HP 9000 and Integrity MidRange Server Maintenance

Length: 3 days

Price: $2895

Course Code: AK2203

You may enroll by calling Ron Scarborough at 508-621-4999 or email rscarborough@akibia.com.

Course Goal

The Mid–Range Server Maintenance is a 3–day technical training course, which introduces students to Hardware and System Maintenance for the Hewlett–Packard cell–based architecture computers – –notably, the rp7410 and rp8400, rp7420 and rp8420, and rx7620 and rx8620 series of computers. The ultimate goal of this course is to allow you– –with confidence– –to work with and administer HP’s line of Superdome–technology computers, to which the 74xx and 84xx computers belong.

Audience

This course is meant for individuals responsible for performing any system administration tasks or hardware maintenance tasks on a HP Cell based servers. This includes both System Administrators and Field Support/Hardware Maintenance personnel.

Training Methodology

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

Course Scope

The course includes the following products:

HP RP7410/RP8400
HP RX7620/RX8620

Course Objectives

Upon completion, students will be able to:

Recognize HP Mid–Range Server models.

Be familiar with the system features and benefits

Be familiar with the boot–up process

Work with the Management Processor (MP)

Work with the Boot Console Handler (BCH) commands and Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)

Work with cell boards and perform basic node partitioning tasks

Understand device pathing.

Manage system firmware.

Use the Support Tools manager

Interpret LEDs and perform basic troubleshooting

Remove and replace Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)

Course Prerequisites

Experience maintaining computer hardware
Experience with the UNIX operating system, e.g. HP–UX or Solaris
Akibia’s HP9000 Hardware Maintenance course, or equivalent experience

Class size is limited to six students.