Managing HP 3PAR StoreServ I

 Current product line overviews
 Software suites and licensing overview
 Benefits and advantages of HP 3PAR virtualized storage architecture
 HP 3PAR hardware offerings (10000 Series and 7000 Series)
 Basic HP 3PAR high availability advantages
 Gen4 ASIC chip functionality
 Advantages of cache persistence and persistent ports
 Data flow and communication concepts in an HP 3PAR controller node
 Self-encrypting drives
 HP 3PAR component connectivity
 HP 3PAR remote support
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 HP 3PAR Array Management: MC, SSMC and CLI
 Installing
 Logging In
 Basic features and commands
 Wizards
 Benefits
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 ۷۰۰۰ Series Hardware Overview
 HP 3PAR controller options basics
 Drive cage expandability options
 HP 3PAR hardware components basics
 HP 3PAR hardware components numbering schemes
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 ۱۰۰۰۰ Series Hardware Overview
 HP 3PAR controller options basics
 Drive cage expandability options
 HP 3PAR hardware components basics
 HP 3PAR hardware components numbering schemes
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 Storage Concepts and Terminology
 HP 3PAR provisioning terminology
 HP 3PAR concept of a disk chunklet and Logical Disk (LD)
 HP 3PAR concept of a Common Provisioning Group (CPG)
 HP 3PAR Virtual Volumes (VV) types
 Thin Provisioning
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 Storage Configuration
 CPGs using Management Console, SSMC, and CLI
 Fully provisioned and thin provisioned and thin deduplicated VVs using Management Console, SSMC, and CLI
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 Host Connectivity and Storage Allocation
 Supported operating systems
 How to prepare a host to access an HP 3PAR storage array
 Adding hosts in an HP 3PAR storage array
 Adding FC ports to a host
 Export VVs to a host as VLUNs
 Unexport VVs/VLUNs from a host
 Using Management Console, SSMC, and CLI to work with hosts and storage
 Use Host Explorer to add hosts
 Use HP3PARInfo to gather information
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 Autonomic Groups and Virtual Lock
 Host and volume sets advantages
 Creating and maintaining host and volume sets
 Management Console, SSMC, and CLI to work with host and volume sets
 Host and volume sets guidelines and rules
 Understand the Virtual Lock feature
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 Dynamic Optimization
 Dynamic Optimization (DO) benefits
 Changing VV RAID level
 Changing VV setsize and availability level
 Changing VV service level
 Changing VV user data and copy space
 Online VV Conversion
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 Thin Technologies
 Benefits of the Zero Detection/Thin Persistence feature
 Administering Virtual Volumes using the MC, SSMC, and CLI to manage space
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 Local Replication: Virtual and Physical Copy
 Virtual and Physical Copy benefits
 Creating, exporting, unexporting, and deleting a virtual copy volume
 Rules of virtual copy relationships
 Restore from a virtual copy
 Resynchronize a PC to a base volume
 Promote a PC to a base volume
 Use the MC and CLI to manage physical and virtual copies
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 Deduplication
 Deduplication Process
 Interpreting dedup output from CLI commands
 Purpose of the Garbage Collector
 How dedup works with virtual, physical, and remote Copies
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 Adaptive Flash Cache
 Understanding what and what cannot be moved into AFC
 Explaining the different LRU queues and queue demotion
 Using CLI commands to setup, enable, disable, remove, and monitor AFC
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 File Persona
 Installing and configuring File Persona
 Working with File Persona authorization and authentication
 Understanding the logical layers of File Persona
 Explaining how snapshots work with File Persona
 Configuring and using Antivirus capabilities
 Working with File Services Quota Management