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Architecting HP Server Solutions - Rev 12.31

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Certification: Exam(s): The Learning Center: Format: Duration:

HP ASE - HP Server Solution Architect V8 HP0-S36 - Architecting HP Server Solutions 00433808 Instructor-led training 32 hrs

How to register Course description

The Planning and Design of HP Server Solutions course delivers the technical presales knowledge and skills necessary to prepare learners to consult with customers regarding HP commercial and enterprise-class products and solutions. This course is designed for accountaligned presales technical specialists who design and justify HP cross-portfolio solutions to customers. Learners attending this course will gain knowledge of business requirements, products, concepts, technologies, and solutions within a customer sales engagement. In addition, they will learn the technical concepts and technologies of HP server solutions. A series of demonstrations and lab assignments reinforce the learning concepts delivered in this class.

Who should attend

Presales, both internal HP and external

Prerequisites
HP0-D13 - Technical Introduction to the HP Enterprise Portfolio

Course objectives
Describe the HP Converged Infrastructure and its benefits as an IT strategy Explain the characteristics to consider when choosing an HP server Describe industry-standard architecture used in the ProLiant product family Describe industry-standard architecture used in the HP Integrity product family Explain how ProLiant and Integrity servers are categorized Describe the HP approach to virtualization Describe the range of partitioning technologies offered by HP Identify the products in the HP BladeSystem portfolio ProLiant server blades Integrity server blades BladeSystem enclosures Identify ProLiant Blade Workstation Solutions Describe the BladeSystem storage and expansion product portfolio Describe and position Integrity NonStop BladeSystem solutions Describe and position the HP CloudSystem Matrix Explain how to select an HP BladeSystem enclosure

 Identify and describe the BladeSystem enclosures Describe the BladeSystem enclosure management hardware and software Insight Display Onboard Administrator modules Describe the power architecture used in BladeSystem enclosures, including: Power modes Power supplies Power modules PDUs Explain how to balance power and cooling in BladeSystem enclosures Power Regulator Dynamic Power Saver Dynamic Power Capping Identify the HP Network switches and differentiate among them Describe the HP FlexNetwork architecture Identify the HP BladeSystem networking products and technologies Explain the functions and benefits of Virtual Connect technology Explain the functions and benefits of InfiniBand technology Compare direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage(NAS), and storage area network (SAN) products and their market positions Describe the HP disk storage solutions in the HP Storage portfolio List the hard drives supported in HP servers and compare their technologies Describe the tape storage and media supported by HP servers Describe HP Smart Array technology Describe the tasks required to develop a solution integration plan Conducting a needs analysis Conducting a site survey Applying collected data Name the tools available from HP for selecting solution components Identify HP Service options Explain how to manage HP servers with HP Insight Control Explain the features and functions of the HP Insight Lifecycle Onboard (iLO) Management Engine Describe the uses of HP utilities Explain how to boot HP ProLiant and Integrity server systems Define high availability and its levels Describe the clustering models that are available for a high-availability design Identify the current HP cluster implementations State the HP best practices for power and cooling in the data center Explain how to increase availability through power protection Describe the components used to provide effective data protection in the clustered environment

