Implementing and Servicing RA/MA Storage Solutions I

Course Code: 4868
Length: 5 days

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This course is also referred to as CS10311. It is the first of two courses offered to provide HSG80 foundation knowledge. The advanced course is "Implementing and Servicing RA/MA Storage Solutions II".

This course provides intensive hands-on training for installing, configuring, and servicing HSG80-based storage solutions in a Windows NT/2000 environment. It provides the HSG80-based RAID array and Modular Array foundation knowledge. This course describes how to configure storage units, configure the HSG80 controllers for fabric, set up connections to the host server through a Fibre Channel SAN switch, and load appropriate firmware and drivers to prepare a Windows 2000 host server to operate with an HSG80-based storage subsystem. This course also provides servicing considerations and instructions for replacing storage subsystem field-replaceable units (FRUs) and customer -replaceable units (CRUs).

Students will implement a small homogeneous operating system SAN using Proliant servers running a Windows 2000 operating system. Students are required to prepare the host server to operate with a StorageWorks RA8000 or MA8000 Fibre Channel Storage system in a fabric environment using Fibre Channel SAN switches qualified by HP.

In order to successfully complete this course, the students must have the following knowledge:

• RAID Technology.
• SCSI Technology.
• Fibre Channel Technology.
• Windows NT/2000 Operating System Administration.

This course is primarily intended for HP Services field engineers, call center personnel, and other field personnel who provide installation and/or service support assistance.

The primary focus of this course is to successfully connect a server running a Windows 2000 operating system to an HSG80-based storage subsystem, identify and solve problems that can occur with the subsystem, and replace failed subsystem components. It assists field engineers in servicing HSG80-based solutions.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Configure storage on an hp StorageWorks MA8000/RA8000 Fibre Channel Storage Subsystem.
• Load array controller software (ACS) versions 8.6/8.7 and appropriate patches onto the HSG80 controllers.
• Install and configure the HSG80 controllers for fabric.
• Set up and change subsystem host failover modes.
• Prepare a host server running a Windows 2000 operating system to operate with StorageWorks MA8000/RA8000 Fibre Channel storage systems in a fabric environment.
• Establish connections and access paths, and then verify connectivity between the host and the storage subsystem.
• Install and configure Secure Path on a Windows 2000 platform.
• Install and configure StorageWorks Command Console.
• Use HSG80 Command Line Interface (CLI) utilities to manage storage and resolve storage subsystem problems.
• Troubleshoot and replace failed MA8000/RA8000 subsystem components.

Registration may be canceled without tuition charge if Hewlett-Packard Training Registration receives notification of cancellation twenty-one business days prior to class. Cancellations made twenty to three business days prior to class will incur a $150 cancellation charge ($210 in Canada, plus applicable taxes). Cancellations made two business days prior or less to class date and/or no-shows will incur the full tuition charge.

All course offerings are dependent on classroom, equipment and instructor availability. Hewlett-Packard reserves the right to cancel or change a class at any time without liability to the attendee for costs incurred due to such cancellations or changes, including, but not limited to, cancellation penalties for transportation or accommodations.