Module 1: Introduction to the HPE Nonstop Cluster I/O Module (CLIM)

• Course introduction

Module 2: HPE Nonstop Hardware Architecture Overview

• Architecture overview of HPE Integrity Nonstop Servers and HPE
• HPE Integrity Nonstop BladeSystems using the cluster I/O modules (CLIMs)
• Overview of HPE Integrity NS16x00 systems using CLIMs
• Overview of HPE Integrity NS2x00 systems using CLIMs
• Overview of HPE Nonstop HPE Integrity NB5x000c BladeSystems using CLIMs
• Describe the basic functions of the CLIMs

Module 3: CLIM Architecture

• CLIM product overview
• Introduce the CLIM
• Describe the common components of the CLIM
• Describe the CLIM theory of operation
• Describe how the CLIM connects into the HPE Nonstop Server
• Describe the cluster I/O protocol (CIP) software components

Module 4: Storage CLIM

• Introduce the storage CLIM
• Describe how the storage CLIM connects into the HPE Nonstop Multicore Architecture (NSMA)
• Describe the hardware components of the DL385 G2 and G5 storage CLIM
• Describe the hardware components of the DL380 G6 and DL380p Gen8 storage CLIM
• Describe the SAS disk enclosures MSA70 and D2700 hardware components
• Describe the SAS tape drives

Module 5: IP CLIM Architecture

• Introduce the IP CLIM
• Describe how the IP CLIM connects into the HPE Nonstop System
• Describe the hardware components of the IP CLIM

Module 6: Managing CLIMs

• Procedures for managing CLIMs
• OSM LLL CLIM prep
• SCF commands for adding CLIMS to the system
• SCF commands to show CIP subsystem and CLIM status
• Commands for adding other basic components as providers for IP CLIMs
• Enable a trusted relationship between HPE Nonstop and CLIM

Module 7: Common CLIM Commands

• SCF commands for the CIP subsystem
• CLIM backup and restore commands
• CLIMCMD command wrapper and examples of CLIMCMD
• Single sign on (SSO) for CLIMs
• Some CLIMCMD Linux examples

Module 8: Storage CLIM configuration

• Overview of the storage configuration using storage CLIMs
• Specific SCF commands for the storage CLIM
• Adding disks attached to CLIMs with SCF
• Describing write-through and write-back cache
• Storage CLIM CLIMCMD commands
• Disk partitioning
• Volume level encryption (VLE)

Module 9: IP CLIM Configuration

• Specify the SCF commands for IP CLIMS
• General command structure climconfig
• Describing the IPDATA provider object
• Adding and configuring interfaces

  • Physical interface
  • IP address
  • Configuring for fault tolerance
  • Bonding—types supported—fail-over on interface, and link level
  • CLIM-to-CLIM—per provider fault tolerance—fail-over on CLIM level
• Adding and configuring routes

  • Generic routes
  • Specific routes
• Gathering and collecting information from TCP/IP configurations
• Describing the multi provider CLIM (MPC)
• Describing climiptables (FireWall)
• Describing IPSec on IP CLIMs

Module 10: IP CLIM Troubleshooting

• Describe how to identify a failure
• Describe how to categorize the failure
• Describe how to collect the data
• Describe basic analysis
• Describe recovery