Target group
This course is intended for professionals who will be administering and managing a VxBlock System.
Course structure
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Discuss VxBlock Systems, their building block components, and how the VxBlock integrates into a datacenter
- Capture and backup the VxBlock System configuration baseline
- Monitor VxBlock System status, health, and performance using component element managers and Dell EMC Vision Intelligent Operations
- Create, expand and provision VxBlock System compute, network, storage, and virtualization resources
- Validate the configuration compliance against the Dell EMC Release Certification Matrix (RCM) and the Dell EMC Security Guide
Course Content
System Administration Overview
- VxBlock System overview
- System administration overview
Advanced Management Platform (AMP)
- Element Managers introduction
- Dell EMC Vision intelligent operations
- Advanced Management Platform
Managing Network Resources
- Network paths and components
- LAN configuration
- SAN configuration
Common VxBlock Storage Concepts
- VxBlock storage systems
- Storage provisioning
- File storage concepts
Managing Unity Storage
- Unity models and features
- Unity NAS
- Unity management
Managing XtremIO Storage
- XtremIO models and features
- XtremIO management
Managing VMAX Storage
- VMAX models and features
- VMAX embedded NAS (eNAS)
- VMAX management
Managing Compute Resources
Managing Virtualization Resources
- VMware concepts
- Virtualization management
VxBlock System Monitoring
- Configuring Syslog and SNMP
- VxBlock system health checks
VxBlock System Protection
- Backing Up VxBlock system data
- Protecting VxBlock production data
VxBlock System Assurance
- RCM information, scan and prepositioning
- RCM upgrade
VxBlock System Security
- Security concepts
- UCS management tools
