Duration
4 days
Course Overview
The intent of this course is to review the skills you need to work with System i clients as a System i technical solutions designer. In addition, this course will assist in preparing you for the IBM certification exam for System i.
Audience
Professionals who want to sit for IBM Certified Specialist - Power Systems Technical Support for i (Test #974).
Pre-requisites
Two to three years of experience with System i, including one year specifically doing System i design (for example, experience solely consisting of taking a college course on System i would not be sufficient).
Experience participating in at least 10 to 20 design opportunities, including working with other Designers in those design opportunities.
Substantial understanding of:
- Total-cost-of-ownership considerations for the customer.
- The IBM i product portfolio, including the current release and hardware, and previous releases and generations.
- Customer business requirements and how System i solutions can meet those requirements.
- General knowledge and experience:
- Familiarity with the IBM System i System Handbook and System Builder (V5R4 and two previous versions).
- Understands Power Systems and IBM i6.1 from a general sales and implementation perspective.
Course Objective
The objective of this course is to assist in preparing you to take IBM certification exam number 974 by reviewing information on the following:
- IBM i Architecture
- IBM i in the Marketplace
- Why Customers Buy IBM i
- Versatility
- Editions
- CBU
- Capacity on Demand
- Licenses
- IBM i Hardware
- 2008 Roadmap and Transitions
- Power 520
- Power 550
- Power 570
- Power 595
- Blade Center
- IBM i Storage
- IBM i Software
- Solutions from ISVs
- Solutions from Open Source
- Solutions from IBM
- Consolidated Solutions
- Features of IBM i LPAR
- Features of AIX 5L on IBM i
- Features of Linux on IBM i
- Purpose of Windows Consolidation
- Solution Design and Upgrades
- Migration and Upgrade
- System Planning Tool
- V6R1 Upgrade Planning
- IBM i 6.1 Program Conversion
- Implementation of IBM i Hardware
- Partition Deployment with the System Planning and Deployment Infrastructure
- LPAR and Virtualization Management with the Hardware Management Console
- LPAR and Virtualization Management with Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM)
- LPAR and Virtualization Management with Virtual Partition Manager (VPM)
- IBM i Configuration to support Virtual I/O and Virtual Networking
- VIOS, Storage Virtualization and LPAR Enhancements
- Implementing IBM i Software
- Hardware Management Console
Introduction
- Connectivity Options
- Setting up a new HMC
- Backups
- User Roles and Responsibilities
- ASMI Proxy
- DHCP Anomalies
- Systems Management
- IBM Systems Director Navigator for i5/OS
- i 6.1 System i Access for windows
- i 6.1 System i Access for Web
- Systems Availability
- Virtual Tape and Tape Encryption Support
- Save and Restore
- Save and Restore Enhancements for V6R1
- BRMS Enhancements
- Performance Management
- IBM i 6.1 Performance
- Performance Tools Update
- Graphically Examine Performance Data
- Processor Pool Changes for POWER6
Day 1
- Welcome
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.