Remotely assisted instructional learning (
RAIL)
Instructor-led training (
ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (
OST)
Price
USD $2,100
CAD $2,310
*Courses are supported in the delivery formats above, but are not necessarily scheduled in every delivery format listed. Please click the schedule links at the top of the page to see which delivery formats are currently scheduled.
Course overview
In this 3-day course, students will learn how to
successfully manage HP BladeSystem with Integrity
servers. This course focuses on system
administration components rather than hardware
deployment. The course introduces the BladeSystem
enclosure, Integrity pre-i2 server blades with iLO 2
and the EFI boot interface, Integrity i2 server blades
with iLO 3 and UEFI boot interface, BladeStorage
models, Interconnect modules, HP Onboard
Administrator, with an overview of HP Virtual
Connect and HP BladeSystem c-Class server mgmt.
using HP Systems Insight Manager. The course is
60% lecture and 40% labs.
Prerequisites
Operating system administration experience
(HC590S) topics are not focused on any specific
operating system, although Operating system
examples in this course are HP-UX 11i
Audience
Experienced software administrators responsible
for managing and monitoring HP BladeSystem with
Integrity c-Class blade servers
Course objectives
Configure a c-Class BladeSystem based on the
functionality of available components
Access administrative features of the Integrity
integrated Lights Out (iLO) 2 and 3 on Integrity
pre-i2 and i2 server blades
Configure and display enclosure-level parameters
and operational status of the HP BladeSystem
through the Onboard Administrator web-based
and command line interfaces
Use the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot
interfaces
Display c-Class BladeSystem component
configuration and status with HP SIM
Benefits to you
Gain the knowledge to perform successful site
planning and infrastructure design needed to
deploy an HP BladeSystem solution
Gain the skills to perform effective local and
remote administration using HP Onboard
Administrator
Gain experience using the management tools for
an HP BladeSystem Integrity server configuration
HP Systems Insight Manager (HK712S HP-UX or
HE644S Windows)
HP Integrity Virtual Machines (HB506S) Administration
HP Global Workload Manager and Capacity
Advisor (HF869S)
Detailed course outline
Introduction to HP c-Class BladeSystems
Identify the features and components of an HP c-Class Integrity BladeSystem
Locate blades, interconnects, fans and power supplies by bay number
Use HP-UX administration commands to identify hardware-specific information
Use System Management Homepage to identify blade-specific configuration and status
Access online sites for additional BladeSystem tools and information
Using the HP Integrity BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
Use the Insight Display for basic enclosure monitoring and troubleshooting
Configure the Onboard Administrator (OA) from the Insight Display
Access the OA from a web browser
Exercise the features of the OA as an operator
Identify OA features only available to the administrator
Using the HP Integrity EFI and UEFI
Describe the major components f the Integrity firmware boot architecture
Identify the sections/partitions of an Integrity boot disk
Follow the integrity boot process from the Virtual Front Panel of the MP
Configure the EFI boot manager menu
Display mapped media
Differentiate between bootable sections and other disk sections
Traverse the EFI directory trees
Select and configure the console
Invoke and interact with a boot loader
c-Class BladeSystem Interconnects and Virtual Connect
Explain the functions of different types of interconnect modules in an Integrity BladeSystem
Correlate Integrity server blade embedded and mezzanine ports to specific interconnect ports
Display port mapping between server blade ports and interconnect ports
Explore the functionality of the Virtual Connect Manager
Using the BladeSystem Integrated Manager Plug-in for HP SIM
Verify HP Systems Insight Manager software installation
Perform initial database configuration
Start, stop and verify run status of the HP SIM daemons
Configure basic SSL and SSH security for HP SIM
Access HP SIM from a web browser
Use the BladeSystem Integrated Manager plug-in to display status and configuration information about Integrity BladeSystem enclosures, blades and interconnects
