3PAR and Brocade course outline (3-5 days)

Hardware

Current product line overviews.

Basics of 3PAR Hardware Architecture.
Software suites and licensing overview.
Benefits and advantages of HP 3PAR virtualized storage architecture.
HP 3PAR hardware offerings (10000 Series and 7000 Series/T/F series)
Data Flow and Communication Concepts in a 3PAR Node

Virtual Volume (VV)

InFormOs Software Architecture

InFormOS RAID Concepts
Concepts of InServ Chunklets
InFormOS Logical Disks (LDs)
InFormOS VV

Managing Storage

Install InForm Management Console

Benefits of Thin Provisioning
Concepts of Thin Provisioning
Setting up a Common Provisioning Group (CPG)
Creating a Thin Provisioned Virtual Volume (TPVV)
Managing Alerts for CPG
Best Practices of CPG
Managing Storage with CLI

Online Help
Using 3PAR CLI commands.

Host Connectivity

Supported Operating Systems

Preparing a Host to Access a 3PAR Storage Array
Creating Hosts in a 3PAR Storage Array
Host Personas
Presenting VV to a Host
Autonomic Groups

Efficiencies of Autonomic Groups

Using Autonomic Groups to Simplify Provisioning Storage
Commands Supporting Autonomic Groups
Dynamic Optimization (DO)

Benefits of DO
Changing Volume Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) Level
Changing Volume Availability Level
Changing Volume Service Level
Reclaiming Unused LD Space
Adaptive Optimization (AO)

Dynamic Optimization vs. Adaptive Optimization

Adaptive Optimization architecture
AO configuration
AO Sizing
Recommendations Configuring and managing AO using IMC
AO administration
AO schedules in Tasks
System Reporter

Virtual Copy (VC)

Benefits of VC
Creating a VC Volume
Rules Around VC Relationships
Using the InForm GUI to Manage VC
Remote Copy (RC)

FC-based Remote Copy (RCFC)

Native IP-based Remote Copy (RCIP)

Synchronous mode

Asynchronous periodic mode

Synchronous long distance mode

Virtual Domains

Concepts of Virtual Domains

User Privileges for Domains

Creating a Domain

Creating a Domain Object

Managing Domain Objects
Removing a Domain
Data Migration

Peer Motion purpose and benefits

EVA to HP 3PAR Online import
HP 3PAR Online Import Utility for EMC Storage
SAN Network (BROCADE Switch)

Understand the Brocade models

List basic functions and components
Identify Switch capabilities
Brocade zoning
Presenting LUN's
Identify WWN, Port IDs, and Domain IDs
Understand the switch settings
Use Management Tools