Using HPE OneView. Rev. 21.41 Training in South Africa

Audience

• Sales consultants, sales engineers, and presales engineers who will recommend, design, and demonstrate HP converged infrastructure solutions.

Module 1 - Software Defined Data Center and HP OneView Value Proposition

• Describe the concept of a software-defined data center (SDDC) and the HP approach to providing software solutions for organizations moving toward an SDDC
• Describe the value proposition for the HP OneView

Module 2 - Product Architecture Overview

• Describe the key features of HP OneView
• Describe the architecture of OneView
• Explain how OneView operates in environments with legacy applications
• Provide an overview of the installation of OneView

Module 3 - Adding and Managing Enclosures and Servers

• Describe the primary functions of the HP OneView Physical Server, Connectivity, and Storage resource managers
• Define key configuration elements
• Enclosure Groups
• Logical Interconnects and Logical Interconnect Groups
• Interconnects
• Uplink Sets and Networks
• Server Hardware and Server Hardware Types
• Storage Systems
• SAN Managers
• Volumes
• Explain how to update firmware for enclosures and its components
• Outline how to manage MAC addresses, WWNs, and serial numbers system-wide
• Explain how to provision and manage storage volumes for assignment to servers

Module 4 - Creating and Managing Server Profiles

• Describe server profile assignment processing and managing the server profile lifecycle
• Explain how to configure base attributes of a server profile including server hardware type, server hardware, affinity, and firmware baseline
• Explain how to configure advanced attributes of a server profile including connection settings, local storage, SAN storage volumes, boot order, and BIOS/UEFI settings
• Describe HP OneView integration for virtualization management including for VMware vCenter and Microsoft System Center

Module 5 -Resource Health Monitoring

• Describe resource health monitoring architecture
• Explain how to use SNMP Trap Receiver, Alerts Service, and Alert Aggregation Service
• Set up status polling and collection operation
• Explain the differences in support for HP ProLiant Gen8/Gen9 and G7 servers
• Configure alert email notifications
• Set up inventory and alerts reporting
• Customize the dashboard

Module 6 - Environmental Resource Manager

• Describe Environmental Resource Manager architecture
• Explain utilization collection and display
• Describe how iPDU discovery works
• Configure 3D data center topology information

Module 7 - OneView Appliance Security

• Describe HP OneView security features and operation
• Explain design features that provide security
• Implement external authentication of HP OneView management users
• Manage the HP OneView web server certificate

Module 8 - REST API

• Explain the origins and use benefits of REST API
• Describe HP OneView resource-oriented architecture
• Performance the basic operations of the four REST API calls
• Describe how to use the HP OneView PowerShell Library

Module 9 -HP OneView Data Simulator

• Describe the purpose, key capabilities, and packaging of HP OneView DCS
• Install and set up HP OneView DCS for the first time
• Describe the HP OneView DCS default schematic
• Explain how to manage HP OneView DCS
• Model an entire data center
• Perform a standard demo

Module 1: Software Defined Data Center and HP OneView Value Proposition

• HP software-defined data center
• HP SDDC architecture
• Managing the HP SDDC infrastructure
• Converged infrastructure acceleration
• Activity: HP and SDDC competitors
• Learning check

Module 2: Product Architecture Overview

• HP OneView architecture
• Coexistence with legacy applications
• HP OneView licensing
• Hardware requirements
• HP OneView installation
• Learning check
• Lab Exercise 1—Accessing the HP ExpertOne Remote Lab
• Lab Exercise 2—Deploying and configuring the HP OneView appliance

Module 3: Adding and Managing Enclosures and Servers

• Physical Server Resource Manager
• Adding enclosures to HP OneView
• Processing and handling of hardware components
• Firmware management
• Connectivity Resource Manager
• Comparison of CRM with Virtual Connect
• Connectivity Resource Manager configuration elements
• Lab Exercise 3—Creating the software-defined Data Center
• Lab Exercise 4—Adding and viewing an Enclosure
• Firmware updates
• Address and identifier service
• Storage Resource Manager
• Lab Exercise 5—Managing storage systems
• Learning check

Module 4: Creating and Managing Server Profiles

• Introduction to server profiles
• Managing server profile addresses
• Server profile connections
• Connection management advanced topics
• Managing server profile SAN storage
• Managing server profile boot order and BIOS settings
• Lab Exercise 6—Creating and managing server profiles
• HP OneView integration for virtualization management
• Lab Exercise 7—Navigating a configured environment
• Learning check

Module 5: Resource Health Monitoring

• Resource health monitoring architecture
• Server support differences
• Events and Alerts terminology
• HP OneView Activity in the UI
• HP OneView Dashboard
• Lab Exercise 8—Monitoring Resource Health
• Learning check

Module 6: Environmental Resource Manager

• Customer problems and HP solutions
• Environmental Resource Manager
• Utilization data collection and display
• iPDU discovery
• Topology configuration
• Lab Exercise 9—Customizing the Data Center View
• Learning check

Module 7: OneView Appliance Security

• HP OneView security features and operation
• Security control procedures
• Management user authentication
• Certificate management
• Learning check

Module 8: REST API

• REST API
• HP OneView resource-oriented architecture
• Basic operations
• HP OneView PowerShell Library
• Learning check

Module 9: HP OneView Data Simulator

• HP OneView Data Center Simulator overview
• Installing HP OneView DCS
• HP OneView DCS demo default schematic
• HP OneView DCS management
• Modeling an entire data center
• Standard demo
• Learning check