This 5-day hands-on course provides an overview of CCI (version 1.5) to include a summary of the functionality and technology introduced with the CCI solution, considerations for implementing and supporting CCI, and where to go for more information.
In this course, students will get the hands-on experience to build a Small Reference Design (SRD) in labs and validate their SRD to make the connection from the Thin Client access device to as HP Blade PC. The students will:
Review and/or design a CCI solution in a production environment
Install, set up, and configure CCI components
Provide support to isolate and resolve problems with components of the CCI solution
Prerequisites
To get the most benefit from this class and before performing CCI configuration or support tasks, you should be able to:
Create, capture, and deploy an image on a Blade PC and a Thin Client using HP Rapid Deployment Pack (HP RDP)
Demonstrate knowledge of Windows XP Professional administrative templates and Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (MS RDP)
Perform Windows 2003 Server administrative tasks
Demonstrate knowledge of Windows 2003 Enterprise or Standard Edition Server platform key components including: Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, domain server, and Group Policy and Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
Demonstrate knowledge of network infrastructure concepts and definitions, standard TCP/IP networking and associated concepts
Perform tasks to install and implement ProLiant Essentials products: HP Systems Insight Manager and SmartStart to install operating system software and monitor Blade PCs
Recommended Familiarity with:
Deploying and updating Insight Control Environment: RDP (HE645S)
Understanding of the system administrator’s role
for a CCI deployment within your organization
Audience
This course is primarily for IT staff personnel who will be
responsible for approving a CCI design, overseeing its
implementation and providing day-to-day management
of it. This course should be taken by any customer who
has committed to deploying CCI, or who has already
done so
Ways to save
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Module 1 — Course Overview — This modules provides the course goals and objectives
Module 2 — CCI Overview — A summary of the CCI product functionality
Module 3 — Why CCI — Key requirements as articulated by IT managers, the design and value proposition of the CCI solution, and a comparison of CCI with other similar solutions
Module 4 — Technical Overview — A technical explanation of the solution to describe the key advances in technology provided by CCI
Module 5 — Hardware Service Overview — An overview of the service considerations related to the hardware components of the CCI solution
Module 6 — Software Service Overview — An overview of the service considerations related to the software components of the CCI solution
Module 7 — HP SAM Service Overview — An overview of the HP Session Allocation Manager software
Labs:
Lab 1 — Cabling the Network and KVM
Lab 2 — Installing the Domain Controller Server
Lab 3 — Installing HP Rapid Deployment Pack
Lab 4 — Install and Configure HP Systems Insight Manager
Lab 5 — Configure the Enclosure, Integrated Administrator and Switches
Lab 6 — Installing the Blade PC
Lab 7 — Installing the Thin Client
Lab 8 — Installing HP PC session Allocation Manager
Lab 9 — Configuring SNMP Traps for the Enclosure Integrated Administrator and Switch
Lab 10 — HP RGS installation and configuration
Lab 11 — Verifying the SRD
Lab 12 — Using the HP SAM reporting features
Lab 13 — Using the Integrated Administrator
Lab 14 — Installing and Configuring additional CCI Software
Lab 15 — Extended Group Policy for CCI Implementation
Lab 16 — How to remotely Control a Blade PC
Lab 17 — Upgrading the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Enclosure Integrated Administrator
Lab 18 — Upgrading the HP BladeSystem PC Blade Switch Firmware
Notes:
Please note the course detail is constantly
being updated for an optimal customer
experience. The actual content may be
slightly different than what is detailed in this
datasheet.