Module 1: HPE BladeSystem Portfolio Introduction - Identify resources for information about the current HPE c-Class BladeSystem portfolio
- Differentiate the two types of HPE BladeSystem enclosures
- Identify HPE server blades
- Discuss enclosure connectivity
- Explain the HPE OneView management appliance
- Differentiate HPE storage blades
- Explain HPE BladeSystem update tools
- Discuss HPE infrastructure management and services
Module 2: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures
- Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
- Describe the c-Class enclosure structure
- Explain c-Class enclosure signal midplane and power backplane
- Explain how to access the Onboard Administrator
- Define the enclosure numbering scheme
Module 3: HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Management - List the initial steps involved in setting up the c7000 enclosure using the :
–– HPE Insight Display Initial Setup Wizard –– HPE Onboard Administrator First Time Setup Wizard - Describe the OA enclosure high availability
- Identify the OA configuration options
- Describe the OA command line interface
Module 4: HPE c-Class Power and Cooling - Explain how to configure power for an HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosure
- Explain how to control and view power consumption in a c-Class enclosure to configure its efficiency
- Explain HPE BladeSystem c-Class power management
- Describe HPE Intelligent Location and Power Discovery services
- Describe the structural cooling components and features of c-Class enclosures
Module 5: HPE BladeSystem c-Class BladeServers
- Describe the HPE BladeSystem I/O technologies on the system board:
–– FlexibleLOM –– Mezzanines –– USB and SD cards - Describe the features and components of storage blades, tape blades, and expansion blades
- Identify c-Class Integrity servers and their requirements
- Manage certain options of your server blades from the OA GUI
- Describe the server iLO interaction with the OA
Module 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class connectivity options - Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture
- List the BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules
–– Ethernet –– Fiber Channel –– InfiniBand –– SAS - Describe the mezzanine cards and slots available in the BladeSystem c-Class server blades
- Explain the enclosure signal pathing
- Describe the port mapping for HPE BladeSystem enclosures
–– c7000 –– c3000 - Explain the HPE Virtual Connect technology
- Explain the HPE OneView management appliance
Module 7: HPE BladeSystem OneView Management - Explain the HPE OneView management appliance
- Explain physical and logical resources in HPE OneView
- Explain Converged Infrastructure management
- Explain how to manage HPE OneView server profiles
- Describe differences between HPE OneView or VCM/VCEM management
Module 8: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Firmware - Determine the firmware that is embedded in various components in the enclosure and how to update it
- Explain how to access the SPP, SUM and supporting documentation
- Define the interdependencies and update best practices for HPE enclosure components
- Describe how to update the firmware for the HPE OA
- Explain how to use SUM for enclosure-based firmware management and software updates
- Explain how to update the firmware on HPE Blade servers
- Explain how to update the firmware on Integrity servers
- Explain how to update the firmware on HPE OneView managed systems
Module 9: Configuring the Enclosure Using Scripting - Review the OA CLI access
- HPE iLO scripting via the Onboard Administrator (HPONCFG)
- Introduce PowerShell OA configuration commands
- Introduce PowerShell iLO configuration commands
- Introduce other iLO RESTful API libraries
- Discuss OA CLI scripting
Module 10: Course Closing - Closing the course
- Learning objectives
–– Participant learning goals - Training from HPE Education Services
- HPE Education Services
- HPE certification and learning program
- Concepts
- HE646 Course objectives review
- Energizers
–– Conversations –– Eye on blades blog: Trends in infrastructure –– HPE Discover conference –– HPE server customer case studies
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