Kurs Managing HPE 3PAR StoreServ I

Seminarinhalte

HPE 3PAR Solution Overview

• Current product line overviews
• Software suites and licensing overview
• Benefits and advantages of HPE 3PAR virtualized storage architecture
• HPE 3PAR hardware offerings (10000 Series and 7000 Series)
• Basic HPE 3PAR high availability advantages
• Gen4 ASIC chip functionality
• Advantages of cache persistence and persistent ports
• Data flow and communication concepts in an HPE 3PAR controller node
• Self-encrypting drives
• HPE 3PAR component connectivity
• HPE 3PAR remote support

HPE 3PAR Array Management: SSMC, MC, and CLI

• Installing
• Logging In
• Basic features and commands
• Wizards
• Benefits

2000/8000/7000 Series Hardware Overview

• HPE 3PAR controller options
• Drive cage expandability options
• HPE 3PAR hardware components basics
• HPE 3PAR hardware components numbering schemes
• Current drive sizes

Storage Concepts and Terminology

• HPE 3PAR provisioning terminology
• HPE 3PAR concept of a disk chunklet and Logical Disk (LD)
• HPE 3PAR concept of a Common Provisioning Group (CPG)
• HPE 3PAR Virtual Volumes (VVs) types
• Thin Provisioning

Storage Configuration

• CPGs using SSMC, Management Console, and CLI
• Fully provisioned and thin provisioned and thin deduplicated VVs using SSMC, Management Console, and CLI

Host Connectivity and Storage Allocation

• Supported operating systems
• How to prepare a host to access an HPE 3PAR storage array
• Adding hosts in an HPE 3PAR storage array
• Adding FC ports to a host
• Export VVs to a host as VLUNs
• Unexport VVs/VLUNs from a host
• Using Management Console, SSMC, and CLI to work with hosts and storage
• Use Host Explorer to add hosts
• Use HP3PARInfo to gather information

Autonomic Groups and Virtual Lock

• Host and volume sets advantages
• Creating and maintaining host and volume sets
• SSMC, Management Console, and CLI to work with host and volume sets
• Host and volume sets guidelines and rules
• Understand the Virtual Lock feature