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Course overview

This 5-day course introduces students to the XP disk array terminology, function, architecture, and configuration. This course is a hands-on course that allows the student to configure LUNs, custom volumes, and logical unit size extension volumes as part of an overall high availability solution. Students will also learn about replication solutions available for the XP. This version uses updated releases of Command View XP Advanced Edition and Performance Advisor.


Prerequisites

Required

  • Knowledge of networks and the storage administration tasks for the OS the XP will serve
  • It is also beneficial to have and understanding of SANs

Recommended

  • Accelerated SAN Essentials (UC434S)
  • SAN Fundamentals WBT (U5527aae)

Audience

Storage administrators responsible for the configuration and management of HP StorageWorks XP disk arrays.


Benefits to you

  • Learn how to manage the XP family of disk arrays through the hands-on use of StorageWorks XP software
  • Gain an in-depth knowledge of the XP architecture and how it can be implemented and extended in the enterprise


Course outline

XP disk array concepts

  • Identify major components of an XP array including CHIP, ACP, and Cache
  • Component addressing in an XP array
  • Array group concepts
  • LUN concepts

XP Array Hardware

  • Apply the concepts to the specific XP models:
    XP 12000/10000 and XP 1024/128

Remote Web Console

  • What is Remote Web Console?
  • Web Console Architecture
  • Logging in to Web Console
  • Web Console user management
  • Download audit log files

Command View XP Advanced Edition (CVXP AE)

  • CVXP AE architecture
  • Install and configure the Device Manager Server, Agent, and Web Client
  • Add subsystems to Device Manager
  • Run CVXP AE storage reports

Host connectivity

  • SAN concepts
  • Choose the appropriate fibre channel port topology
  • LUN security in a SAN environment
  • XP CHIP port host modes

LUN management

  • Use LUN Manager function of both Web Console and Command View XP Advanced Edition Device Manager
  • Set the topology, and port address for fibre channel ports
  • Create host groups/host storage domains
  • Set the host made for a host group/host storage domain
  • Create LUNs--configuring a path from an LDEV to one or more hosts
  • Use the configuration file loader tool

Volume management

  • Create Logical Unit Size Extension (LUSE) volumes
  • Create Custom Size Volumes (CSV)
  • Manage OPEN-V volumes

Making LUNs visible to hosts

  • Procedures for making LUNs visible to various types of hosts
  • xpinfo tool

Multi-pathing

  • HBA failover
  • Dynamic load balancing over multiple HBA paths
  • Load balancing policies
  • Install and configure HP Secure Path
  • Install and configure the MPIO XP Device Specific Module (DSM)

Business Copy XP

  • Business copy overview
  • Uses for Business Copy
  • Creating, splitting, and resyncing Business Copy Volumes
  • Cascading
  • Managing Business Copy with Web Console

RAID Manager XP for Business Copy

  • RAID Manager concepts
  • Installing RAID Manager
  • RAID Manager instance configuration files
  • Starting and stopping RAID Manager
  • RAID Manager environment variables
  • Using RAID Manager to manager Business Copy

Command View XP Advanced Edition Copy Operations

  • Host Agent requirements for copy operations
  • Use CV XP AE Device Manager to create RAID Manager configuration files

Snapshot XP

  • Describe the differences between Snapshot XP and traditional Business Copy XP
  • Create Snapshot Pool Volumes and Virtual Volumes (V-VOLs)
  • Perform snapshot copy operations

Continuous Access XP

  • Continuous Access overview
  • Configuring ports for Continuous Access use
  • Remote Control Unit (RCU) operations
  • Creating, splitting, and resyncing Continuous Access pairs
  • Synchronous vs Asynchronous vs Journal Continuous Access

Performance Advisor XP

  • Performance Advisor architecture.
  • Installing Performance Advisor management station and host agents.
  • Configuring data collection
  • Creating charts
  • Viewing XP component performance in the data grid.
  • Setting alarms

External Storage XP Concepts

  • Understand the features of External Storage XP

Additional topics

  • Describe the intended purpose of various add-on software products available for the XP
  • Overview of xp24000
  • Introduction to thin provisioning

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