IBM System Storage DS6000: Implementation Workshop for Open Systems (SS48BGB)

London (EC2)

30/03/10

£

1,350

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Course Overview

The purpose of the course is to learn the DS6000/DS8000 storage subsystem and its hardware components and logical structure for Open Systems hosts. The students configure hosts and fixed-block LUNs for the DS8000 storage subsystem using a DS8000 Storage Manager GUI, and review the DSCLI interface for scripting configuration functions. Configuration can be handled online or offline, with import and export capabilities for configuration files created in the offline configuration simulator.

This course introduces the DS8000 and its hardware components, and teaches the students the process of configuring the subsystem using the DS8000 GUI or DSCLI interfaces. The DS6000 differences are covered in the class, but most of the labs focus on the DS8000 SM and DSCLI.

Audience

Information Technology (IT) storage administrators responsible for the implementation of storage resources in a SAN environment with hardware solutions and operating systems.

Skills Gained

Delegates will learn to:

• Describe the hardware components of the IBM System Storage DS6000/DS8000
• Describe the architecture of the IBM System Storage DS6000/DS8000
• Describe the hardware installation and cabling of the DS6000/DS8000
• Describe the DSCLI interface installation and setup
• Describe the DSCLI interface commands and how to use them
• Describe the DS Storage Management GUI interface installation and setup
• Describe the DS Storage Management GUI and how to use the panels to configure the DS6000 subsystem for Open Systems hosts
• Describe the System z Host Attachment considerations for the DS6000/DS8000
• Describe the use of the SM GUI and DSCLI for Copy Services
• Describe how to access target volumes in Open Systems hosts
• Describe the use of scripts and additional programs for managing Copy Services
• Describe the high-level management interfaces for DS6000
• Describe maintenance and support of the DS6000
• Describe the customer maintenance and CRU replacement procedures

Prerequisites

• Introduction to Storage Area Networks (SN70)
• Introduction to Data Storage Systems (SS05)
• An understanding of System z storage and Open Systems operating systems

Course Outline

• Welcome
• DS6000 Introduction
• DS6000 hardware architecture
• SMC DS Storage Manager and DSCLI software installation
• DS6000 hardware installation
• Virtualization, configuration, and planning
• DS Storage Manager GUI
• Windows access to LUN
• AIX , Windows, Linux, System i
• DS command line interface
• Maintenance