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Module 1: Virtual Connect overview - Describe the purpose of Virtual Connect in a datacenter
- Compare the differences between Virtual Connect and an Ethernet switch
- Describe how Virtual Connect configures the server
- Describe Virtual Connect components
Module 2: Virtual Connect Ethernet
- Select Virtual Connect components and connectivity options
- Identify modules, ports, and connectors
- Describe Virtual Connect Ethernet Failover
Module 3: Virtual Connect Fibre Channel
- Select VC Fibre Channel options
- Implement Server Side NPIV
- Understand VC Fibre Channel Login Balancing and Fail-over
Module 4: Introducing the Virtual Connect Manager
- Pre-deployment Planning
- Virtual Connect Basic Setup
- Logical Flow for an Initial Setup
- Using the CLI
- Virtual Connect Failover and Configuration Backup Lab 1: Basic Virtual Connect Manager Setup
- Use the HPE Virtual Connect wizards to complete the initial set up, which includes the following tasks:
- Logging into the VC Domain
- Running the Domain Setup Wizard
- Completing the Network Setup Wizard
- Completing the Fibre Channel Setup Wizard
- Make a Server Profile
Module 5: Virtual Connect Manager Advanced Features
- Virtual Connect Firmware History and Enhancements:
- Native VLANs
- Fast MAC Cache Failover
- SmartLink
- IGMP Snooping
- Port monitoring
- PXE settings
- Server VLAN Tag mapping
- Private network mode
- Virtual Server IDs
- Integrity Server Fibre Channel boot parameters
- Multiple Fibre Channel SAN Fabric Support
- Certificates/Authentications
- Multi-enclosure VC Domains
Module 6: Virtual Connect Domain
- Virtual Connect Networking Definitions and Terminology
- Virtual Connect vNets
- VC Ethernet Best Practice
Module 7: Virtual Connect Profile
- Configure VC profiles using the GUI and scripting
Module 8: Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
- Managing Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager
- New in VCEM 6.2
- VCEM Software Developers Toolkit (SDK)
Module 9: VC Flex-10 Overview
- HPE VC Flex-10 Technology
- Flex-10 port assignments
- Flex-10 bandwidth allocation
- Flex-10 Network Configuration Video: Flex-10-with-hypervisor3 Lab 2: Advanced VC Setup
- Verifying network status
- Review Fast MAC Cache Failover
- Setup Local User Accounts
- Review Secure Sockets Layer
- Enable Multi-enclosure VC Domains
- Make a Server Profile using a Shared Uplink Set with Mapped VLAN Tagging Lab 3: Advanced Virtual Connect Lab Exercises
- Setup VC-FC fabrics with Dynamic Login Balancing that are all connected to the same SAN fabric.
- Add VC-FC ports to an existing VC-FC fabric and manually redistribute the server blade HBA logins.
- Configure a Ethernet/SAN Profile using the FlexFabric module
- Establish VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with a Shared Uplink Set (SUS) with Link Aggregation using LACP (802.3ad) Windows
- Configure VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with Multiple Shared Uplink Sets (SUS) and Mapped VLANs
- ESX 4
Module 10: VC Flex Fabric
- FlexFabric Definitions and Terminology
- HPE VC FlexFabric Modules
- HPE VC FlexFabric Adapters
- VC FlexFabric Fibre
- FlexFabric Fibre iSCSI
- VC FlexFabric Module Compatibility
- Converged Enhanced Ethernet Standards
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet Standards
Module 11: Managing VC Flex Fabric
Module 12: HPE BladeSystem Firmware Best Practices
- Understand the HPE Firmware Release Initiative
- Use the HPE Smart Update Manager
- Locate the HPE BladeSystem Firmware
- Deploy Virtual Connect Firmware
Module 13: Supporting Virtual Connect
- Collect information from the log files
- Perform Basic Virtual Connect troubleshooting
- Reset VC to factory default settings
- Upgrade the VC 1/10 Domain to Flex-10
- Troubleshoot using the Virtual Connect Support Utility
- Collect information
- Understand Virtual Connect Stacking Port Functionality Lab 4: Using the Virtual Connect Manager CLI
- Access the VCM CLI through SSH
- Explore the VCM CLI
- Capture the Show All output
- Configuring the Domain
- Working with Profiles
- Configure a Domain
- Configure a Profile
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