HPE SAN Essentials II: Advanced B-series Networking

HPE SAN Essentials II: Advanced B-series Networking

Course Code: HM9Q2S

Duration: 2 Days

Prerequisites: 

•    HPE SAN Essentials I: Administration Fundamentals (HM9Q1S)  
•    A good technical understanding of networking and storage concepts 
•    Basic experience in managing Windows systems 

Course Description:

This course is designed for advanced B-Series SAN administrators and is a follow-up to the SAN Essentials I: Administration Fundamentals class. It does not cover basics since those are discussed in the Fundamentals training. This course introduces new topics such as advanced Fibre Channel (FC) features, additional B-Series management options, SAN extension technologies, advanced SAN security, and hardware installation. All practical parts are based on B-Series devices. This course helps students gain the experience needed to tackle the challenges of working in medium-sized and enterprise-class B-Series SAN environments. 

Course Objectives: 

•    Explain advanced FC terminology  
•    Describe the role of the principal switch  
•    Talk about FCP routing  
•    Explain ISLs and trunking  
•    Explain advanced FC concepts ,SAN services, and associated well-known addresses 
•    Describe FC stack, Classes of Service, and frame structure 
•    Discuss additional zoning types (Peer, TDPZ, TI, QoS) as well as ingress rate limiting  
•    List and talk about SAN extension options, B-Series Extended Fabrics, and Buffer-toBuffer Credits  
•    Describe FCIP technology including tunnels, circuits FCIP QoS, performance and security
•    Discuss FC-FC routing including definitions and elements. 
•    Talk about Virtual Fabrics including IDs, types of logical switches and links between them  
•    Present SAN security in both theory and practice (policy distribution, SCC, DCC, FCS policies as well as IP Filter and AUTH policies)  
•    Talk about performance monitoring on HPE StoreFabric B-series products (Fabric Vision, with focus on Flow Vision and MAPS)  
•    Talk about additional SAN management options and switch firmware  
•    Present basic troubleshooting and diagnostics methods by using SAN Network Advisor, Web Tools, and CLI.  
•    Perform Firmware upgrade

Intended Audience:

Intermediate to advanced technical professionals seeking a learning path that includes more advanced knowledge of SAN technologies and experience in HPE B-series SAN environments. 

Course Outlines:

FCP Routing and Trunking 

•    Fabric Terminology  
•    Principal switch  
•    Upstream and downstream links  
•    Fabric Initialization Process  
•    Basics of FSPF and frame routing within a fabric  
•    FCping  
•    Inter-Chassis Link 
•    Trunking 

Advanced Fibre Channel Theory and Services 

•    FC stack and layers  
•    Class of service  
•    Frame structure and frame head  
•    Advanced Fibre Channel terminology 
•    Flow control 
•    Link and fabric services  
•    Well known addresses 
•    Fabric and N_Port login sequence 
•    Registered State Change Notification  
•    Peer Zoning  
•    Target Driven Zoning 
•    QoS zoning 
•    Virtual Channels implementation  
•    QoS naming convention  
•    QoS over routers 
•    QoS configuration  
•    TI Zoning theory  
•    TI Zoning implementation 
•    TI Zone Failover 
•    TI and FSPF  
•    TI Zoning configuration  
•    Ingress Rate Limiting 

Long Distance Connectivity 

•    Why extend the SAN? 
•    Long distance cabling
•    HPE Supported SAN extension technologies  
•    Cables and SFPs 
•    C/DWDM  
•    Fabric OS Extended Fabrics theory and configuration • 
•    Working with Buffer-to-Buffer Credits 

Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) 

•    FCIP and its role in SAN extension 
•    FCIP Tunnels  
•    FCIP Circuits 
•    FCIP Trunking 
•    FCIP performance and security 
•    Selective Acknowledgement 
•    Compression  
•    Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL)  
•    FCIP QoS  
•    FastWrite and Open Systems Tape Pipelining 
•    FCIP network best practices, advantages and disadvantages.  
•    Basic configuration and analysis overview  

FC-FC Routing & Virtual Fabrics Introduction

•    SAN scaling and Fabric services limits  
•    LSAN Zoning  
•    EX_Ports 
•    Domains  
•    Trunking 
•    Integration of Fibre Channel routing and FCIP  
•    Supported platforms  
•    Virtual fabrics overview and terminology  
•    Logical Switch types  
•    FIDs and Domain IDs  
•    ISL Sharing  
•    ISL Types  
•    Basic configuration  
•    VF Supported platforms 

SAN Security 

•    Security policies list  
•    Policy Database Distribution  
•    Switch Connection Control (SCC) policy 
•    Setting Device Connection Control (DCC) policy  
•    Fabric Configuration Server (FCS)  
•    FCS Switch Operations  
•    Authentication policy for fabric elements (FCAP and DHCHAP)  
•    IP Filter policies and rules  
•    How to configure them  
•    Encryption and compression 

Performance 

•    B-Series Fabric Vision Introduction 
•    Fabric Vision Elements  
•    Dashboards 
•    Flow Vision Overview  
•    What is Flow?  
•    Flow Vision Elements – Flow Monitor 
•    Flow Monitor Example  
•    Flow Vision Elements – Flow Learning  Flow Learning Example  
•    Flow Vision Elements – Flow Generator  
•    SIM port attributes and configuration  
•    Flow Generator Example  
•    Flow Generator + Monitor  
•    Flow Generator + Monitor Example  
•    Flow Vision Elements – Flow Mirroring  
•    Flow Mirror Example  
•    Flow Vision - IO Insight and VM Insight  
•    Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS) 
•    MAPS monitoring categories  
•    MAPS Groups, and Conditions  
•    MAPS Rules, and Policies  
•    MAPS Dashboard  
•    Port monitoring using MAPS  
•    Monitoring Flow Vision Flow Monitor data with MAPS  
•    Fabric performance impact monitoring using MAPS  
•    Other Features: Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring  
•    Other Features: Configuration and Operational Monitoring Policy Automation Services Suite (COMPASS)  
•    Other Featureas: ClearLink Diagnostics, Forward Error Correction (FEC), Credit Loss/Buffer Credit Recovery  
•    Fabric Vision licensing  
•    SAN Network Advisor and Fabric Vision technology 

Management and Troubleshooting 

•    HPE SAN Network Advisor - its features and editions  
•    Configuration backup  
•    CP details for B-Series switches and Directors 
•    Firmware management and upgrade process 
•    General approac 
•    Information to collect 
•    Supportshow and supportsave  
•    Common issues  
•    Tools and features to use  
•    Diagnostic Tools and D_Port use
•    Checking FRUs status via SAN Network Advisor, Web Tools, and CLI