This course teaches how to plan and design HPE compute solutions based on industry standard computing technologies and workloads. Hands-on lab activities guide you through exercises exploring HPE Synergy components, managing HPE OneView server profiles and HPE ProLiant servers, as well as working with HPE Superdome Flex and HPE Superdome Flex 280. You learn to recommend and position HPE compute products, solutions, and appropriate services for customer use cases and workloads. 

This course covers a wide range of HPE compute solutions including:

• Full coverage of HPE Synergy platform including HPE OneView
• Introduction to HPE Primera in the compute context (for example, boot from SAN)
• Introduction of HPE Superdome Flex and HPE Superdome Flex 280 technologies
• Automation with PowerShell scripting
• Full integration of HPE OneView for VMware vCenter Server® and HPE Storage Integration Pack for VMware vCenter®
• Basics of virtualization with HPE OneView integration

Audience

The ideal candidate for this course is someone who needs to learn how to describe, position, recommend, and demonstrate HPE compute solutions to meet a customer’s business and technology requirements. Typical candidates are sales and technical consultants, sales, systems and pre-sales engineers

Prerequisites

HPE recommends the training required for HPE ATP – Hybrid IT Solutions v2 certification as a pre-requisite to this course.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Explain and position the HPE compute product portfolio
• Describe HPE Synergy components
• Work with server profile templates and server profiles
• Explain storage management using HPE OneView
• Describe HPE management solutions
• Describe vSAN setup for ROBO and vVols
• Identify troubleshooting methods and tools
• Work with a HPE Superdome Flex

Detailed course outline

Introducing the HPE Compute Product Portfolio 

• Explain and position the HPE compute product portfolio
  • HPE Synergy
  • Advanced HPE ProLiant configurations
  • HPE Superdome Flex and HPE Superdome Flex 280
  • HPE SimpliVity
  • HPE Apollo 2x00 and 4x00
  • Match HPE compute products with workload

Configuring an HPE Synergy Solution 

• Describe HPE Synergy components
• Explain advanced HPE Virtual Connect technologies
• Explain the HPE Synergy design process
• Configure HPE Synergy components
• Describe the PowerShell library for HPE OneView and API access

Working with HPE OneView Server Profiles 

• Explain server profile template and server profile concepts
• Work with server profile templates and server profiles
• Explain multi-pathing and downlink aggregation concepts
• Explain HPE OneView features for HPE ProLiant servers

Managing Storage for HPE Compute Solutions 

• Describe the basics of the HPE Primera array 
• Explain storage management using HPE OneView

Managing HPE Compute Products 

• Describe HPE management solutions including:
  • HPE Integrated Lights Out (iLO) 5 management processor
  • HPE OneView for VMware vCenter Server
  • HPE OneView for Microsoft System Center
  • HPE OneView Global Dashboard
  • HPE iLO Amplifier Pack
  • HPE InfoSight
• Prepare HPE Synergy for workload deployment

Working with Virtualization Workloads 

• Describe virtualization technologies
• Describe vSAN setup for ROBO and vVols
• Describe the update process using Lifecycle Manager

Working with HPE Superdome Flex 

• Describe the HPE Superdome Flex portfolio 
• Explain HPE Superdome Flex technologies

Managing the Solution Lifecycle 

• Describe the solution update process
• Explain HPE OneView security features
• Identify troubleshooting methods and tools