration with Trunk Networks
- Infrastructure Orchestration VLAN Management
5.
HP CloudSystem Infrastructure Orchestration Designer
- Template Defaults
- Template Creation
- Workflow Integration
- Cloud Maps
6. HP CloudSystem Infrastructure
Orchestration Self Service Portal
- HP
CloudSystem Self Service
- Self Service
Templates
- Service Request Processing
- Service Request Lease Periods
- Increase Service Capacity
7. HP CloudSystem
Infrastructure Orchestration Multi-Tenancy
- HP CloudSystem Multi-Tenancy
- Creation
of Multiple Organizations
- Organization
Administration Portal
- Organization Self
Service Portal
- Customizing
Organizations Portal
8. Continuous Consolidation
and planning with the HP CloudSystem Matrix
- HP CloudSystem Capacity Planning Functionality to Optimize Infrastructure
Confidently
- Using Capacity
Advisor-Server Consolidation-Server Virtualization-Scenarios and Smart
Solver-Utilization Limits-Comparison Reports
9.
Energy Aware Planning with HP CloudSystem Matrix
- HP Thermal Logic Capabilities-Intelligent Power
- Data Center Environmental Edge-HP BladeSystem c7000
- Enclosure-ProLiant Power Regulator
- Dynamic Power Capping-Platinum Power Supply-Sea of Sensors
- Perform Consolidation Review Using Planning Tools
- Data Center Smart Grid
- HP Energy
Efficiency Services
- HP Performance
Optimized Data Center
10.
Improving Service Delivery with Infrastructure Protection and Recovery
Functionality
- HP CloudSystem Matrix
Support to Enable Optional Data Protection
- HP CloudSystem Matrix Recovery Management
- Data Protection vs. Disaster Recovery Products
- Process for Configuring an Environment to Implement HP CloudSystem Matrix
Recovery Management
11.
Expanding BladeSystem Solution with CSA for Matrix
- Fitting HP management Software and Matrix together
- Capabilities and Value of Cloud Service Automation for Matrix
- Site Ccope and HP Server Automation
12. HP CloudSystem Matrix Enterprise Solution
- Expanding CloudSystem Matrix
- HP
CloudSystem Matrix Cloud Bursting
- Scalability for HP CloudSystem Matrix with Federated CMS
Course Labs
Lab 1: Configure a software pool entry
Lab 2: Configure a server pool entry
Lab 3: Configure a user pool entry
Lab 4: Create an on-demand storage
template
Lab 5: Create a SPM service
Lab 6: Configure a network pool entry
Lab 7: Create a physical deployment template
Lab 8: Create a virtual machine
deployment template
Lab 9: Create a service request for physical deployments
Lab 10: Create a service request for virtual deployments
Lab 11: Increase
server group capacity
Lab 12: Expire a service request
Lab 13:
Multi-tenancy organizations
Lab 14: Using capacity advisor for server
consolidation
Lab 15: Utilization reports
Lab 16: Running resource usage
reports
Lab 17: System consolidation with power calculations
Lab 18: Power
comparison reports
Lab 19: Logical server failover using Matrix Recovery
Management