HPE BladeSystem Administration

System administrators, engineers and consultants who install, manage, and monitor the HPE BladeSystem c-Class environment

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Explore the functional architecture of the HPE BladeSystem c-Class environment
• Identify the management infrastructure (Insight Display, Onboard Administrator)
• Review the HPE BladeSystem c-Class portfolio and equipment capabilities
• Review the power and cooling system
• Identify high-level functionalities of HPE ProLiant Generation 10 (Gen10) servers
• Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture
• Introduce Virtual Connect management (Virtual Connect Manager, HPE OneView)
• Become familiar with HPE BladeSystem scripting
• Explain how to update the firmware on an HPE BladeSystem

Module 1: HPE BladeSystem Portfolio Introduction

• Identify resources for information about the current HPE c-Class BladeSystem portfolio
• Differentiate the two types of HPE BladeSystem enclosures
• Identify HPE server blades
• Discuss enclosure connectivity
• Explain the HPE OneView management appliance
• Differentiate HPE storage blades
• Explain HPE BladeSystem update tools
• Discuss HPE infrastructure management and services

Module 2: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosures

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
• Describe the c-Class enclosure structure
• Explain c-Class enclosure signal midplane and power backplane
• Explain how to access the Onboard Administrator
• Define the enclosure numbering scheme

Module 3: HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Management

• List the initial steps involved in setting up the c7000 enclosure using the:

– HPE Insight Display Initial Setup Wizard

– HPE Onboard Administrator First Time Setup Wizard

• Describe the OA enclosure high availability
• Identify the OA configuration options
• Describe the OA command line interface

Module 4: HPE c-Class Power and Cooling

• Explain how to configure power for an HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosure
• Explain how to control and view power consumption in a c-Class enclosure to configure its efficiency
• Explain HPE BladeSystem c-Class power management
• Describe HPE Intelligent Location and Power Discovery services
• Describe the structural cooling components and features of c-Class enclosures

Module 5: HPE BladeSystem c-Class BladeServers

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem I/O technologies on the system board:

– FlexibleLOM

– Mezzanines

– USB and SD cards

• Describe the features and components of storage blades, tape blades, and expansion blades
• Identify c-Class Integrity servers and their requirements
• Manage certain options of your server blades from the OA GUI
• Describe the server iLO interaction with the OA

Module 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class connectivity options

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture
• List the BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules

– Ethernet

– Fiber Channel

– InfiniBand

– SAS

• Describe the mezzanine cards and slots available in the BladeSystem c-Class server blades
• Explain the enclosure signal pathing
• Describe the port mapping for HPE BladeSystem enclosures

– c7000

– c3000

• Explain the HPE Virtual Connect technology
• Explain the HPE OneView management appliance

Module 7: HPE BladeSystem OneView Management

• Explain the HPE OneView management appliance
• Explain physical and logical resources in HPE OneView
• Explain Converged Infrastructure management
• Explain how to manage HPE OneView server profiles
• Describe differences between HPE OneView or VCM/
• VCEM management

Module 8: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Firmware

• Determine the firmware that is embedded in various components in the enclosure and how to update it
• Explain how to access the SPP, SUM and supporting documentation
• Define the interdependencies and update best practices for HPE enclosure components
• Describe how to update the firmware for the HPE OA
• Explain how to use SUM for enclosure-based firmware management and software updates
• Explain how to update the firmware on HPE Blade servers
• Explain how to update the firmware on Integrity servers
• Explain how to update the firmware on HPE OneView managed systems

Module 9: Configuring the Enclosure Using Scripting

• Review the OA CLI access
• HPE iLO scripting via the Onboard Administrator (HPONCFG)
• Introduce PowerShell OA configuration commands
• Introduce PowerShell iLO configuration commands
• Introduce other iLO RESTful API libraries
• Discuss OA CLI scripting

Module 10: Course Closing

• Closing the course
• Learning objectives

– Participant learning goals

• Training from HPE Education Services
• HPE Education Services
• HPE certification and learning program
• Concepts
• HE646 Course objectives review
• Energizers

– Conversations

– Eye on blades blog: Trends in infrastructure

– HPE Discover conference

• Case studies

– HPE server customer case studies

Detailed lab outline

Lab 1: Using the BladeSystem Insight Display

Lab 2: Using the Onboard Administrator GUI Lab

Lab 3A: Using the Onboard Administrator CLI Lab

Lab 3B: Using the PowerShell cmdlets

Lab 4A: Managing Power with the Onboard Administrator

Lab 4B: Using the HPE Power Advisor

Lab 5: Using HPE BladeSystem c-Class Enclosure-based USB Devices

Lab 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class c7000 Port Mapping

Lab 7: Using Enclosure Firmware Management

Lab 8: Using the Service Pack for ProLiant in Online Mode

Appendix Lab 1: Exploring HPE Virtual Connect Manager

Appendix Lab 2: Using the Service Pack for ProLiant in Offline Mode

HPE recommends that students have attained the following credentials or levels of experience before taking this course:

• Introduction to HPE ProLiant Servers (HE643S) or similar experience