HP Education Services Course Overview
HP Matrix Operating Environment: Infrastructure Administration (HK920S)
This 3 day course covers how to effectively utilize
and manage the HP Matrix Operating Environment.
The HP Matrix Operating Environment is covered in
depth
Audience
• Experienced c-class Blade Administrators,
engineers and consultants who will manage &
administer the HP CloudSystem Matrix solution in
their environments
• HP Customers, Partners or HP Internal Employees
• Expectation is students have deep understanding of
HP BladeSystem technologies and Insight
Management software
Prerequisites
The students MUST have at least one out of four
requirements below:
• TRAINING and HP BladeSystem experience:
1) HE646X c-class Blade Administration training
,or
2) Standard deliveries of all 3 HE646S, HE643S
and HK758S Blades, Insight Control and Virtual
Connect courses or
3) Attended tailored or Custom Training event
through HP Education that covered administration
topics from the above courses, or
4) Equivalent HP BladeSystem ProLiant
administration experience >2 years.
Course objective
At the completion of this course, the student will be able
to:
• Understand technical details and business value of
HP CloudSystem Matrix solution and Converged
Infrastructure
• Be able to manage and optimize a HP
CloudSystem Matrix environment
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Course title: HP Matrix Operating Environment:
Infrastructure Administration
HP product number: HK920S
Category/Subcategory: ProLiant
Course length: 3 days
Level: Intermediate
Delivery language: English
To order: You can order this course online at
http://www.hp.com/learn. At the site, select a country,
then choose "registration" or "Book a course" and fill
out the online registration form.
Why education services from HP?
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Hands-on practice
Customized on-site delivery
More than 80 training locations worldwide
Online instructor-led and self-paced training at
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Comprehensive student materials
Experienced and best-in-the-field HP instructors
Focus on job-specific skills
State-of-the-art classroom facilities
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Detailed course outline
Module 1: Introduction to HP CloudSystem Matrix
& Converged Infrastructure
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What is a 'Converged Infrastructure'?
How do I build a Converged Architecture?
-HP BladeSystem
-Virtual Connect and VCEM
-Insight Management portfolio
-Insight Control
-Capacity Advisor
-HP StorageWorks
-Storage Provisioning Manager
-Remote replication
HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating
Environment management functionality
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Review environment dashboard
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Explain how HP Virtual Connect with HP
VCEM enables advanced functionality of HP
CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment
Module 2: Self Service Portal
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Demonstration:
-Infrastructure
Lab 1
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Using Self-Service Portal
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Cost of Services conveyed via the portal
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Lease Periods
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How IT published a catalog of Services to set
standard configurations
Module 4: Managing HP CloudSystem Matrix
Operating Environment with dynamic
Infrastructure Provisioning
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Infrastructure Orchestration
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Resource Pools
-Software, Network, Storage, Server, Users
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Deployment Strategies, physical and virtual.
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vSphere, vCenter, Server Automation, Insight
Control Virtual machine management
(Hyper-V), Insight Control Server Deployment
(RDP) and Ignite
Lab 3
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Create a software pool entry
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Impact of network pools on service
deployment
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Storage pool wizard
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Server pool wizard – assign users to the pools
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Deployment of virtual machine
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Deployment of physical machine
Module 5: Continuous Consolidation and planning
with the HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating
Environment
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Describe HP Matrix Operating Environment
capacity planning functionality to optimize
infrastructure confidently
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Using Capacity Advisor
-Server Consolidation
-Server Virtualization
-Scenarios and Smart Solver
-Utilization limits
-Comparison Reports
Module 3: Designer
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IO Designer
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Import Cloudmaps
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Chargeback
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Workflows
Lab 4
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Customize the interface
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Capacity Advisor Setup, collecting and
examining data
Lab 2: Using the designer tool
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Using IO Designer
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Create templates for physical and virtual
machine deployment
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Lab 5
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Using Capacity Advisor for Server
Consolidation
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Utilization reports
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Running resource usage reports
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Lab 6
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System Consolidation with Power Calculations
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Power comparison reports
Module 6: Energy aware planning with the HP
CloudSystem Matrix Operating Environment
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Review HP Thermal Logic capabilities
-Intelligent Power Discover
-Data Center Environmental Edge
-HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure
-ProLiant Power Regulator
-Dynamic Power Capping
-Platinum Power Supply
-Sea of Sensors
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Perform consolidation review using planning
tools
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Data Center Smart Grid
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HP Energy Efficiency Services
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HP Performance Optimized Data Center
Lab 7
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Performing power management review
Module 7: Improving service delivery with
Infrastructure Protection and Recovery
Functionality
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HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating
Environment and support to enable optional
data protection
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Recovery options from ISVs and HP
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HP CloudSystem Matrix Operating
Environment also offers recovery management
capability for certain enterprise environments
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Differentiate data protection and disaster
recovery products
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Describe HP Insight Management availability
and recovery solutions
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Describe the process for configuring an
environment to implement HP CloudSystem
Matrix Operating Environment recovery
management
Lab 8 / Demonstration
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Setup and failover of logical server failure
Module 8: Expanding BladeSystem Solution with
CSA for Matrix
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Discussion on how HP management software
and Matrix fit together
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Review capabilities and value of Cloud
Service Automation for Matrix
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Demonstration and Discussion
-Site scope
-HP Server Automation
Lab 9/ Demonstration
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Demonstrate building a template using CSA
for Matrix
Module 9: Building out Converged Infrastructure
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Practical use case study review
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Learning check of customer objectives
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Course wrap-up and practical Approach of
bringing your company to CI and how to
introduce HP CloudSystem Matrix into your
Data Center.
-Next steps
-Best practices - Matrix planning , conversion,
installation, sizing, high availability, setup
services, SDR process
-HP CloudSystem Matrix and Converged
Infrastructure Roadmap
-Customer Example
-CIMM (Converged Infrastructure Maturity
Model) tool
-Wrap-up
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Appendix A: Demo Portal
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Example configuring storage, network, and
server pools.
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HP Demo portal:
www.hp.com/go/matrixdemos
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Configuration steps for HP CloudSystem
Matrix Operating Environment recovery
functionality.
Appendix B: HP Service Pack for ProLiant
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are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.
Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be
liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
(HK920S A.01)
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