CLARiiON Host Integration and Management with SnapView (CHIMSV)

This course is intended for any person who presently or plans to:

• Manage CLARiiON storage
• Architect and position customer solutions with CLARiiON storage

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student should have knowledge and skills associated with the following:

• CLARiiON models, components, management options and features
• Data integrity and availability features found in a CLARiiON storage platform
• CLARiiON performance, storage configuration and provisioning concepts
• PowerPath performance, transparent recovery and availability features in an open systems host environment
• SAN terminology, features, architecture, theory of operations, and management including Fibre Channel and IP Storage networks concepts and EMC Connectrix switches

A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.

This Specialist level course provides a thorough exposure to the CLARiiON CX4 series platform with Flare release 29 and Navisphere version 6.29. Focus areas include CLARiiON integration with Windows and Linux for both Fibre Channel and iSCSI. Other topics include Access Logix, Storage Provisioning and Management, Advanced Storage Pool and LUN concepts, Alerts and Event Monitoring, Navisphere Analyzer, Navisphere Quality of Service Manager and SnapView snapshots and clones. The course is comprised of in-depth discussions and extensive hands on lab exercises.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Revise and reinforce concepts related to CLARiiON hardware features
• Revise and reinforce concepts related to CLARiiON software features
• Integrate open systems hosts into CLARiiON environments
• Use EMC Navisphere Manager and other components of the EMC Navisphere suite in a practical environment
• Successfully complete the lab exercises

Modules These modules are designed to support the course objectives. The following modules are included in this course:

• Overview CLARiiON CX3 /CX4 Models
• CLARiiON Security and Basic Management
• CLARiiON Storage Provisioning and Management
• Host Integration Basics
• Host Integration - Windows
• Host Configuration – Linux
• ESX Server Storage Provisioning
• Advanced Storage Pool and LUN Concepts
• Alerts and Event Monitor
• Navisphere Analyzer
• Navisphere Quality of Service Manager (NQM)
• SnapView Principle
• SnapView Snapshots
• SnapView Clones

Labs Labs reinforce the information you have been taught. Labs for this course include:

• Configuring CLARiiON Security with Navisphere Manager 6.x
• Introduction to EMC Navisphere Manager
• CLARiiON Storage System Configuration
• Create a storage pool using RAID Groups
• Create LUNs on RAID Groups and Thin Pools Verify Channel Connectivity
• Verify Host Connectivity
• Create Storage Groups
• Configuring Storage System Failover
• Configuring Host Access to CLARiiON LUNs
• Advanced Storage Pool LUN Operations
• Create an Event Monitor Template
• Examining and Displaying Alerts
• Configure Navisphere Analyzer
• Capture CLARiiON Performance Data
• Display CLARiiON Performance Information
• Navisphere Quality of Service Management (NQM)
• SnapView Snapshots
• SnapView Clones

Assessments Assessments validate that you have learned the knowledge or skills presented during a learning experience. Completion of the courses labs will supplement the functional assessment to be completed at the end of the course.

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