H41BPAAE | Managing HPE B-series Fibre Channel Switches

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Managing HPE B-series Fibre Channel Switches

H41BPAAE

Course ID	H41BPAAE
Duration	4 days
Format	eLearning
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Overview

This course is designed for current and future HPE B-series SAN administrators. It introduces necessary FC theory such as routing, trunking, addressing, and services, as well as B-Series associated topics such as proprietary features, HPE B-series SAN management and monitoring options, SAN extension technologies, advanced SAN security, and hardware installation. NVME-oF theory is also presented. All practical parts are based on HPE B-series SAN devices. This course helps students gain the experience needed to tackle the challenges of working in medium-sized and enterprise-class HPE B-series SAN environments.

Course ID	H41BPAAE
Duration	4 days
Format	eLearning
Pricing & registration
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Audience

This course is ideal for intermediate to advanced IT professionals seeking knowledge of FC-SAN technologies and experience in HPE B-series SAN environments.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course, but we recommend you have the following before attending:

A good technical understanding of networking and storage concepts
Basic experience in managing Windows systems

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Perform initial installation and configuration
Explain Fibre Channel theory including Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) routing and trunking
List Fibre Channel services
Discuss NVMe-oF technology
Configure long distance connectivity including Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
Configure Fibre Channel-to-Fibre Channel routing (FC-FC routing) and Virtual Fabrics
Implement Fibre Channel security
List B-Series management and monitoring options
Perform maintenance and troubleshooting
Design a SAN network

Course outline

Module 1: Installation and Configuration	HPE B-series SAN portfolio Installation and configuration of a new switch Switch configuration procedure Activate a license feature Setting names Configuring syslog support Checking switch status Configuring 10 Gb/s Fibre Channel on supported platforms Taking a configuration backup Booting a switch
Module 2: Fiber Channel Theory	Describe the Fibre Channel networking model Different class of service FC frame structure Flow control Recall the format of a WWN Fibre Channel topologies Port types Fibre Channel addressing NPIV technology and use-cases
Module 3: FCP Routing and Trunking	Fabric terminology Principal switch Fabric initialization Frame routing—FSPF (Layer 2 routing) Exchange-based routing ISL Trunking Inter-chassis links Routing over trunks Trunks monitoring Deskew parameter
Module 4: Fibre Channel Services	Link services Fabric services Well-known addresses Simple Name Service Fabric login sequence Zoning overview and types Zoning management and administration Default zoning Zone fabric locking Zoning granularity Adding a new B-series switch to a zoned fabric Zoning best practices Peer Zoning Target-driven peer zoning QoS zoning
Module 5: NVMe-oF	What is NVME? Why NVMe over fabrics HPE Storage Networking—how NVMe improves performance NVMe over fabrics (NVMe-oF) summary NVMe over FC (FC-NVMe) NVMe over Ethernet
Module 6: Long Distance Connectivity	SAN extension technologies and implementations Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) overview CWDM DWDM FC over SONET/SDH Fabric OS Extended Fabrics Buffer to buffer flow control Configuring Extended Fabrics Trunking over long distance fabrics Protective switching Buffer-to-buffer credit allocation and management
Module 7: FCIP	Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) and its role in SAN extension FCIP circuits, trunking, and tunnels FCIP performance FCIP compression FCIP selective acknowledgement FastWrite and Open Systems Tape Pipelining Adaptive rate limiting and FCIP QoS FCIP best practices FCIP advantages and disadvantages Configure and verify a VE_port-to-VE_Port connection FCIP performance and security FCIP analysis B-Series distance extension product lines
Module 8: FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics	Fibre Channel-to-Fibre Channel routing (FC-FC routing) SAN scaling LSAN zones Fabrics and EX_Port EX_port trunking Integration of Fibre Channel routing and FCIP Logical fabrics and ISLs Virtual fabrics theory Fabric and Domain ID Virtual fabric configuration
Module 9: Security	Connection control (SCC) policy Device connection control (DCC) policy Fabric configuration server (FCS) policy Authentication policy for fabric elements Security policy distribution and consistency Identify IP filter policies (IPFILTER) B-series role-based access control (RBAC) Predefined and user-defined roles Setting password rules Authentication options and multi-factor authentication Authentication policy for fabric elements Switch and device authentication policy modes Setting up the authentication protocol (FCAP) Security and encryption In-flight compression and encryption
Module 10: Management	Technologies driving SAN management B-series SAN management interfaces and tools Web tools SANnav management software Simple network management protocol (SNMP) overview B-series SNMP Fabric OS commands REST(ful) API theory and usage
Module 11: B-series Performance Monitoring	Fabric Vision technologies Flow Vision overview Flow definition and monitoring and management SIM port concept IO insight and VM Insight Monitoring and alerting policy suite (MAPS) introduction MAPS rules, policies, and dashboard Fabric performance impact (FPI) monitoring Configuration and operational monitoring policy automation services suite (COMPASS) Other features Discuss Fabric Vision licensing
Module 12: Maintenance and Troubleshooting	Back up and manage configuration files Firmware upgrade Troubleshooting techniques Common troubleshooting problems and tools End-to-end troubleshooting – SAN analytics Features and capabilities Traffic optimizer Self-healing Use cases Instant visibility of SAN health
Module 13: SAN Design	Topology choices and design considerations HPE standard supported SAN topologies Single-switch fabric Cascaded fabric Ring fabric Meshed fabrics Core-edge fabric Initial cost of deployment SAN performance factors Topology data access usage ISL oversubscription Hop latency Device attachment points Data locality Performance guidelines within the SAN Recommendations for switch ISL connectivity Levels of high availability in SAN architecture Single point of connectivity knowledge HPE SAN Design Reference Guide Infrastructure documentation