Course outline
Module 1 Solution Planning and Design Gather and analyze customer business requirements and existing infrastructure data Perform a customer needs analysis Identify what support options will be required (from HP or from partner) Identify types of systems that could meet customer needs including platform/virtualization, operating system, applications, storage, network Determine desired availability and fault-tolerance levels Identify existing infrastructure limitations (network protocols, topology, facilities) Determine physical security requirements Determine scalability requirements/planned growth Determine solution management requirements Determine the implementation timeline Perform a site inventory and audit the existing IT infrastructure as needed Use HP/ISV tools to gather and analyze (HP Insight Control, VMware Capacity Planner) Perform consolidation and capacity planning assessment if required Determine Business Information management requirements Backup / restoration (Fast Recovery, Zero Downtime backup, Backup2Disk2Tape) Data replication and retention (Business Copy, Continuous Access, extended clusters) Disaster tolerance and disaster recovery Information Management Lifecycle / compliance Design, size, and validate the solution Choose appropriate operating system and operating environments Virtualization level of solution (including consolidation) Clustering/HA/FT solution Operating system version/build/updates Licensing requirements Size operating system requirements Size file shares, disk space, memory/swap space, VM host/guest resource Select the appropriate hardware Hardware virtualization level of solution (including consolidation) Platform / server / enclosure / connectivity Storage components (direct, iSCSI, Fibre Channel) Network components (in support of speed, iSCSI, teaming, VLANs, Virtual Connect) Power/cooling (UPS, rack, console and PDU/iPDU/PDM, Modular Cooling System) Clustering and high availability (redundant interconnects [NICs, HBAs, switches] storage bus/cabling, memory protection, RAID levels for boot and data, power redundancy)

Determine the physical and environmental requirements needed Power source and power type requirements Example: Sufficient amps, voltage, phase, receptacles Power continuity requirements Thermal requirements, airflow requirements Physical facility requirements Facility security Use appropriate tools to size a given situation HP BladeSystem Sizer, HP Power Advisor, DDR3 Memory Configurator SalesBuilder for Windows, HP Enterprise Configurator Validate that the solution is technically viable Application specific requirements (Database, ERP, CRM, Web, HPC, 3-D Modeling, Application Virtualization, Server Consolidation) Application specific tier architecture (2 tier or 3 tier) Compatibility matrix, best practices, and sandbox Solution sizing Required HP software licensing Select the appropriate HP Services Implementation/Startup Services Maintenance Services Consulting Services Migration/Integration Services Educational Services Determine the management solution Hardware management Operating system management Application / Workload / Operations management Design Business Information Management solution Backup / Restoration (Fast Recovery, Zero Downtime backup, Backup2Disk2Tape) Data Replication and Retention (Business Copy, Continuous Access, extended clusters) Disaster Tolerance and Disaster Recovery Information Management Lifecycle / Compliance Create an implementation plan Create a proposal covering: o Security o Disaster recovery o Scalabitity/growth o Migration

o Failure recovery o Pricing/budget o Site preparation o Services o Performance o Project schedule o Management/ management strategy o Third-party integration Create the scope of work document Document the solution and implementation tasks and responsibilities o Gather additional information for implementation (IP addresses, terminal emulator, firmware, security information, SSL certificates, operating system security settings, patches, raid/storage configuration, FCA setting)

Module 2 HP Servers Objectives Compare the features and models of the ProLiant ML/DL/SL offerings Differentiate server models (200, 400, 600, and 800 series) HP BladeSystem portfolio BladeSystem messaging Differentiate server blade models (200, 400, 600, and 800 series) o ProLiant BL460c Gen8 o Integrity BL860c i2 o Integrity BL870c i2 o Integrity BL890c i2 Differentiate between the c3000 and c7000 enclosure options Describe available power options (single-phase, three-phase, DC power) HP CloudSystem Matrix HP CloudSystem Matrix components Learning check Module 3 ProLiant Storage Options Differentiate among DAS, SAN, and NAS technologies Drive enclosures (D2000, MDS600, DS2120) Storage blades D2200sb X1800sb G2 Network Storage Blade X3800sb G2 Network Storage Blade Tape drives and tape blades SB1760c SB3000c HP Storage IO Accelerator

