Duration: 5 Days
In this course, you will gain the skills needed to configure a Symmetrix and prepare it for host access. You will focus on the use of the Symmetrix command line interface (SYMCLI) on the Symmetrix V-Max Series Array. You will also cover managing configuration changes with the Symmetrix Management Console (SMC) GUI. You will cover different types of devices and their functions as well as creation, mapping, and masking of devices. You will explore setting Symmetrix metrics and RDF group attributes, and other topics, including Autoprovisioning, Virtual Provisioning, Virtual LUN migration for regular and thin devices, Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) for disk groups, and Virtual Pools. Lab exercises will cover operational details of all topics.
What You Will Learn
- Symmetrix Configuration and Device Masking
- Create and map Symmetrix devices
- Set Symmetrix metrics and device attributes, manage Dynamic RDF, and device pools
- Map and mask devices using Autoprovisioning
- Migrate devices non-disruptively using Virtual LUNs
- Virtual Provisioning Concepts
- Manage Virtual Provisioning with Solutions Enabler
- Monitor Virtual Pools
- Use the Symmetrix Management Console to perform configuration management
- FAST architecture
- FAST theory of operations and recommended practices
- Configure and manage FAST using SYMCLI and SMC
Audience
EMC personnel, customers, and partners who configure and manage a Symmetrix in a Windows or UNIX environment
Prerequistes
Understanding of Symmetrix fundamentals
Labs will be conducted on UNIX and Windows systems. On Unix, you must be familiar with the editor and user commands on at least one of the following UNIX shells:
Course Outline
1. Symmetrix Configuration and Device Masking
2. Device Creation and Mapping
3. Symmetrix and Device Attributes
4. Auto-Provisioning
5. Virtual Provisioning Concepts and Planning
6. Virtual Provisioning with Solution Enabler
7. Monitoring Thin Pools
8. Virtual LUN Migration
9. FAST and FAST VP Concepts
10. Managing FAST and FAST VP Using SYMCLI
11. Using SMC to Do Everything
Course Labs
Lab 1: Create and Delete Devices
Lab 2: Create Different Devices and Map Them
Lab 3: RDF Groups and Pairs
Lab 4: Mapping and Masking
Lab 5: Create Thing and Data Devices and Pools
Lab 6: Map and Mask Thin Devices
Lab 7: Miscellaneous Virtual Provisioning Concepts
Lab 8: Monitor Thin Pool Usage
Lab 9: Virtual LUN Migration DP and VP
Lab 10: Manage FAST and FASTVP using SYMCLI
Lab 11: Manage FAST and FAST VP with SMC
Lab 12: Symmextrix Configuration with SMC
