Duration
5 days
Audience
This course is intended for information technology professionals responsible for the implementation and configuration of VNX Block, File, and Unified Storage in heterogeneous host environments.
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student should have knowledge and skills associated with the following:
- VNX system architecture
- EMC PowerPath operations
- SAN configurations, including basic utilization of the software tools used to configure the Fibre Channel, FCoE and Ethernet switch environments
- TCP/IP networking
- Ethernet switch configuration, including management of switch features like VLANs,
- Ethernet settings, including duplex, throughput, and port channeling
- Basic Microsoft Windows and UNIX administration skills (Managing users/groups, files and directories)
- Basic VMware ESX/ESXi operations and management
A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.
At Course Completion
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Implement security for VNX Unisphere
- Configure VNX system and provision RAID Groups, LUNs, Pools and Pool LUNs
- Implement host access to block-level storage
- Integrate Windows, Linux, and ESXi hosts with VNX block-level storage
- Describe VNX advance storage concepts (FAST VP and FAST Cache)
- Configure networking for VNX Data Movers
- Create and manage file systems
- Implement NFS and CIFS
- Create and configure Virtual Data Movers
- Implement VNX local replication solutions for block and file–SnapView, VNX Snapshot, and VNX SnapSure
Course Outline
The content of this course are designed to support the course objectives. The following focus areas are included in this course:
- Unisphere Security and Basic Management
▬ Unisphere and CLI Interface
▬ Implementing Unisphere Security
- Storage System Configuration and Storage Provisioning
▬ SP Networking and Cache
▬ VNX Storage Objects
- Host Integration and Access to Block Storage
▬ Managing Host Access
▬ PowerPath and other Host Utilities
- Host Installation and Integration for Block
▬ Implementing FC and iSCSI Connectivity for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and ESXi
- Advanced Storage Concepts
▬ FAST VP and FAST Cache
- VNX Block Local Replication Solutions
▬ Replication Terminology and Operations
▬ Describing and Implementing SnapView Snapshot, SnapView Clone, and VNX Snapshot
- Data Mover Networking
▬ Data Mover Network Configuration
▬ Implementing DNS and Time Services
▬ Networking high availability features
- Virtual Data Movers
▬ Create and Manage Virtual Data Movers
- Configuring and Exporting File Systems
▬ File System Components and Features
▬ File System Creation and Configuration
▬ Exporting File Systems to UNIX and ESXi
- Configuring CIFS
▬ Create and Join a CIFS Server to a Windows Domain
▬ File System Access Via CIFS
▬ CIFS Operational Considerations
▬ Usermapper
- VNX SnapSure
▬ VNX SnapSure Theory and Operations
▬ Configuring SnapSure
- Data Mover Failover
▬ Configuring Data Mover Failover
▬ Testing Data mover Failover and Failback
In addition to lecture and demonstrations, this course includes labs designed to allow practical experience for the participant.
This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.