HP Integrity Blades Server Administration

Course overview

In this 3-day course, students will learn how to successfully manage HP Integrity BladeSystem servers with HP-UX. This course focuses on system administration components rather than hardware deployment. The course introduces the BladeSystem enclosure, BladeServer models, BladeStorage models, Interconnect modules, HP Onboard Administrator, HP Virtual Connect and network storage solutions. It then highlights the HP BladeSystem c-Class server management using HP Systems Insight Manager. The course is 60% lecture and 40% hands-on labs using HP Integrity systems.

Prerequisites

• HP-UX System and Network Administration I & II (H3064S & H3065S) or
• HP-UX System and Network Administration for Experienced UNIX® System Administrators (H5875S) or
• Equivalent HP-UX administration experience

Audience

• Experienced software administrators responsible for managing and monitoring HP Integrity c-Class BladeSystems

Ways to save

Course objectives

• Discuss the management tools available for HP Integrity BladeSystem environments
• Discuss the architecture of the HP Integrity c-Class BladeSystem components and their benefits
• Use Integrated Lights Out (iLO2) on Integrity Server Blades
• Use the HP BladeSystems Onboard Administrator
• Monitor the environment with HP SIM and SMH

Next steps

• HP Systems Insight Manager (HB508S)

Benefits to you

• Gain the ability to perform successful site planning and infrastructure design needed to deploy an HP BladeSystem solution
• Build a simplified server environment utilizing HP Virtual Connect
• Be able to perform effective local and remote administration using HP Onboard Administrator
• experience using the management tools for an HP Integrity BladeSystem configuration

Course outline

• Introduction to HP c-Class BladeSystems
• HP c-Class Server and Storage Blades
• Using Integrated Lights Out (iLO2) on Integrity Server Blades
• HP BladeSystems Onboard Administrator
• HP BladeSystems Network Connectivity
• Managing HP Integrity BladeSystems
• Introducing HP Systems Insight Manager