Install or attach external Fibre Channel-SAN shared storage and Virtual Connect options Module 4 I/O Connectivity Options Ethernet connectivity Interconnect modules LOM Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards FlexNet adapters Fibre Channel connectivity Interconnect modules Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards InfiniBand connectivity Interconnect modules Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards FlexNet adapters SAS connectivity Interconnect modules SmartArray technology PCIe cards, SAS expanders, and mezzanine adapters iSCSI connectivity Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards FlexNet adapters Converged connectivity (CNAs) PCI expansion (HP BladeSystem PCI Expansion Blade, PCI riser) USB, SD, and microSD options (e.g. optical drives) Module 5 Insight Management Software HP Insight Control SmartStart and Intelligent Provisioning (SmartSetup) Install and configure HP Insight Management Agents or Agentless Management Service (AMS) Install deployment infrastructure (HP Insight Control, Software Distributor) Install and configure HP Insight Remote Support Management software license and entitlement activation (iLO, Insight Control) HP Matrix Operating Environment HP Infrastructure Orchestration HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM) HP Recovery Management Install appropriate HP Service Pack for ProLiant Configure System Management Homepage (SMH) SMH security (IP binding etc) SMH Trusted Management Server (Relationship/Login)

Data source (SNMP or WBEM) SSL Encryption Keys HP Version Control

Module 6 Insight Control Server Deployment Configure and use Insight Control server deployment functionality Establish rip-and-replace configuration settings Pre-configure and install or update ProLiant/Integrity Support Pack (Service Pack for ProLiant) HP OEM license and entitlement activation (Microsoft, VMware etc.) Module 7 High-Availability Clusters and Disaster Recovery Solution Objectives Install and configure clustering software solutions (Microsoft, Serviceguard, VMware) Shared storage Private cluster network Cluster applications VMware HA and DRS clusters o Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster o VMware High Availability cluster Learning check Module 8 Performance Planning and Bottleneck Detection Objectives Use the appropriate tools to determine whether performance is optimal HP SIM (Insight Control performance management) Insight Diagnostic Online Edition / IML logs Network configuration utility and HPNETSVY Array configuration utilities Array diagnostic utilities HP sizing tools (application and solution sizers, white papers) to identify potential resizing recommendations Operating system performance monitoring tools o Windows performance tools System Monitor, Performance Monitor o Linux performance tools Linux System Monitor, Command line tools Library Tape Tools (LTT) Identify network bottlenecks Bandwidth - utilization, segmentation, saturation External Hardware - switches, routers, cables Tune network subsystem performance Teaming / Load balancing configuration Upgrade network infrastructure

 Upgrade NIC drivers / firmware Network segmentation Switch configuration TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) Identify and resolve processor bottlenecks Identify processor performance indicators Tune processor performance - Hardware Identify and resolve system bus bottlenecks Bus Architecture (PCI-X, PCI Express, USB) Recommended mezzanine placement (Type I, II, FlexNet) Identify and resolve storage bottlenecks Recommended slot placement (hdd) Optimize disk subsystem architecture (ie. SAS, SATA, SSD, etc.) Identify storage configuration issues Tune storage performance Identify and resolve memory bottlenecks Identify memory configuration issues Identify memory performance issues Tune memory performance Identify and resolve operating system configuration issues Identify operating system performance issues Tune operating system ( HP supported operating system types) Identify and resolve application bottlenecks Identify tools and resources: Reference white papers, software product descriptions, Best Practice Guides Identify application performance problems Ensure current performance state meets requirements Save configuration Benchmark system: Record baseline measurements o Collect system performance data o Collect application performance data o Document base configuration o Compare initial baseline with current benchmarked performance Identify and resolve virtualization bottlenecks VM configuration, Virtual Connect configuration, Hypervisor, etc Document steps taken to resolve bottlenecks Set performance thresholds Use System Management Home Page or other tools to set performance thresholds Check for known performance issues Check for known HP hardware and software performance issues Subscribers Choice, HP Support Center, etc

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How to register
Register for this course in The Learning Center. See the course attachments within The Learning Center for additional information. How to get access to The Learning Center. HP employee training This course may be available in the HP internal learning management system, Grow@hp. If the course number is not listed above, search by the title.

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Last update: 05/12

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