SSF1G: IBM DS8000 Implementation Workshop for z Systems
Table of Contents
- Short Summary
- Duration
- Content Description
- Objectives
- Agenda
- Audience
- Skill Level
- Labs?
- Keywords
- Prerequisites
- Enrollment
- Errata
- Follow-on Courses
Short Summary
Anyone who needs to learn about DS8000 implementation and experiment with them on a real test configuration.
Duration in Hours ⌚
24.0
Content Description
To learn the DS8000 storage subsystem and its hardware components and logical structure. You configure the DS8000 storage subsystem using a DS8000 Storage Manager GUI and review the DS CLI interface for scripting configuration functions. You will also perform dynamic data relocation using Easy Tier function. In addition we have a unit on the recently announced product called the DS8900F.
Objectives
• Using the history, hardware & software features, functions, and components of the DS8000 family determine the architecture of the DS8880
• Distinguish those elements that contribute to virtualization and the DS8880 • Carry out those steps needed to configure the DS8880, using the Data Storage Command Line Interface (DS CLI) • Carry out those steps needed to configure the DS8880, using the data storage Graphical User Interface (GUI) • Outline those benefits of host attachments that will enable higher throughput and lower response times when connecting a DS8880 to your z System • Clarify the features of cache, performance identification, and TPC and their contributions to the physical and logical setup of the DS8880 • Relate those functions of copy services, flash copy, and global mirroring to business continuity • Summarize the features and functions of the DS8900F • Distinguish the benefits of the three DS8900F modelsAgenda
Day 1
Welcome
• Unit 1: Concepts and architecture • Unit 2: Concepts of virtualization • Unit 3: DS Command Line Interface • Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions • Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration • Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools • Exercise 3: DS8000 DS CLI: LCU, CKD volumes, and PAVsDay 2
• Unit 4: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI
• Exercise 4: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools • Exercise 5: DS8000 Storage Manager: LCU, CKD volumes, and PAVs • Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: I/O ports configuration • Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions • Exercise 8: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic volume relocationDay 3
• Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic pool merge
• Unit 5: Host attachment • Unit 6: Performance, tuning, and monitoring • Unit 7: Business continuity• Unit 8: DS8900F Introduction
Audience
This course is for system administrators, architects, and storage specialists. Anyone who needs to learn about DS8000 implementation and experiment with them on a real test configuration.
Skill Level
Intermediate
Labs? 💻
Y
Keywords
Concepts and architecture; SSF1G; SSF1; DS8000; DS8900F
Prerequisites
You should have completed:
• Introduction to Storage (SS01G)
• An understanding of DASD and data sets and how clients hosts access directly or through FICON channels.Enrollment
https://www.ibm.com/training/course/SSF1G
Errata
None specified.
Follow-on Courses
None