Detailed Course Outline
This course provides training for the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array family, including the EVA 4000/6000/8000, EVA 4100/6100/8100, and EVA 4400/6400/8400 series. After a conceptual overview, including terminology, the course describes hardware components and functions in detail, including the HSV controllers, disk drive enclosures, Fibre Channel loop switch, Management Module, and management server. Instructions are given on how to set up, configure, and manage the storage system and hosts using either HP SmartStart for EVA Storage or Command View EVA software. An overview of replication solutions software is provided. Finally, this course describes how error messages are generated and analyzed, and provides basic diagnostic and troubleshooting resources. Hands-on laboratories are included to correlate with the classroom materials.
This course does not provide in depth training for the following:
- Advanced Fibre Channel concepts
- SAN technology
- Virtualization concepts
- Storage management appliance
- Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES), Remote Support Pack (RSP) or other notification and analysis tools
- Troubleshooting the EVA
- Storage systems other than the EVA family
Note: For each of the above, there may be material in the course relative to the EVA.