Table of Contents

1. Short Summary
2. Duration
3. Content Description
4. Objectives
5. Agenda
6. Audience
7. Skill Level
8. Labs?
9. Keywords
10. Prerequisites
11. Enrollment
12. Errata
13. Follow-on Courses

Short Summary

Digital course - self paced - no labs on Spectrum Virtualize with the SVC

Duration in Hours ⌚

8

Content Description

IBM Spectrum Virtualize software, part of the IBM Spectrum Storage family of software and the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is an enterprise-class storage system that helps organizations improve data economics by supporting the new large scale workloads that are critical to success. SVC systems can handle massive volumes of data from mobile and social applications, enable rapid and flexible cloud services deployments, and deliver the performance and scalability needed to gain insights from the latest analytics technologies.

This one day digital course introduces the IBM Spectrum Storage Software Family with emphasis on the IBM Spectrum Virtualize software. It also introduces the latest IBM SAN Volume Controller, 2145-SV1 storage engine, and the supported IBM SAS expansion enclosures.

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Recall the concepts of storage virtualization 

• Define the architecture features of the latest IBM SAN Volume Controller 2145-SV1 storage engine 

• Identify the architecture features of the supported IBM SAS expansion enclosures

Agenda

• Unit 1: IBM Spectrum Virtualize: Improving storage efficiency

              Topic 1: IBM Spectrum Storage Family              Topic 2: IBM Spectrum Virtualize software-defined solution              Topic 3: Benefits of IBM Spectrum Virtualize            

• Unit 2: IBM SAN Volume Controller: Architecture hardware

              Topic 1: History of SVC 2145 storage engine              Topic 2: SVC SV1 architecture features

• Unit 3: IBM SAS Volume Controller: Expansion enclosures

              Topic 1: IBM disk drive enclosure options              Topic 2: IBM 2U SAS explansion enclosures                           > IBM Expansion Enclosure Model 12F                           > IBM Expansion Enclosure Model 24F              Topic 3: IBM 5U High Density Expansion Drawer Model 92F              Topic 4: Scalability    

Audience

This course is for IBM personnel, IBM Business Partners, IT consultants and customers who are assessing and/or planning to deploy IBM System San Volume Controller Storage solutions.

Skill Level

Intermediate

Labs? 💻

No

Keywords

Spectrum Virtualize; SVC; SNV10; SAN Volume Controller; disk

Prerequisites

The following courses or equivalent knowledge is recommended prior to this course:

• Introduction to Storage (SS01G) or 

Enrollment

https://www.ibm.com/training/course/SNV10DG

Errata

None specified.

Follow-on Courses

DL08001G,DL08002G,DL08003G,DL08004G,SN71G,SNV1G