HPE Alletra Storage

CP068

Learning path ID

CP068

Duration

105 hours


Overview

This learning path covers the following elements of the HPE Alletra Storage family:

  • HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP (HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000)
  • HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
  • HPE Alletra Storage 9000
  • HPE Alletra Storage 6000
  • HPE Alletra Storage 5000

It includes courses that cover hardware platform building blocks and theories of operation, as well as storage array features for HPE Alletra Storage. Using hands-on labs, you learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to create hosts, volumes, and sets, as well as how to monitor the products. This learning path also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, disaster recovery, QoS where applicable, maintenance, and data migration.


Additionally, the learning path provides knowledge on Windows, Linux®, Veeam®, and VMware® connectivity to the storage arrays (HPE Alletra Storage 9000, HPE Alletra Storage 6000, and HPE Alletra Storage 5000), as well as various integration capabilities of those families with listed operating systems. That includes toolkits, APIs, VMware integration plug-in, and VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™ (vVols) support. It also presents an overview of containers support based on Kubernetes®, along with Veeam Backup & Replication™ integration with storage array replication features.


You gain a practical understanding of the array capabilities through extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces, and gain a practical understanding of HPE Alletra Storage 9000, HPE Alletra Storage 6000, and HPE Alletra Storage 5000 with Microsoft Windows, Linux, VMware, and Veeam Backup & Replication.

Learning path ID

CP068

Duration

105 hours


  • Audience

    This learning path is ideal for customers, administrators, and channel partner sales or technical sales.

  • Prerequisites

    Before attending courses in this learning path, you should have:

    • An understanding of general storage concepts including Fibre Channel, iSCSI technology, and RAID
    • Operator level functionality in a Windows environment
  • Certifications and related exams

    This learning path prepares you for the:

    • Administrator—Managing HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 digital badge skills assessment
    • Administrator—Managing HPE Alletra 9000 digital badge skills assessment
  • Learning path outline

Course 1: Managing HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP (HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000)

Description: This course describes the HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware platform building blocks, theory of operation, and HPE GreenLake for Block Storage features. You learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to create hosts, volumes, sets, and how to monitor the product. It also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, disaster recovery, QoS, as well as maintenance and data migration. You gain a practical understanding of HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.


Objectives: After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Describe HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware and features
  • List and compare HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP management options, roles, and security
  • Explain provisioning terminology
  • Perform on-boarding and initialization
  • Work with volumes, hosts, and corresponding sets
  • Protect data with snapshots, clones, and use protection policies
  • Describe priority optimization and quality of service (QoS)
  • Explain different types of replication implementations and failure scenarios
  • Briefly describe data migration, high availability, and disaster tolerance solutions
  • Describe monitoring and alerting options
  • Describe the HPE GreenLake for Block Storage MP OS update procedure and maintenance

Course 1 lab outline

  • Lab 1: Getting Started with UIs
  • Lab 4: Array Preparation Tools
  • Lab 5: Hosts Configuration and Management
  • Lab 6: Volumes Configuration and Management
  • Lab 7: Working with Protection Policies, Snapshots, and Clones
  • Lab 8: Working with Replication
  • Lab 9: Working with Peer Persistence
  • Lab 10: Performing Monitoring, Managing, Alerts, and Events
  • Lab 11: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage Maintenance

Course 2: Managing HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP

Description: This course covers the hardware building blocks, theory of operation, and features of HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP. Using hands-on labs, you learn to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to setup users, shares, quotas, and connect to shares. It also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, data protection, as well as maintenance, monitoring, and alerts. You gain a practical understanding of HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.


Objectives: After completing this training, should be able to:

  • Describe the HPE GreenLake for File Storage solution
  • Explain the basic concepts of HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
  • Create and manage file shares within HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
  • List various security flavors that are available with HPE GreenLake for File Storage MP
  • Use advanced features like snapshots and protection policies
  • Use various analytics and monitoring features available in the web user interface (UI) and Data Services Cloud Console

Course 2 lab outline

Lab 1: HPE GreenLake for File Storage Management Interfaces

Lab 2: Managing File Shares

Lab 3: Data Protection

Lab 4: Monitoring and Log Collection

Appendix A: Connecting to Active Directory (demo only)

Course 3: Managing HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000

Description: This course describes the HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 portfolio hardware building blocks, theories of operation, and features. Using hands-on labs, you learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to create hosts, volumes, and collections, as well as how to monitor the product. This course also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, disaster recovery, scaling-out, QoS, and maintenance. You gain a practical understanding of HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 array capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.


