HPE StoreFabric B-series Switch Administration (HK910S)
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of everyday administration within an HPE B-series SAN solution covering technologies and concepts. Students gain experience needed to tackle the challenges of working in enterprise-class SAN environments. The course is 60 percent lecture and 40 percent hands-on labs using HPE servers.
Audience
Technical professionals seeking a learning path that includes both conceptual knowledge of Fibre Channel SAN technologies and experience in HPE B-series SAN environments.
Prerequisites
- Basic technical understanding of networking and storage, concepts and terminology
- Experience managing Windows® or UNIX® systems
- Recommended free, Web-based training: SAN Fundamentals (U5527AAE)
Course objectives
At the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe features and functionality of the switch hardware
- Discuss ICL technology
- Describe blade, HB/CAN, SFP, and cable options
- Discuss FC theory
- Identify switch configuration parameters
- List the steps for port initialization
- List Fabric services and features
- Perform an out-of-box initial configuration
- Perform common administrative tasks
- List basic security features
- Work with ports
- Identify routing capabilities
- Discuss trucking
- Manage Inter Switch Link (ISL)
- Zoning theory
- New zoning features
- Implement zoning using the CLI syntax
- Activate and deactivate a default zone
- List zoning tools
- Identify when a long distance license is required
- List SAN extension technologies
- Configure long distance connection
- Describe buffer concepts
- Administer using different interfaces
- List SNMP capabilities
- Back up and manage configuration files
- Upgrade firmware
- Create a diagram of a fabric using collected data
- Perform basic troubleshooting and performance monitoring
Course Outline
Brocade switches
- Brocade Fibre Channel switch family overview
- Features and functionality of the switch hardware
- Switch blades and compatibility
- ICL connectivity
- Different Brocade FC HBAs
- Brocade CNAs
- Different types of fiber optic cable and SFPs
Fibre Channel theory
- SA theory and introduction
- FC layers
- Fibre Channel networking model
- Different class of service
- Frame structure
- WWN format
- Node and port types
- Basic switch parameters
- Steps for port initialization
- FC addressing
- Fabric services well-known addresses
- Fabric and N-port login sequence
- RSCN
- Name server and other fabric services
- NPIV implementation and support
- Fabric and port name
- Interoperability
Installation and configuration
- Out-of-box initial configuration
- Checking switch status
- Basic management tools
- Important fabric parameters
- Initial configuration
- IP settings
- Time settings
- Login banner
- Activating licenses
- Setting switch and chassis name
- Working with syslog server settings
- Working with security
- Switch and port status
- Booting a switch
Brocade FCP routing
- Terminology review
- Principle switch role and up/downstream links
- Fabric initialization
- ISL oversubscription
- Virtual channels
- Port-based routing
- Exchange-based routing
- Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS)
- In-Order Delivery (IOD)
- Inter Switch Link (ISL)
- Working and checking routing
- Trunking theory, benefits, and configuration
Zoning
- Basic concepts associated with zoning
- Zoning elements
- Zoning hierarchy
- New zoning features
- Zoning using the CLI syntax
- How to check the maximum size of a zoning database
- Displaying zoning information
- Activate and deactivate a default zone
- Zoning configuration example
- Hardware and session enforcement differences
- Zoning tools
- Issues when adding a switch to an existing fabric with zoning enabled
- Best practices when implementing a zone
- Fabric segmentation
Long distance connectivity
- Cabling
- Extension options
- Use and effects of buffer credits on distance and speed
- Long distance modes, settings, and supported distances for Brocade switches
- Configuration
- When a long distance license is required
- Limitations of long distance connection when using trunking
- Long distance commands
- Buffer monitoring
Administration—Firmware
- Interfaces and management tools to manage Brocade switches and fabrics
- Using BNA, Web Tools, and Telnet/SSH/HTTP/SSL/SNMP
- Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) to manage Brocade HBAs
- Brocade SAN health
- Fabric watch
- SNMP management
- SNMP commands
- Back up and manage configuration files
- Firmware upgrade steps
Basic troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting techniques
- Data-gathering process
- Supportsave and supportshow
- How to create a diagram of a fabric using collected data
- Documentation tools
- Brocade SAN health
- HPE SAP® visibility tool
- Common SAN problems
- Switch and Field Replaceable Units (FRU) status
- Performance monitoring and troubleshooting
- Diagnostic tools