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Lab outline

Lab 0: vLabs Access	Access HPE vLabs
Lab 1: Switch Exploration	Connecting to a fabric switch using web tools Exploring main web tools sections CLI basics Basic switch status commands Viewing port status Enabling/disabling the switch Enabling/disabling a port Changing the switch domain ID Backing up system configuration settings
Lab 2: Administration and Configuration	Fibre Channel theory (optional) Fibre Channel levels Class of Service Identify the frame format Port types Well known addresses 24-bit addressing Configuring ports Port types Viewing the port configuration Persistent portdisable Configuring a port name Configuring a port speed Deny F-port Fabric name
Lab 3: FC – Routing	Preparation Preparation and locating the principal switch in a fabric Enabling and disabling trunking on switches
Lab 4: Fabric Zoning	Verifying storage presentation Clearing the zoning configurations Setting default zone and Configuring WWN zoning Adding a second Windows zone using Web Tools
Lab 5: SANnav Preparation	Preparation Starting the SANnav Setting up discovery
Lab 6: Long Distance	Working with Long Distance settings from the CLI Working with Long Distance settings from Web Tools
Lab 7: Configuring FCIP	Initial configuration tasks—Working with switches Initial configuration tasks—Connectivity and domain IDs Assigning IP addresses to ethernet ports Creating an FCIP tunnel Verification of FCIP configuration Deleting FCIP Configuration
Lab 8: FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics	Preparation—Fabric and services Results verification Working with FC-FC routing (READ-ONLY LAB) Working with Virtual Fabrics Cleaning
Lab 9: Security Administration and Configuration	Connection control policies Switch Connection Control (SCC) Device Connection Control (DCC) Testing DCC policy Fabric Configuration Server (FCS) DH-CHAP authentication IP Filter Policy Creating users for SANnav Creating a new user account in Web Tools and CLI
Lab 11: Monitoring	Checking external storage Configuring Iometer Real time performance monitoring Flow monitoring Setting threshold policies (MAPS) Reports
Lab 12: Troubleshooting	Using CLI to obtain information about different switch health aspects Using D_port functionality

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