Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: Product Overview
- List HPE Superdome Flex server configurations and architecture
- Describe use case and applications
- Identify HPE Superdome Flex server main components
- Access the rack management controller (RMC) interface
- Use the RMC command-line interface (CLI)
- Connect to the system console
- Power off and power on the HPE Superdome Flex Server
Module 2: Hardware Management
- Access the rack management controller (RMC) interface
- Describe and configure nPartitions
- Perform RMC management tasks
- Issue power commands
- List FRU information
- Enable SNMP protocol
Module 3: Operating System Installation and Software Management
- Describe Superdome Flex operating system support
- Prepare operating system installation
- Describe installation process for Linux (RedHat and SUSE), Windows Server 2019, and ESXi}
- Describe additional HPE tools for Superdome Flex management
- Install additional HPE Tools: HPE Foundation Software, Data Collection Daemon, and HPE Superdome Flex I/O Service Pack
Module 4: Management Tools and Firmware Upgrade
- Describe HPE Superdome Flex monitoring with HPE OneView
- Describe HPE Insight Remote Support
- Explain the Redfish standard
- HPE Superdome Flex firmware management
- Configure UEFI BIOS booting options
- Access OneView and discover RMC
- Investigate OneView monitoring options
- Review HFS configuration scripts and logs
- Show main memory health information, system topology, CPU and memory activity, and input/output traffic statistics for each IO device
- Configure CPU frequency scaling
- Monitor per-node HPE Superdome Flex Grid memory statistics
- Review firmware update process
Module 5: Troubleshooting
- Perform management tasks from operating system
- Gather logs from RMC
- Perform indicting and acquitting HPE Superdome Flex components
- Observe how OneView handles hardware errors