Course Overview
This course provides a complete view of installing, upgrading, expanding a PowerFlex and Ready Node system. Installation methods for Linux and ESXi environments are introduced and you will perform hands-on installation and upgrade of a PowerFlex cluster. It also includes working with the MDM, SDS, SDC, volumes, adjusting cache, and administrating the system. A deeper understanding of the architecture and components will be introduced. Labs, simulations, and video demonstrations are also provided for a complete learning experience.
Course Content
Introduction to PowerFlex
- PowerFlex Overview
- PowerFlex Storage and Data Organization
- PowerFlex Integration and Management
PowerFlex Installation
- Installation methods
- Storage Data Replicator (SDR)
- Adding SDR components to PowerFlex cluster
- Lab Exercise: Install PowerFlex
PowerFlex Upgrade
- Upgrade overview
- Upgrade considerations
- Upgrade Procedure (ESXi)
- Lab Exercise: Upgrade PowerFlex
PowerFlex Expansion
- Expansion overview
- Expansion pre-requisites
- Expansion procedure
- Lab Exercise: Expand a PowerFlex System
Configuring the System
- User Roles and management
- User Authentication
- Add Protection Domain
- Lab Exercise: Create a Protection Domain
- Add Storage Pool
- Lab Exercise: Create a Storage Pool
- Add Acceleration Pool
- Lab Exercise: Create an Acceleration Pool
- Add Fault Set
- Lab Exercise: Create a Fault Set
- Modify Spare Capacity
- Administering Volumes
- Lab Exercise: Create and Map a Volume
- Lab Exercise: Migrate a Volume
Data Protection Options
- Rebuild and Rebalance
- Snapshots and Snapshot Policy
- Lab Exercise: Create a Secure Snapshot
- Lab Exercise: Create a Consistency Group
- Lab Exercise: Create a Snapshot Policy
- Maintenance Modes
- Lab Exercise: Enter Maintenance Mode
- Native Asynchronous Replication
- PowerFlex with CloudLink
Managing System Objects
- Managing the Cluster Components
- Lab Exercise: Switching the Primary MDM
- Managing the SDS Components
- Managing the SDC Components
- Managing the Volume Components
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring tools and activities
- Lab Exercise: Log Collection
- Troubleshooting a PowerFlex system
In addition to lecture and demonstrations, this course includes hands on lab and lab simulations designed to allow practical experience for the participant.
Who should attend
This course is intended for those who will be involved in installing, expanding and upgrading a PowerFlex solution. It is also intended for those who will be involved in configuring, managing, administering, and provisioning a PowerFlex solution.
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of:
- Storage networking infrastructures and concepts
- Monitoring and reporting concepts
- Virtualized data center concepts
- PowerFlex product concepts
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Introduction to PowerFlex
- Install a PowerFlex system
- Implement Native asynchronous replication in a PowerFlex cluster
- Upgrade PowerFlex cluster from v3.5 to v3.6
- Perform a PowerFlex Cluster Expansion.
- Manage system user accounts and secure the PowerFlex system.
- Create, map, and protect PowerFlex volumes and manage system capacity.
- Monitor and Troubleshoot a PowerFlex System.