Overview

The foundations of IBM FlashSystem 9500 are covered in this course. It introduces students to IBM FlashSystems, how to configure it, and navigate its user interface. The course delves deeper into IBM FlashCore technology, the ultra-low latency of Storage Class Memory (SCM), the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize, and AI predictive storage management to provide intensive, data driven multi-cloud storage for the most critical demands. There are pre-recorded lab demos to show IBM Spectrum Virtualize in action.

Audience

Prerequisites

Objective

• Recall the history and fundamentals of IBM FlashSystem storage
• Summarize the concept IBM Spectrum Virtualization software features
• Distinguish the core principles of the IBM FlashCore Technology
• Classify the characteristics and components of the IBM FlashSystem 9500
• Identify the characteristics of the traditional RAID arrays and Distributed RAID arrays as part of the FlashSystem 9500 storage solution
• Summarize the symmetric virtualization process to scale up and scale out a FlashSystem 9500 system environment
• Summarize the virtualization process of internal and external storage systems

Course Outline