IBM Implementing POWER6, Virtualisation and AIX 6.1 for POWER5/AIX 5L Administration

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Course Overview

This course is designed to introduce the students to the features available with POWER6 Hardware, Hardware Management Console (HMC) v7, and an AIX 6 environment. This is accomplished by discussing the details associated with the POWER6 hardware and the AIX version 6 operating system. The hands-on labs provide additional exposure to the new environment.

This training may be available onsite; please contact us if you are interested.

Audience

This course is intended for AIX technical support individuals (system administrators, engineers, architects) responsible for purchasing, managing, and planning an IBM System p POWER6 server running the AIX 5L V5.3 TL6 (or greater) operating system with an HMC at version 7.

Skills Gained

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the POWER6 Hardware Architecture
• Explore the HMC Version 7 Interface - Discuss and configure the new approaches to virtualization such as Workload Partitions and Live Application Mobility
• Discuss and configure virtualization enhancements such as Dedicated Shared Processor and Multiple Shared pools (if supported)
• Identify new security features
• Discuss continuous availability options such as storage keys, and concurrent AIX Kernel update
• Discuss the difference betwteen AIX 5.3 to AIX 6.1
• Use IBM Systems Director for System p Administration

Examinations

This course will prepare you for the following exams and certification tracks shown. Please note that the exam may not be included in the price shown: please contact us to check.

IBM® Certification Tracks  »
    IBM® Exams  »
       Exam 223: System p Administrator

Prerequisites

Students must have basic AIX and LPAR system administration experience.

The AIX prerequisite may be met by attending one of the following courses or students may already have equivalent AIX skills:

• AIX 5L System Administration I: Implementation (AU14) or
• AIX 5L Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AW18)

The LPAR prerequisite may be met by attending the following course or students may already have equivalent LPAR skills:

• System p LPAR and Virtualization I: Planning and Configuration (AU73)

• AIX System Administration I: Implementation (AU14GB)
• System p LPAR and Virtualization I: Planning and Configuration (AU73GB)
• AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AW18GB)

Course Outline

• Overview of POWER6 Features
• Hardware Management Console Version 7
• Integrated Virtual Ethernet
• Processor Virtualization Enhancements
• VIOS Enhancements
• Partition Mobility
• AIX Version 6.1 Overview
• Workload Partitions
• AIX 6 Security Features
• IBM Systems Director Console for AIX
• LINUX on POWER6

IBM Implementing POWER6, Virtualisation and AIX 6.1 for POWER5/AIX 5L Administration / IBM-AN02 (IBM-AN02GB)