Title VCE Coalition Vblock Boot Camp
Course Abstract This course provides an introduction to the Vblock messaging & positioning, architecture, planning and design methodologies & coalition Services. The Vblock components as well as design and performance considerations will be articulated for hosts and applications to be supported within such virtualized environments. This course will educate on the integration of new technologies with existing technological infrastructures and the expansion of services and systems made available with virtualization.
Target Audience Cisco, EMC and VMware Service Delivery Resources
Course Length 3-days
Delivery Method Instructor-Led: Power Points, VOD, Recorded Demos & Discussion
DAY 1
Module Key Content Duration Mode
Module 1 Introduction to VCE technologies 2 Hrs Lecture/ Introduction & Messaging, Positioning and Value Proposition Discussion VCE Coalition Vblock architecture and system components & VOD Overview Acadia – The BOT model Seamless Support Module 2 VCE Architecture (Vblock Infrastructure Packages 0,1 & 2) 2 Hrs Lecture/ Migration Strategies (Vblock 0, 1 & 2) Vblock Discussion Integrated system components Architecture & Demo VMware components and infrastructure EMC SAN components and infrastructure UCS components and configurations EMC Ionix UIM 2.0 Module 3 Methodology & Roadmap 2 Hrs Lecture/ Templates and Deliverables Coalition Services Discussion Advisory Services / Workshops Qualification Service VDI Implementation Service Cloud Implementation Service Design & Implementation Service
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DAY 2
Module Key Content Duration Mode
Module 4 Unified Computing System (UCS) Introduction 3 Hrs Lecture & UCS system components, architecture and operations Cisco UCS Demo Nexus 1000v architecture and theory and operations Overview UCS Manager (UCSM) & UCS system configuration Module 5 VMware vSphere 4.0 architecture & components 3 Hrs Lecture & VMware vCenter Server architecture VMware vSphere Demo Describe how Virtual Machines are networked Overview List various external storage options available to ESX server Methods used to allocate physical resources to VMs Characteristics of a VM / Defining an Atomic Unit Introduction to Service Director (Redwood) Module 6 vMax Storage Foundations 3 Hrs Lecture & Benefits of vMax EMC Storage Demo Platforms & Architecture Overview I/O operations Volume types & data protection options Features and management software tools CLARiiON Storage Foundations CLARiiON models, components, and basic architecture RAID types Data integrity and availability features Navisphere Manager and management options CLARiiON storage provisioning objects
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DAY 3
Module Key Content Duration Mode
Module 7 Vblock Case Studies 3 Hrs Lecture & Connecting to a VCE environment for management & operations VCE/Vblock Discussion Internal components to support a virtualized environment Case Studies & Storage requirements Theory of UCS requirements Operations Hypervisor layer Internal and external protocol requirements for VCE A day-in-the-life of a read and write within a VCE Vblock Writes and reads originating from internal virtualized applications within VCE to local storage Read/Write originating from external physical apps/hosts/components to VCE /Vblock to local storage VCE handling various DR / failure states Transparency to end-user applications Providing disaster restart for VCE environments Module 8 Network Integration 2 Hrs Lecture & LB, Security, Nexus & 61xx integration Core Planning Discussion Sizing for various Vblock deployments and Design Vblock Type 0,1,2 Considerations SAN, Networking requirements for VCE / Storage requirements Vblock Calculating bandwidth requirements for various system / VCE Environments components Sizing and calculating number of virtualized hosted systems within a VCE instance Adjusting between 0,1,2 types of systems Application requirements and system planning considerations Calculating the I/O needs of an application within and external to the system Calculating system integration for different application layers both within the system and using the system from an external standpoint (e.g. middle-ware applications) Calculating and defining scalability limits for VCE deployments Planning system deployment and rollout for VCE Planning and design aspects for supporting VCE Optimizing environments for VCE support / success Provisioning and management considerations for VCE Vblocks Module 9 Trending analysis and budgeting system resources 2 Hrs Lecture & Backup/recovery/disaster restart for Vblocks Vblock Discussion Implementing system alerting and threshold limits for all Management components with a Vblock Auditing security and utilization within a Vblock system
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