Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: HP 3PAR Solution Overview
- Benefits and advantages of HP 3PAR technology vs. traditional arrays
- HP 3PAR hardware offerings
- Basic HP 3PAR high availability advantages
- Advantages of cache persistence and persistent ports
- Data flow and communication concepts in an HP 3PAR controller node
Module 2: Management Console GUI and CLI Introduction
- Installing Management Console GUI and Command Line (CLI)
- Logging to the GUI and CLI
- GUI basic features and CLI basic commands
- Management Console GUI and CLI benefits
Module 3: 7200/7400 Hardware Overview
- HP 3PAR controller options basics
- Drive cage expandability options
Module 4: T Series/F Series/V Series Hardware Overview
- HP 3PAR hardware components basics
- HP 3PAR hardware components numbering schemes
- Gen3 and Gen4 ASIC chip functionality
Module 5: Storage Concepts and Terminology
- HP 3PAR provisioning terminology
- HP 3PAR concept of a disk chunklet and Logical Disk (LD)
- HP 3PAR concept of a Common Provisioning Group (CPG)
- HP 3PAR Virtual Volumes (VV) types
Module 6: Storage Configuration
- CPGs using Management Console GUI and CLI
- Fully provisioned and thin provisioned VVs using Management Console GUI and CLI
Module 7: Host Connectivity and Storage Allocation
- Supported operating systems
- How to prepare a host to access an HP 3PAR storage array
- Creating hosts in an HP 3PAR storage array
- Adding FC ports to a host
- Export VVs to a host as VLUNs
- Uexport VVs/VLUNs from a host
- Using Management Console GUI and CLI to work with hosts and storage
Module 8: Autonomic Groups: Host Sets and Volume Sets
- Host and volume sets advantages
- Creating and maintaining host and volume sets
- Management Console GUI and CLI to work with host and volume sets
- Host and volume sets guidelines and rules
Module 9: Dynamic Optimization
- Dynamic Optimization (DO) benefits
- Changing VV RAID level
- Changing VV setsize and availability level
- Changing VV service level
- Changing VV user data and copy space
Module 10: Thin Technologies
- Benefits of the Zero Detection/Thin Persistence feature
- Administering Virtual Volumes using the CLI to manage space
- Perform an online Thick to Thin online conversion
Module 11: Virtual and Physical Copy
- Virtual and Physical Copy benefits
- Creating a Virtual Copy volume
- Physical Copy Functionality
- Using Management Console GUI and CLI to manage Virtual and Physical Copies
Module 12: Virtual Domains
- Virtual domains concepts
- User’s privileges for domains
- Creating and removing a domain
- Creating and managing domain objects
- Working with virtual domains using Management Console GUI and CLI