Course Overview
This course provides a complete view of designing, installing and managing a ScaleIO or Ready Node system. You will perform in itial design and installation and then walk through a typical working day of activities for a ScaleIO administrator, including working with the MDM, SDS, SDC, volumes, adjusting cache, and administrating the system. A deeper understanding of the architecture and components will be introduced so the administrator understands the impact of their actions and perform monitoring and troubleshooting. Demonstrations and hands-on labs complete the learning experience.
Who should attend
This course is intended for those who will be involved in installing, configuring, managing, administering, provisioning and monitoring a ScaleIO solution.
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of:
- Storage networking infrastructures and concepts
- Monitoring and reporting concepts
- Virtualized data center concepts
- ScaleIO product concepts
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Design, install and configure a ScaleIO cluster
- Manage system user accounts and secure the ScaleIO system
- Create, map, and protect ScaleIO volumes and manage system capacity
- Monitor and troubleshoot the health and performance of the ScaleIO system
Course Content
The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.
Introduction to ScaleIO
- Introduction to Problem of Practice
- Introduction to ScaleIO
- ScaleIO Architecture
- Use Cases
Solution Design
- Topology and Component Design
- Network Requirements
- Calculating Cache and Volume Requirements
- Finalize the Design
ScaleIO Installation
- ESXi installation process
- Upgrade Procedures
- Expand the Cluster
- Integration with OpenStack
A Day in the Life of the ScaleIO Admin
- Data Center with ScaleIO
- The Working Case Overview
System Management
- Management Interfaces
- ScaleIO CLI
- ScaleIO GUI
- VMware Plugin
- OpenStack
- ScaleIO REST API
Configuring the System
- Security and User Management
- Adding System Capacity
Administering Volumes
- Manage Volumes
- Host Operations
- Volume Protection
Managing System Objects
- Managing the Cluster Components
- Managing the System Components
- Managing the Volume Components
Monitoring ScaleIO
- Why Monitoring is Important
- Monitoring System Health
- Event Logging and Alerts
- ScaleIO System Performance
ScaleIO Troubleshooting
- ScaleIO Troubleshooting
- Using Logs for Triage
- Troubleshooting Common Issues
In addition to lecture and demonstrations, this course includes labs designed to allow practical experience for the participant.
Please note that prepayment is required for participation in a Dell EMC training course. Participation in a training course is possible for 12 months after booking the course. Cancellations are excluded.