Objectives: After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Describe HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 hardware, architecture, and software features
  • List and compare HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 management options
  • Describe HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 array initialization and Data Services Cloud Console onboarding
  • Explain HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 provisioning terminology, features, and read/write operations flow
  • Prepare and create hosts and initiator groups for HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 storage arrays
  • Work with volumes, volume collections, and quality of service (QoS)
  • Describe and manage snapshots, clones, and protection templates
  • Describe the concept, use, and benefits of the HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 storage scale-out architectures
  • Explain asynchronous remote replication concepts, implementation, and failure scenarios
  • Describe peer persistence concepts, architecture, requirements, and the automatic switchover (ASO) process
  • Describe HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 monitoring options and tools
  • Describe the HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 OS update procedure

Course 3 lab outline

  • Lab 0: HPE vLabs Access
  • Lab 2: Getting Started with UIs
  • Lab 3: Array Preparation Tools
  • Lab 5: Hosts Configuration and Management
  • Lab 6–1: Volumes Configuration and Management
  • Lab 6–2: Working with Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Lab 7: Working with Protection Policies, Snapshots, and Clones
  • Lab 8: Working with Remote Replication
  • Lab 9: Working with Scale-Out technology
  • Lab 10: Working with Peer Persistence
  • Lab 11: Monitoring, Alerts, and Events
  • Lab 12: HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 Maintenance

Course 4: HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 Integration

Description : This course provides additional knowledge of Windows, Linux®, and VMware® connectivity to HPE Alletra 5000 and 6000 storage arrays, as well as various integration capabilities of those families with listed operating systems. That includes Windows and Linux toolkits, VMware integration plug-in, and VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™(vVols) support. It also discusses containers support based on Kubernetes® and Veeam® Backup & Replication™ integration with HPE Alletra 5000 and HPE Alletra 6000 replication features. Hands-on lab exercises comprise over 70% of the course.


Objectives : After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Integrate HPE Alletra 6000 and HPE Alletra 5000 storage with:
    • Windows environments
    • Linux environments
    • VMware environments
    • Veeam Backup & Replication backup software
  • Describe integrations with Kubernetes containers

Course 4 lab outline

  • Lab 1: Working with Windows Integrations
  • Lab 2: Working with Linux Integrations
  • Lab 3: Working with VMware Integrations
  • Lab 4: Working with Veeam Integrations
  • Lab 5: Using the REST API

Course 5: Managing HPE Alletra 9000

Description : This course describes the hardware building blocks, theory of operation, and features of HPE Alletra 9000. Using hands-on labs, you learn how to perform common day-to-day management tasks, including how to create hosts, volumes, and sets, as well as how to monitor the product. This course also provides knowledge of more advanced features, including local and remote replication, disaster recovery, QoS, as well as maintenance and data migration. You gain a practical understanding of HPE Alletra 9000 array capabilities using extensive hands-on lab exercises, performed on all applicable user interfaces.


Objectives : After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Describe HPE Alletra 9000 hardware and features
  • List and compare HPE Alletra 9000 management options, roles, and security
  • Explain provisioning terminology
  • Perform HPE Alletra 9000 array on-boarding and initialization
  • Work with volumes, hosts, and corresponding sets
  • Protect data with snapshots, clones, and use protection policies
  • Describe priority optimization and quality of service (QoS)
  • Explain different types of remote copy implementations and failure scenarios
  • Briefly describe data migration, high availability, and disaster tolerance solutions
  • Describe HPE Alletra monitoring and alerting options including HPE InfoSight
  • Describe the HPE Alletra 9000 OS update procedure, maintenance, and data migration options

Course 5 lab outline

  • Lab 0: HPE vLabs Access
  • Lab 1: Getting Started with UIs
  • Lab 4: Initialization and Array Status
  • Lab 5: Hosts Configuration and Management
  • Lab 6: Volumes Configuration and Management
  • Lab 7: Working with Protection Policies, Snapshots, and Clones
  • Lab 8: Working with Priority Optimization/QoS
  • Lab 9: Working with Remote Copy
  • Lab 10: Working with Peer Persistence
  • Lab 11: Performing Monitoring, Managing, Alerts, and Events
  • Lab 12: Working with HPE Alletra 9000 Maintenance, OS Update, and Data Migration

Course 6: HPE Alletra 9000 Integration

Description : This course provides additional knowledge of Windows, Linux®, VMware®, and Veeam connectivity to HPE Alletra 9000 storage arrays, as well as various integration capabilities of those families with listed operating systems. That includes Windows and Linux toolkits, VMware integration plug-in, and VMware vSphere® Virtual Volumes™(vVols) support. It also discusses containers support based on Kubernetes® and Veeam® Backup & Replication™ integration. Hands-on lab exercises comprise over 70% of the course.


Objectives : After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Integrate HPE Alletra 9000 storage with:
    • Windows environments
    • Linux environments
    • VMware environments
    • Veeam Backup & Replication backup software
  • Describe integrations with Kubernetes containers

Course 6 lab outline

  • Lab 1: Working with Windows Integrations
  • Lab 2: Working with Linux Integrations
  • Lab 3: Working with VMware Integrations
  • Lab 4: Working with Veeam Integrations
  • Lab 5: Using the REST API

Course 7: HPE Nimble and HPE Alletra 6000 Storage dHCI Installation

Description : This course helps you successfully deploy the HPE Nimble and HPE Alletra 6000 Storage dHCI Greenfield solution. It explains the differences and requirements of both the Greenfield and Brownfield solutions. It also identifies the benefits of deploying the solution in HPE Nimble and HPE Alletra 6000 iSCSI VMware® environments.


Objectives : After completing this training, you should be able to:

  • Describe the two different offerings for HPE Nimble and HPE Alletra 6000 Storage dHCI solutions:
    • Greenfield
    • Brownfield
  • Understand the basic tasks involved with the HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Alletra 6000 dHCI Greenfield solution delivery
  • Understand and perform the solution installation using the HPE Nimble Storage and HPE Alletra 6000 dHCI software

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