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Overview
| Course code | XTVB3CE | Skill level | Intermediate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 3.0 days | Delivery type | Instructor Led - Online Training
(Hands-on labs) |
| Course type | Public or Private on-site | ||
| Public price | CAD $2,749.00 plus tax |
NOTE: This is a live, instructor-led online course. Do not make arrangements to travel.
The IBM BladeCenter Fundamentals - BladeCenter H course provides a detailed introduction and overview of the IBM BladeCenter. Major topics covered include the BladeCenter chassis components and infrastructure, management interface, blade servers, and I/O modules. Each major lecture group is followed by a hands-on lab exercise, including chassis configuration and management, blade server control, /O module management and control, and BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM). Building on these skills and with emphasis on the IBM BladeCenter H, we discuss the IBM BladeCenter H and its unique components, power and cooling, midplane connections, and systems management. We then cover the high-speed infrastructure and options that are available. Open Fabric Manager is discussed to help you get the most from your I/O followed by showing the sequence of events in a Blade failover and recovery. The last portion of this three day class covers those elements regarding installation and the associated tools. The additional focused labs with the BladeCenter H is the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, known as BOFM.
Equivalent classroom course IBM BladeCenter Fundamentals - BladeCenter H (XTRB3CE).
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Audience
This intermediate course is for individuals who are involved in the planning, installation, configuration and upgrading of IBM BladeCenters.
Skills taught
- Describe the motivation behind blade servers technology
- List different components of chassis and blade server
- List different types of BladeCenter chassis
- Describe specifications of the latest IBM blade server products
- Describe how IBM BladeCenter plays a key role in IBM Smarter Planet
- List different components of BladeCenter
- Describe high level architecture of BladeCenter
- Describe power domains configuration in each chassis
- List subsystems of a blade server
- List types of expansion cards and expansion blades
- List different management components of BladeCenter
- Explain the purpose of UEFI and IMM
- Perform BladeCenter management using AMM
- Understand network connectivity of BladeCenter
- List various expansion cards and specifications
- List various Ethernet switch modules and expansion cards
- List various storage switch modules and expansion cards
- List steps of workload deployment on blade servers
- Deploy an operating system on a blade server
- Setup an Active Directory server on a BladeCenter+B15
- List basic troubleshooting techniques
- List best practices for a BladeCenter implementation
- Locate the documentation available related to IBM BladeCenter+B23
- Know the compatibility matrix of IBM BladeCenter
- List the different components of BladeCenter H
- Describe the high level architecture of a BladeCenter H
- Describe the power domains configuration in the BCH chassis
- List the cooling components in a BCH
- Describe management features of the BladeCenter H
- Understand the network connectivity of BladeCenter H
- List the various Ethernet switch modules and expansion cards
- List the features of virtual fabric technology
- List the various Storage switch modules and expansion cards
- List the features of FCoE technology
- List the features implemented in the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
- List the AMM features for Basic BOFM configuration
- List the Advanced BOFM configuration steps
- List the sequence of events that occur in blade failover and recovery
- List the basic questions to ask in preparation form and IBM BladeCenter H installation
- List the Power considerations for the IBM BladeCenter H
- Match Power requirements to connection options
- Describe and list the cooling requirements for the IBM BladeCenter H
- List the Problem Determinations tools available
Course outline
Day 1
- Welcome
- Unit 1: IBM BladeCenter products
- Unit 2: IBM BladeCenter architecture and components
- Exercise 1: Identifying the BladeCenter environment
- Unit 3: IBM BladeCenter management
- Exercise 2: Systems management with advanced management module
- Unit 4: IBM BladeCenter connectivity (Ethernet)
Day 2
- Day 1 Review
- Unit 4: IBM BladeCenter connectivity (Storage)
- Exercise 3: BNT 2-3 Gb Ethernet switch module
- Exercise 4: Preparing to boot the blade from an SAN
- Unit 5: IBM BladeCenter use case
- Exercise 5: Microsoft Active Directory server on blade
- Unit 6: IBM BladeCenter maintenance
Day 3
- Day 2 Review
- Unit 7: Introduction and overview
- Unit 8: High bandwidth infrastructure
- Unit 9: Open Fabric Manager
- Unit 10: Installation considerations and tools
- Exercise 6: BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM)