Course Description:
Storage Administrators will learn to provide daily configuration and maintenance on the StorageWorks XP including using RAID Manager to provide point-in-time copies of critical data. The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform (USP) and HP StorageWorks XP products are the same Arrays with different brand names. The terms Hitachi USP and HP StorageWorks XP may be used interchangeably.

The course begins with a presentation of the architecture of the XP: front end ports (CHIPs); cache; and Disk Adapters (ACPs) and their interrelationships. The different Hitachi and HP model names, and software products are discussed. Students will learn the steps needed to progress from a bunch of uninstalled disks to a Virtual Disk presented to a host.

Storage Administrators will learn to configure the Hitachi Array using Command View XP. This will include creating Luns, mapping Luns to front end ports, and configuring Luns to restrict host access using Lun Configuration Manager and Secure Manager.

Storage Administrators will learn to configure, manage and troubleshoot the RAID Manager XP to create point-in-time copies of data using Business Continuance (BC). This will include creating HORCM files, establishing relationships between on-line data and BC volumes, and establishing, splitting and restoring point-in-time copies of data. As students will see, it is extremely easy to completely wipe out mission critical data using Business Continuance. This is by far the most important part of the course, students will be taught ISA’s best practices to manage and safe guard data during this process.

Students will be introduced to Continuous Access, which is the disaster recovery software used with the XP Array.

Course Format
Instructor Led Lecture with Hands-on Labs

Who Should Attend?
Systems/Storage administrators and support personnel who need to manage and support an Hitachi Lightning or Thunder/ HP StorageWorks XP Array.

Prerequisites

• ISA: S125 SNIA Storage Network Foundations - or
• ISA: S130 SAN Boot Camp with SNIA Storage Network Foundations

Course Outline

Architecture

• Understand the Internal Architecture of the Hitachi Lightning and Thunder Products
• Understand the Hitachi Lightning and HP StorageWorks XP Models and Designations
• Understand the hardware capabilities of the various StorageWorks XP models
• Understand the software packages sold with the StorageWorks XP Arrays
• Understand the acronyms associated with the StorageWorks XP

DKU, Disks, and Array Groups 

• Understand hardware addressing for the StorageWorks XP
• Understand the acronyms and software addressing of Virtual Disks, Parity Groups and Blocks of Four
• Understand how virtual disks are created
• Understand Supported RAID Levels and Open Systems Emulations

Creating a Virtual Disk

• Understand the steps that are used to created a host addressable virtual disk starting with inserting the blank physical disks

RAID Manager XP and the HORCM File

• What is RAID Manager and what can it do
• What is a command device
• How to determine which device is a command device
• Architecture of a HORCM File
• A HORCM instance
• Create a minimal HORCM File and start RAID Manager

Business Copy

• What is business copy?
• Configure local and remote HORCM instances
• Establish, split, view, delete, and restore BC Pairs
• What can go wrong? Unrecoverable data loss
• Map BC pair relationships
• Create and manage complex multi-copy BC configurations
• Troubleshoot problems with starting and configuring HORCM
• How do I make this less dangerous? 

Continuous Access

• Understand the general hardware architecture and configuration of Continuous Access
• Understand how to create, failover and failback CA pairs

Command View

• Understand Command View and how it connects to the Hitachi Array
• Install and Configure Command View

Using Lun Configuration Manager

• Setting the Host Mode
• Configuring Fibre Channel Ports
• Mapping Luns to Front End Ports
• Creating Command Devices
• LU Size Expansion
• VSC Operations

Using Secure Manager

• Installing Secure Manager
• Finding the WW Name of Host HBA
• Creating a Lun Group
• Set Security Access of a Port
• Restricting Access to a Lun

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