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Architecting HP Server Solutions - Rev 12.31
Course data sheet
Certification:
Exam(s):
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Format:
Duration:
HP ASE - HP Server Solution Architect V8
HP0-S36 - Architecting HP Server Solutions
00433808
Instructor-led training
32 hrs
How to register
Course description The Planning and Design of HP Server Solutions course delivers the technical presales
knowledge and skills necessary to prepare learners to consult with customers regarding HP
commercial and enterprise-class products and solutions. This course is designed for account-
aligned presales technical specialists who design and justify HP cross-portfolio solutions to
customers. Learners attending this course will gain knowledge of business requirements,
products, concepts, technologies, and solutions within a customer sales engagement. In
addition, they will learn the technical concepts and technologies of HP server solutions. A
series of demonstrations and lab assignments reinforce the learning concepts delivered in this
class.
Who should attend Presales, both internal HP and external
Prerequisites HP0-D13 - Technical Introduction to the HP Enterprise Portfolio
Course objectives Describe the HP Converged Infrastructure and its benefits as an IT strategy
Explain the characteristics to consider when choosing an HP server
Describe industry-standard architecture used in the ProLiant product family
Describe industry-standard architecture used in the HP Integrity product family
Explain how ProLiant and Integrity servers are categorized
Describe the HP approach to virtualization
Describe the range of partitioning technologies offered by HP
Identify the products in the HP BladeSystem portfolio
• ProLiant server blades
• Integrity server blades
• BladeSystem enclosures
Identify ProLiant Blade Workstation Solutions
Describe the BladeSystem storage and expansion product portfolio
Describe and position Integrity NonStop BladeSystem solutions
Describe and position the HP CloudSystem Matrix
Explain how to select an HP BladeSystem enclosure
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Identify and describe the BladeSystem enclosures
Describe the BladeSystem enclosure management hardware and software
• Insight Display
• Onboard Administrator modules
Describe the power architecture used in BladeSystem enclosures, including:
• Power modes
• Power supplies
• Power modules
• PDUs
Explain how to balance power and cooling in BladeSystem enclosures
• Power Regulator
• Dynamic Power Saver
• Dynamic Power Capping
Identify the HP Network switches and differentiate among them
Describe the HP FlexNetwork architecture
Identify the HP BladeSystem networking products and technologies
Explain the functions and benefits of Virtual Connect technology
Explain the functions and benefits of InfiniBand technology
Compare direct-attached storage (DAS), network-attached storage(NAS), and storage area
network (SAN) products and their market positions
Describe the HP disk storage solutions in the HP Storage portfolio
List the hard drives supported in HP servers and compare their technologies
Describe the tape storage and media supported by HP servers
Describe HP Smart Array technology
Describe the tasks required to develop a solution integration plan
• Conducting a needs analysis
• Conducting a site survey
• Applying collected data
Name the tools available from HP for selecting solution components
Identify HP Service options
Explain how to manage HP servers with HP Insight Control
Explain the features and functions of the HP Insight Lifecycle Onboard (iLO) Management
Engine
Describe the uses of HP utilities
Explain how to boot HP ProLiant and Integrity server systems
Define high availability and its levels
Describe the clustering models that are available for a high-availability design
Identify the current HP cluster implementations
State the HP best practices for power and cooling in the data center
Explain how to increase availability through power protection
Describe the components used to provide effective data protection in the clustered
environment
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Course outline
Module 1 — Solution Planning and Design
Gather and analyze customer business requirements and existing infrastructure data
Perform a customer needs analysis
Identify what support options will be required (from HP or from partner)
Identify types of systems that could meet customer needs including
platform/virtualization, operating system, applications, storage, network
Determine desired availability and fault-tolerance levels
Identify existing infrastructure limitations (network protocols, topology, facilities)
Determine physical security requirements
Determine scalability requirements/planned growth
