DS4000 Installation and Configuration UK Classes & Lessons (IBM)

Also known as: SS61GBGB

About this class

This course is designed for post-sales IBM personnel and business partners The course covers both DS4000 hardware and storage managment software. Students will have the opportunity to install and configure the storage systems and map luns to Windows and Unix operating systems. Students will use the management software to configure, tune, maintain and troubleshoot the storage system. Premium Features such as Storage Partitioning, Flashcopy and Remote Volume Mirroring will be covered.

Who will the lesson benefit?

IBM Employees, Business Partners, Customers and Technical System Support

What delegates will learn

Product Overview
Compare and contrast each product in the DS4000 product line
Hardware Insallation and Cabling
Identify all hardware components
Remove and replace each hardware component
List the basic steps for installing a storage system
Identify proper cabling techniques for the host and drive side
Cable a storage system
Set a static IP addresses for the storage system
DS4000 Storage Manager Installation
Describe the basic functions of teh DS4000 Storage Manager
Install the DS4000 storage management software
Configuration and Dynamic Features
Configure a storage system into arrays and logical drives
Dynamically modify logical drives using the dymamic features:
Dynamic RAID Migration
Dynamic Capacity Expansion
Dynamic Volume Expansion
Dynamic Segment Size Migration
Perform other basic functions
Storage Partitioning
Describe functionality of Flashcopy
Describe implementation of Flashcopy
Create Flashcopy logical drives
Volume Copy
Describe functionality of Volume Copy
Describe implementation of Volume Copy
Create Volume Copy logical drives
Remote Volume Mirroring
Describe functionality of RVM
Describe implementation of RVM
Create Remove Volume Mirror logical drives
Performance Monitor
List the factors that influence storage system performance
List performance data presented by the performance monitor
Problem Determination
Describe the purpose of each diagnostic tool in teh storage management software

What prerequisites are required

An understanding of RAID technology, basic storage area network (SAN) terminology, Fibre Channel topology and operating systems such as Unix and Windows.