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SYMMETRIX CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

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Course Overview

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DescriptionThis course provides participants with the information needed to configure a Symmetrix and prepare it for host access. The course content emphasizes the use of CLI but time will also be spent on configuration with the Unisphere for VMAX GUI.

Audience EMC personnel, customers and partners who configure and manage a Symmetrix in an open systems environment.

PrerequisitesPrior to attending this course, you should have attended the following course(s):• Symmetrix Foundations• Unisphere for VMAX fundamentals

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Course ObjectivesUpon completion of this course, you should be able to:• Provide an overview of Symmetrix Configuration and Device

Masking• Create and Map Symmetrix Devices• Describe how to set Symmetrix and Device Attributes• Map and Mask Devices using Autoprovisioning• Describe Virtual Provisioning Concepts• Manage Virtual Provisioning with Solutions Enabler• Monitor Thin Pools • Migrate devices non-disruptively using Virtual LUN Migration• Describe FAST and FAST VP Concepts• Manage FAST and FAST VP with SYMCLI• Describe Federated Tiered Storage• Describe Symmetrix Configuration with Unisphere for VMAX

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Agenda (Your speed may vary)

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Modules/Lessons Labs

Day 1• Course introduction• Configuration and device masking overview• Device creation and mapping• Symmetrix and device attributes

• Explore Solutions Enabler and Symmetrix environment

• Create different devices and map them• RDF groups and pairs

Day 2• Autoprovisioning groups• Virtual Provisioning concepts and planning• Virtual Provisioning with Solutions Enabler

• Mapping and Masking• Create thin and data devices, pools• Map and mask thin devices

Day 3• Monitoring thin pools• Virtual LUN migration• FAST and FAST VP concepts

• Miscellaneous virtual provisioning operations• Monitoring thin pool usage• Virtual LUN migration DP and VP

Day 4 • Managing FAST and FAST VP with SYMCLI• Federated Tiered Storage

• Manage FAST DP and FAST VP using SYMCLI• Federated Tiered Storage

Day 5 • Symmetrix Configuration with Unisphere for VMAX

• Symmetrix Configuration with Unisphere for VMAX

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Reference Materials Product Guides• Symmetrix Array Controls CLI V 7.4 (P/N 300-013-906 Rev A01)• Solutions Enabler Installation Guide V 7.4 (P/N 300-013-899 Rev A01)• Solutions Enabler Array Management V 7.4 (P/N 300-013-907Rev A01)White Papers and Technical Notes• Storage Provisioning with EMC Symmetrix Autoprovisioning Groups (P/N 300-009-148

Rev A02)• Best Practices for FAST, Simple Capacity Allocation with EMC Symmetrix Virtual

Provisioning (P/N 300-006-718 Rev A13)• Monitoring EMC Symmetrix Using the Solutions Enabler Event Daemon (P/N 300-010-

522 Rev A01)• Implementing Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) for EMC Symmetrix VMAX Series

Arrays Technical Note (P/N 300-010-337 Rev A02)• Implementing Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools (FAST VP) for EMC

Symmetrix VMAX Series Arrays (P/N 300-012-015 REV A04)• Design and Implementation Best Practices for EMC Symmetrix Federated Tiered

Storage (P/N 300-014-165 Rev A01)

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