Fibre Channel (IBM FastT DS4000 (EXP 700) DS4400)

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Length: Modular

Price: $2250

Course Code: AK5102

You may enroll by calling Jack Tisdale at 508-621-4937 or email jtisdale@akibia.com.

Course Goal

Our IBM DS4000 FastT Disk Array Course will prepare students to trouble shoot and maintain the IBM DS4000 FastT Disk Array. In this course, students will learn to set up and use IBM’s Storage Manager application via out–of–band connection while gaining the necessary knowledge and skills to identify and understand various array configurations. Special attention is given to critical maintenance procedures such as controller replacements and disk replacement strategies for various RAID implementations.

Audience

This course is intended for field service and support personnel.

Training Methodology

This course uses active learning to involve the students in their classroom learning and to develop practices that will encourage continuous self–learning. Students will meet the course objectives through interactive classroom discussion, focused lab exercises, self–guided research, and scenario–based troubleshooting.

Course Prerequisites

Akibia’s UNIX Fundamentals Course or equivalent experience in the UNIX environment is desirable. Knowledge of computer hardware/software components and experience troubleshooting computer systems is required.

Course Scope

The course includes the following products:

  • IBM DS4000 Expansion Enclosure
  • IBM DS4400 Storage Server

Course Content

At course completion, students will be able to:

  • Identify all major array components.
  • Understand common array configurations and why this is important in determining parts replacement strategies
  • Establish and utilize an out–of–band session with IBM’s Storage Manager interface over an IP connection.
  • Perform and interpret data collections for the purpose of diagnosing and maintaining the array.
  • Perform controller replacements while preserving array configuration settings and data on disk.
  • Perform array firmware upgrades.
  • Perform disk drive replacements.
  • Save and restore configuration settings.