Determine solution management requirements
Determine the implementation timeline
Perform a site inventory and audit the existing IT infrastructure as needed
Use HP/ISV tools to gather and analyze (HP Insight Control, VMware Capacity
Planner)
Perform consolidation and capacity planning assessment if required
Determine Business Information management requirements
Backup / restoration (Fast Recovery, Zero Downtime backup, Backup2Disk2Tape)
Data replication and retention (Business Copy, Continuous Access, extended clusters)
Disaster tolerance and disaster recovery
Information Management Lifecycle / compliance
Design, size, and validate the solution
Choose appropriate operating system and operating environments
Virtualization level of solution (including consolidation)
Clustering/HA/FT solution
Operating system version/build/updates
Licensing requirements
Size operating system requirements
Size file shares, disk space, memory/swap space, VM host/guest resource
Select the appropriate hardware
Hardware virtualization level of solution (including consolidation)
Platform / server / enclosure / connectivity
Storage components (direct, iSCSI, Fibre Channel)
Network components (in support of speed, iSCSI, teaming, VLANs, Virtual Connect)
Power/cooling (UPS, rack, console and PDU/iPDU/PDM, Modular Cooling System)
Clustering and high availability (redundant interconnects [NICs, HBAs, switches]
storage bus/cabling, memory protection, RAID levels for boot and data, power
redundancy)
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Determine the physical and environmental requirements needed
Power source and power type requirements
Example: Sufficient amps, voltage, phase, receptacles
Power continuity requirements
Thermal requirements, airflow requirements
Physical facility requirements
Facility security
Use appropriate tools to size a given situation
HP BladeSystem Sizer, HP Power Advisor, DDR3 Memory Configurator
SalesBuilder for Windows, HP Enterprise Configurator
Validate that the solution is technically viable
Application specific requirements (Database, ERP, CRM, Web, HPC, 3-D Modeling,
Application Virtualization, Server Consolidation)
Application specific tier architecture (2 tier or 3 tier)
Compatibility matrix, best practices, and sandbox
Solution sizing
Required HP software licensing
Select the appropriate HP Services
Implementation/Startup Services
Maintenance Services
Consulting Services
Migration/Integration Services
Educational Services
Determine the management solution
Hardware management
Operating system management
Application / Workload / Operations management
Design Business Information Management solution
Backup / Restoration (Fast Recovery, Zero Downtime backup, Backup2Disk2Tape)
Data Replication and Retention (Business Copy, Continuous Access, extended
clusters)
Disaster Tolerance and Disaster Recovery
Information Management Lifecycle / Compliance
Create an implementation plan
Create a proposal covering:
o Security
o Disaster recovery
o Scalabitity/growth
o Migration
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o Failure recovery
o Pricing/budget
o Site preparation
o Services
o Performance
o Project schedule
o Management/ management strategy
o Third-party integration
Create the scope of work document
Document the solution and implementation tasks and responsibilities
o Gather additional information for implementation (IP addresses, terminal
emulator, firmware, security information, SSL certificates, operating system
security settings, patches, raid/storage configuration, FCA setting)
Module 2 — HP Servers
Objectives
Compare the features and models of the ProLiant ML/DL/SL offerings
Differentiate server models (200, 400, 600, and 800 series)
HP BladeSystem portfolio
BladeSystem messaging
Differentiate server blade models (200, 400, 600, and 800 series)
o ProLiant BL460c Gen8
o Integrity BL860c i2
o Integrity BL870c i2
o Integrity BL890c i2
Differentiate between the c3000 and c7000 enclosure options
Describe available power options (single-phase, three-phase, DC power)
HP CloudSystem Matrix
HP CloudSystem Matrix components
Learning check
Module 3 — ProLiant Storage Options
Differentiate among DAS, SAN, and NAS technologies
Drive enclosures (D2000, MDS600, DS2120)
Storage blades
D2200sb
X1800sb G2 Network Storage Blade
X3800sb G2 Network Storage Blade
Tape drives and tape blades
SB1760c
SB3000c
HP Storage IO Accelerator
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Install or attach external Fibre Channel-SAN shared storage and Virtual Connect options
Module 4 — I/O Connectivity Options
Ethernet connectivity
Interconnect modules
LOM
Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards
FlexNet adapters
Fibre Channel connectivity
Interconnect modules
Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards
InfiniBand connectivity
