Remotely assisted instructional learning (
RAIL)
Instructor-led training (
ILT)
Onsite dedicated training (
OST)
Price
USD $3,200
CAD $3,520
Course overview
This 4-day course provides training on the
configuration and use of HP Insight Dynamics for
ProLiant.The course covers how to use the software
functionality to view systems and workloads,
perform capacity planning and virtual machine
consolidations, and provide advanced server
management. This course also describes the HP
Converged Infrastructure concept, including HP
BladeSystem Matrix.Infrastructure orchestration and
recovery management functionality is also covered.
Prerequisites
HP recommends that students have attained the following credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:
An understanding of Windows system administration
A general understanding of virtualization technologies or take the self-paced course below:
At the completion of this course, the student will be able
to:
Identify components of the HP Insight Foundation
and HP Insight Control products
Describe HP Insight Dynamics functionality
Identify HP Insight software installation
requirements
List other optimization features for mixed HP
ProLiant and HP Integrity environments
Describe the provisioning functionality of Insight
Dynamics infrastructure orchestration
Describe the capacity planning functionality of
Insight Dynamics
Describe Insight Dynamics infrastructure protection
and recovery functionality
Benefits to you
Insight Dynamics - VSE enables you to proactively
deal with potential issues (such as performance,
power and space constraints) before they become
problems that impact your business
Manage system resource/power usage to avoid
system overloads and outages. Analyze workload
usage for shifting non-essential workloads to
off-peak hours
Use the infrastructure orchestration capability of
Insight Dynamics, and the fast provisioning it
enables, to make provisioning automated with the
self-service portal
Create workflows customized for your environment
with a visual designer to automate pre- and postprocessing
tasks
Using the five-star rating system, you can see in
real time the best fit for your logical server, then
drag and drop it in the new location
Create disaster recovery plans that encompass
both physical and virtual servers in the failover of
services and learn to how to recover back after a
failover
Quickly evaluate different scenarios for
consolidating older and underutilized physical
servers onto virtual machines. Plan for efficient
CPU, memory, I/O bandwidth, and power
consolidations
Extend the life of your data center by quickly
identifying and consolidating inefficient systems
onto fewer, more power-efficient servers
Course outline
Module 1: Introduction to HP Insight Software
Position HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant
within the HP Insight software portfolio
Identity HP Insight Foundation components
Differentiate the HP Insight Remote Support
offerings
Describe HP Insight Control functionality
Module 2: HP Insight Dynamics Overview
Describe HP Insight Dynamics management
functionality
Differentiate Insight Dynamics functionality on
HP ProLiant and HP Integrity platforms
Identify Insight Dynamics functionality for
third-party servers
Explain how HP Virtual Connect with HP
VCEM enables advanced functionality of HP
Insight Dynamics
Identify HP BladeSystem Matrix benefits
Lab:
Exploring HP Insight Dynamics for ProLiant
Module 3: HP Insight Dynamics Installation and
Upgrade Considerations
Identify hardware requirements for CMSs
Identify supported operating systems
Differentiate installation and configuration
requirements for Insight software products
Describe CMS best practices and
recommendations
Identify HP Virtual Connect specifications and
prerequisites
Lab:
Simulating Use of HP Virtual Connect Manager
Module 4: Other Virtualization Features and
Technologies
Describe HP Insight Dynamics configuration
management
Compare virtualization for HP ProLiant and
HP Integrity platforms
Module 5: Provisioning Infrastructure with HP
Insight Dynamics
Explain how HP Insight Dynamics
infrastructure orchestration helps to reduce
deployment and provisioning time and effort
Describe logical servers
Explain storage provisioning management
Explain how to configure Insight Dynamics
infrastructure orchestration, including how to
define resource pools
Lab:
Configuring Insight Orchestration from an
Operations Perspective
Using Insight Orchestration Designer
Using the Insight Orchestration Self-Service
Portal
Module 6: Capacity Planning with HP Insight Dynamics
Describe HP Insight Dynamics capacity
planning functionality to optimize
infrastructure confidently
Lab:
Performing the Capacity Advisor Setup
Using Capacity Advisor for Data Collection
Using Capacity Advisor for Server
Consolidation
Using Capacity Advisor to Perform System
Consolidation with Power Calculations
Module 7: Infrastructure Protection and Recovery
Functionality
HP Insight Dynamics and HP BladeSystem
Matrix support and enable optional data
protection and recovery options from ISVs
and HP
Insight Dynamics also offers recovery
management capability for certain enterprise
environments
Differentiate data protection and disaster
recovery products
Describe HP Insight software availability and
recovery solutions
Describe the process for configuring an
environment to implement HP Insight
Dynamics recovery management