TotalStorage DS8000 and DS6000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems

Course Overview

Discuss installation and maintenance of the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS8000 in an open systems environment.

Learn about the high level design of the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 series and IBM TotalStorage DS800 series and identify the installation and customization tasks that are necessary to install and exploit the technology. Explore the components of the IBM TotalStorage DS8000 and DS6000 including, the Storage Management Console (SMC), IBM TotalStorage Disk Systems Storage Manager (DS Storage Manager) software and the terminology of the IBM TotalStorage DS6000 and DS8000 including, Disk Drive Modules (DDM), array site, array, rank, extent pool and logical volume.

Learn how to install, cable and configure the DS6000 and DS8000 systems using the IBM TotalStorage DS Storage Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI) and the IBM TotalStorage DS Command-Line Interface (DS CLI).

Audience

This is an intermediate course for storage administrators, systems programmers, IBM System Engineers (SE), and support groups responsible for installation and maintenance of the DS6000 and DS8000 in the open systems environment.

Skills Gained

• Describe the benefits of the DS6000 and DS8000 switched Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) device attachment and Self-Learning Cache Algorithms (SARC)
• List the implementation tasks involved in installing and implementing a DS6000 and a DS8000
• Describe the Fiber Connector (FICON) configuration requirements for a DS6000 or DS8000 configuration
• Explain the zSeries Host Attachment considerations for the DS6000 and the DS8000
• Use the DS CLI and Storage Manager GUI interfaces to configure and maintain the DS6000 or DS8000
• Discuss the tools available for monitoring the performance of the DS6000 or DS8000 system
• Implement DS6000 or DS8000 Copy Services functions and scripting using the DS CLI interface

Course Outline

• DS6000 and DS8000: overview
• DS8000 hardware architecture and Reliability, Availability, Serviceability (RAS)
• DS8000 LPAR
• DS8000 Management Console
• DS6000 hardware architecture and RAS
• Virtualization and logical configuration
• DS Storage Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI) Storage Manager GUI lab
• DS CLI DS Storage Manager CLI lab
• Open systems specifications
• Copy services
• Performances
• DS Storage Manager GUI and CLI lab

TotalStorage DS8000 and DS6000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems / SS481A (SS481AGB)