SSF0G IBM DS8000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems

• Welcome and introduction
• Unit 1: IBM DS family, DS8000 overview
• Unit 2: Architecture and hardware overview
• Unit 3: Virtualization concepts

• Unit 4: DS command-line interface (DS CLI)
• Unit 5: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI
• Unit 6: Host system attachment
• Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions
• Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration
• Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools
• Exercise 3: Windows Server preparation

• Exercise 4: Windows Server attachment to the DS8000
• Exercise 5: AIX Server attachment to the DS8000
• Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools
• Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: FB volumes, volume groups, and hosts
• Exercise 8: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions
• Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Volume Relocation
• Exercise 10: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Extent Pool Merge

• Unit 7: Performance, tuning, and monitoring
• Unit 8: Business Continuity: Copy Services
• Unit 9: Summary
• Exercise 11: DS8000 Storage Manager: Thin provisioning
• Free lab sessions

Dotazione:
Each participant will have a station set up with operating systems and software needed for the exercises.