HPE BladeSystem Administration

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HPE BladeSystem Administration

Course Code: HE646S

Duration: 3 Days

Prerequisites: 

•    Introduction to HPE ProLiant Servers (HE643S) or similar experience 

Course Description:

This course provides instruction on HPE BladeSystem administration and management. Discussion of the portfolio overview ensures an understanding of components, configurations, and solutions. 

Course Objectives: 

•    Explore the functional architecture of the HPE BladeSystem c-Class environment 
•    Identify the management infrastructure (Insight Display, Onboard Administrator) 
•    Review the HPE BladeSystem c-Class portfolio and equipment capabilities  
•    Review the power and cooling system  
•    Identify high-level functionalities of HPE ProLiant Generation 10 (Gen10) servers 
•    Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture  
•    Introduce Virtual Connect management (Virtual Connect Manager, HPE OneView)  
•    Become familiar with HPE BladeSystem scripting  
•    Explain how to update the firmware on an HPE BladeSystem

Intended Audience:

System administrators, engineers and consultants who install, manage, and monitor the HPE BladeSystem c-Class environment 

Course Outlines:

Module 1: HPE BladeSystem Portfolio Introduction 

•    Identify resources for information about the current HPE c-Class BladeSystem portfolio  
•    Differentiate the two types of HPE BladeSystem enclosures  
•    Identify HPE server blades  
•    Discuss enclosure connectivity  
•    Explain the HPE OneView management appliance 
•    Differentiate HPE storage blades  
•    Explain HPE BladeSystem update tools 
•    Discuss HPE infrastructure management and services 

Module 2: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures 

•    Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosures  
•    Describe the c-Class enclosure structure  
•    Explain c-Class enclosure signal midplane and power backplane  
•    Explain how to access the Onboard Administrator
•    Define the enclosure numbering scheme 

Module 3: HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Management 

•    List the initial steps involved in setting up the c7000 enclosure using the: 
o    HPE Insight Display Initial Setup Wizard 
o    HPE Onboard Administrator First Time Setup Wizard  
•    Describe the OA enclosure high availability  
•    Identify the OA configuration options  
•    Describe the OA command line interface 

Module 4: HPE c-Class Power and Cooling 

•    Explain how to configure power for an HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosure  
•    Explain how to control and view power consumption in a c-Class enclosure to configure its efficiency  
•    Explain HPE BladeSystem c-Class power management  
•    Describe HPE Intelligent Location and Power Discovery services 
•    Describe the structural cooling components and features of c-Class enclosures 

Module 5: HPE BladeSystem c-Class BladeServers 

•    Describe the HPE BladeSystem I/O technologies on the system board:
o    FlexibleLOM 
o    Mezzanines  
o    USB and SD cards  
•    Describe the features and components of storage blades, tape blades, and expansion blades  
•    Identify c-Class Integrity servers and their requirements  
•    Manage certain options of your server blades from the OA GUI 
•    Describe the server iLO interaction with the OA 

Module 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class connectivity options 

•    Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture  
•    List the BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules 
o    Ethernet  
o    Fiber Channel  
o    InfiniBand  
o    SAS  
•    Describe the mezzanine cards and slots available in the BladeSystem c-Class server blades  
•    Explain the enclosure signal pathing  
•    Describe the port mapping for HPE BladeSystem enclosures 
o    c7000  
o    c3000 
•    Explain the HPE Virtual Connect technology  
•    Explain the HPE OneView management appliance 

Module 7: HPE BladeSystem OneView Management 

•    Explain the HPE OneView management appliance  
•    Explain physical and logical resources in HPE OneView  
•    Explain Converged Infrastructure management  
•    Explain how to manage HPE OneView server profiles 
•    Describe differences between HPE OneView or VCM/ VCEM management

Module 8: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Firmware
 
•    Determine the firmware that is embedded in various components in the enclosure and how to update it  
•    Explain how to access the SPP, SUM and supporting documentation  
•    Define the interdependencies and update best practices for HPE enclosure components 
•    Describe how to update the firmware for the HPE OA  
•    Explain how to use SUM for enclosure-based firmware management and software updates 
•    Explain how to update the firmware on HPE Blade servers 
•    Explain how to update the firmware on Integrity servers  
•    Explain how to update the firmware on HPE OneView managed systems 

Module 9: Configuring the Enclosure Using Scripting 

•    Review the OA CLI access  
•    HPE iLO scripting via the Onboard Administrator (HPONCFG)  
•    Introduce PowerShell OA configuration commands  
•    Introduce PowerShell iLO configuration commands  
•    Introduce other iLO RESTful API libraries  
•    Discuss OA CLI scripting 

Module 10: Course Closing 

•    Closing the course  
•    Learning objectives 
o    Participant learning goals  
•    Training from HPE Education Services 
•    HPE Education Services 
•    HPE certification and learning program  
•    Concepts  
•    HE646 Course objectives review  
•    Energizers  
o    Conversations  
o    Eye on blades blog: Trends in infrastructure  
o    HPE Discover conference 
•    Case studies 
o    HPE server customer case studies