Interconnect modules
Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards
FlexNet adapters
SAS connectivity
Interconnect modules
SmartArray technology
PCIe cards, SAS expanders, and mezzanine adapters
iSCSI connectivity
Mezzanine adapters and PCIe cards
FlexNet adapters
Converged connectivity (CNAs)
PCI expansion (HP BladeSystem PCI Expansion Blade, PCI riser)
USB, SD, and microSD options (e.g. optical drives)
Module 5 — Insight Management Software
HP Insight Control
SmartStart and Intelligent Provisioning (SmartSetup)
Install and configure HP Insight Management Agents or Agentless Management
Service (AMS)
Install deployment infrastructure (HP Insight Control, Software Distributor)
Install and configure HP Insight Remote Support
Management software license and entitlement activation (iLO, Insight Control)
HP Matrix Operating Environment
HP Infrastructure Orchestration
HP Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager (VCEM)
HP Recovery Management
Install appropriate HP Service Pack for ProLiant
Configure System Management Homepage (SMH)
SMH security (IP binding etc)
SMH Trusted Management Server (Relationship/Login)
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Data source (SNMP or WBEM)
SSL Encryption Keys
HP Version Control
Module 6 — Insight Control Server Deployment
Configure and use Insight Control server deployment functionality
Establish rip-and-replace configuration settings
Pre-configure and install or update ProLiant/Integrity Support Pack (Service Pack for ProLiant)
HP OEM license and entitlement activation (Microsoft, VMware etc.)
Module 7 — High-Availability Clusters and Disaster Recovery Solution
Objectives
Install and configure clustering software solutions (Microsoft, Serviceguard, VMware)
Shared storage
Private cluster network
Cluster applications
VMware HA and DRS clusters
o Distributed Resource Scheduler cluster
o VMware High Availability cluster
Learning check
Module 8 — Performance Planning and Bottleneck Detection
Objectives
Use the appropriate tools to determine whether performance is optimal
HP SIM (Insight Control performance management)
Insight Diagnostic Online Edition / IML logs
Network configuration utility and HPNETSVY
Array configuration utilities
Array diagnostic utilities
HP sizing tools (application and solution sizers, white papers) to identify potential
resizing recommendations
Operating system performance monitoring tools
o Windows performance tools — System Monitor, Performance Monitor
o Linux performance tools — Linux System Monitor, Command line tools
Library Tape Tools (LTT)
Identify network bottlenecks
Bandwidth - utilization, segmentation, saturation
External Hardware - switches, routers, cables
Tune network subsystem performance
Teaming / Load balancing configuration
Upgrade network infrastructure
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Upgrade NIC drivers / firmware
Network segmentation
Switch configuration
TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)
Identify and resolve processor bottlenecks
Identify processor performance indicators
Tune processor performance - Hardware
Identify and resolve system bus bottlenecks
Bus Architecture (PCI-X, PCI Express, USB)
Recommended mezzanine placement (Type I, II, FlexNet)
Identify and resolve storage bottlenecks
Recommended slot placement (hdd)
Optimize disk subsystem architecture (ie. SAS, SATA, SSD, etc.)
Identify storage configuration issues
Tune storage performance
Identify and resolve memory bottlenecks
Identify memory configuration issues
Identify memory performance issues
Tune memory performance
Identify and resolve operating system configuration issues
Identify operating system performance issues
Tune operating system ( HP supported operating system types)
Identify and resolve application bottlenecks
Identify tools and resources: Reference white papers, software product descriptions,
Best Practice Guides
Identify application performance problems
Ensure current performance state meets requirements
Save configuration
Benchmark system: Record baseline measurements
o Collect system performance data
o Collect application performance data
o Document base configuration
o Compare initial baseline with current benchmarked performance
Identify and resolve virtualization bottlenecks
VM configuration, Virtual Connect configuration, Hypervisor, etc
Document steps taken to resolve bottlenecks
Set performance thresholds
Use System Management Home Page or other tools to set performance thresholds
Check for known performance issues
Check for known HP hardware and software performance issues
Subscribers Choice, HP Support Center, etc
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Re-establish new baseline
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Last update: 05/12
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