Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive view to installing, upgrading, and scaling a PowerFlex system. Consumption models discussed include PowerFlex rack, PowerFlex appliance, PowerFlex custom node, and PowerFlex software-only. Course content addresses both the physical architecture and the logical architecture of a PowerFlex solution. Lab exercises include best practices for managing SDS, SDC, MDM, and LIA components, in both VMware and Linux environments. Further lab exercises include volume operations – creation, mobility, snapshots – followed by monitoring and troubleshooting a PowerFlex solution.
Course Objectives
- Understand the architecture of a PowerFlex solution
- Install, upgrade, and scale a PowerFlex cluster
- Create and map volumes to clients and applications
- Manage volume snapshots and volume mobility
- Manage system user accounts and secure the PowerFlex system
- Implement Native asynchronous replication across PowerFlex clusters
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for those who will be involved in installing, scaling, expanding, and upgrading a PowerFlex solution. This course is also intended for those who will be involved in configuring, managing, administering, and provisioning a PowerFlex solution.
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Agenda
PowerFlex 3.6 Administration Introduction
- Concepts Overview
- How PowerFlex Scales
- PowerFlex Offerings
PowerFlex Hardware
- Nodes
- Switches and Networking
PowerFlex 3.6 Architecture
Storage Organization
- Protection Domains
- Fault Sets
- Storage Pools
- Acceleration Pools
- Volumes
- Snapshots
- Deployment Options
PowerFlex User Roles, Management, and Authentication
Management Interfaces
- Presentation Server Web UI
- CLI Management
- PowerFlex REST API
Data Protection
- Rebuild
- Rebalance
- Native Asynchronous Replication
Maintenance Mode
- Maintenance Mode Introduction
- Instant Maintenance Mode
- Protected Maintenance Mode
CloudLink
PowerFlex rack
- PowerFlex rack Overview
- PowerFlex rack Architecture - Hardware
- PowerFlex rack Architecture – PowerFlex Software
- PowerFlex rack Architecture – other Software
PowerFlex Manager
- PowerFlex Manager Features and Benefits
- PowerFlex Manager Architecture
- PowerFlex Manager User Roles
- PowerFlex Manager Common Tasks
PowerFlex rack Management
- Managing MDMs
- Managing SDSs
- Managing SDCs
- Volume Management
- Protection Domain Management
- Storage Pool Management
- Network and Switch Management
- Storage Management
- Compute Resource Management
- Network Resource Management
Integrated Data Protection
- VMware
- Avamar, Data Domain, and PowerProtect
- RecoverPoint
Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- Monitoring PowerFlex Manager
- Monitoring PowerFlex Web UI
- Monitoring PowerFlex CLI
- Monitoring PowerFlex CloudIQ
- Monitoring Virtual Compute and Network
- Monitoring with SNMP and Syslog Services
- Monitoring using iDRAC
- Monitoring NVDIMMs, HDDs, and SSDs
- Monitoring Switches
Log Collection
Troubleshooting