Duration
4 Days (Time extension for Dec 2015 session)
Course Overview
This course provides an overview of the PowerVM edition's features on POWER6 and POWER7 processor-based systems. It explains the new features and benefits of virtualization including processor virtualization, Integrated Virtual Ethernet, Virtual I/O Server, and virtual devices, such as virtual Ethernet, virtual SCSI, and virtual Fibre Channel adapters. Basic and advanced configurations of the Virtual I/O Server and its clients are discussed including various availability options.
Students are also given additional details about PowerVM features that were introduced in Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11MY).
Audience
This intermediate course is intended for system administrators, technical support personnel, and business partners responsible for implementing LPARs on IBM Power Systems servers.
Pre-requisites
You must have advanced system administration experience with AIX 6 or AIX 7. This prerequisite can be met by attending one of the following courses:
- Power Systems for AIX II: Implementation and Administration (AN12MY)
- Power Systems for AIX III: Advanced Administration and Problem Determination (AN15MY)
- AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AN14MY)
Alternatively, you must have equivalent AIX and LPAR skills.
General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended. This prerequisite can be met by attendingTCP/IP for AIX Administrators (AN21MY).
You are also expected to have logical partition administration skills on POWER6 or POWER7 processor-based systems, which can be obtained by attending Power Systems for AIX I: LPAR Configuration and Planning (AN11MY).
Objective
- Discuss the advantages or value of PowerVM edition's features
- Define micro-partitioning and shared processor LPARs
- Discuss the benefits of simultaneous multithreading
- Discuss and configure the Integrated Virtual Ethernet (IVE)
- Install and configure the Virtual I/O Server
- Configure virtual network devices, such as virtual Ethernet and shared Ethernet adapters
- Configure virtual SCSI and virtual Fibre Channel storage adapters
- Configure virtual SCSI target devices on a virtual SCSI adapter
- Define file-backed storage pools and file-backed virtual optical devices
- Identify single points of failure in virtualized environments
- Configure multiple VIO servers for high availability
- Configure advanced virtual networking options
- Configure the shared Ethernet adapter failover feature
- Configure advanced virtual SCSI options
- Configure MPIO in a VIO server's client partition
- Manage the service events, configure call home, add, exchange FRUs, and discuss FSP failover
Key topics
Day 1
- Welcome
- Exercise 1: Power Systems documentation overview
- Exercise 2: Processor virtualization configuration
Day 2
- Exercise 3. Integrated Virtual Ethernet configuration
- Exercise 4: Virtual Ethernet adapter configuration
- Exercise 5: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration (Part 1)
Day 3
- Exercise 5: Virtual I/O Server and client partition configuration (Part 2)
- Exercise 6: SEA failover setup
Day 4
- Exercise 7: Dual VIO server configuration with MPIO in the client partition
- Exercise 8: Virtual Fibre Channel adapter configuration
Day 5
- Exercise 9: Manage service events
- Exercise 10: PowerVM system maintenance
- Exercise 11: (Optional) File-backed virtual disk and virtual media repository configuration
- Wrap up and evaluations
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.