Schulung - IBM SSF0G - IBM DS8000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems

Course Outline

Day 1

• Welcome and introduction
• Unit 1: IBM DS family, DS8000 overview
• Unit 2: Architecture and hardware overview
• Unit 3: Virtualization concepts

Day 2

• Unit 4: DS command-line interface (DS CLI)
• Unit 5: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI
• Unit 6: Host system attachment
• Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions
• Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration
• Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools
• Exercise 3: Windows Server preparation

Day 3

• Exercise 4: Windows Server attachment to the DS8000
• Exercise 5: AIX Server attachment to the DS8000
• Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools
• Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: FB volumes, volume groups, and hosts
• Exercise 8: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions
• Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Volume Relocation
• Exercise 10: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Extent Pool Merge

Day 4

• Unit 7: Performance, tuning, and monitoring
• Unit 8: Business Continuity: Copy Services
• Unit 9: Summary
• Exercise 11: DS8000 Storage Manager: Thin provisioning
• Open lab sessions

Objective

Recall the DS8000 models and featuresRemember the architecture and hardware associated with the DS8000Classify the DS8000 virtualization conceptsSummarize the DS8000 DS8000 command-line interfaceSummarize the DS8000 graphical user interfaceList the Copy Services featuresClassify the features associated with performance, tuning, and monitoringList the steps required to configure the DS8000 for Open Systems environmentRecognize the IBM DS8000 solutions for Business Continuity