Detailed Course Outline
Module 0: HPE Synergy Administration
- Course Overview
- Introduce composable infrastructure (basic concepts) and HPE Synergy domains
- Explore the functional architecture of the HPE Synergy environment
- Management infrastructure (HPE Synergy Composer 11 and Frame Link Modules)
- Compute modules
- Interconnect modules
- Local storage systems
- Power and cooling
- Review the HPE Synergy portfolio and equipment capabilities
- Explain the basics of the HPE Synergy master/satellite interconnects topology and cabling
Module 1: HPE Synergy Solution
- Solution overview
- Planning steps
- Configuration steps
- Hardware overview
- Management appliances
- Frame management cabling
- Power cabling
- Interconnect link topology
- Accessing HPE Synergy Composer
Module 2: HPE Synergy Cabling
- Ethernet modules
- Interconnect link topology
- Ethernet traffic flow
Module 3: HPE Synergy Networking
- Network connectivity settings
- Address identifier service
- Network, network sets
- Logical interconnect groups
- Enclosure groups
- Logical enclosure
- Interconnect settings, LACP load balancing
Module 4: HPE Synergy Storage
- SAN configuration
- Storage management
- SAN Manager
- Networks
- Zoning
- Fabric
- Composable arrays
- Volumes and volume templates
- Storage options
- Storage array
- HPE Synergy D3940 Storage Module
Module 5: HPE Synergy Composability
- Server hardware
- HPE Synergy Gen10/Gen11 Compute, HPE Integrated Lights Out 5/6
- Server hardware types
- Server profile template
- Server profile
- Physical addressing
- Compliance
Module 6: HPE Synergy Firmware
- Current HPE OneView Updates
- Acquiring firmware
- Interconnect firmware updates
- Compute firmware
- OS tools
- Appliance firmware
- Upgrading hardware
- Preparing to upgrade
- Best practices
- Tools
- Compliance
- References
Module 7: HPE Synergy Scaling
- Scaling frames in HPE Synergy
- Adding a remote management ring
- Frictionless scaling of a logical enclosure
- The procedure for scaling from one to two frames
- The procedure for scaling from two to more frames
- Scaling with 25/50 Gb interconnect link modules
Module 8: HPE Synergy Maintenance and Growth
- Maintenance topics
- Remote management ring
- Adding frames
- Composer upgrades
- Composer migration
- FLM move to 4 port
- Changing Ethernet fabric
- New LIG | EG, reparent LE