This course is designed to provide the system support engineer (SSE) with the knowledge and skills necessary to configure, maintain, diagnose, and repair data failures associated with the SGI® InfiniteStorage 120, 220, 350, 4000, and 4500 high performance storage systems.

At course completion, the student will be able to install and cable the storage system, isolate storage system problems to the field-replaceable unit (FRU) level, and perform necessary maintenance tasks. This course also introduces students to the four user interfaces used to access the storage system: graphical user interface, command line interface, shell interface, and the scripting editor. This class is approximately 40% lecture and 60% lab.

Students are expected to complete a closed-book EDGE assessment test at the end of the course.

Prerequisites

• Student must be an SGI employee or SGI-approved service provider
• Non-GCS service personnel must possess a maintenance agreement
• Students should have SGI Linux -series based server experience
• It is recommended but not required that students should have successfully completed the TPSSA course.

Skills Addressed:

• Describe the features of the various storage arrays
• Describe the hardware components of the storage arrays
• Correctly cable storage systems to servers and storage area networks (SANs)
• Use graphical user interface, command line interface, shell commands, and the script editor to configure, monitor, and manage the array
• Install and configure storage array premium features
• Interpret RLS diagnostic information to identify a FRU

Delivery Options:
SPT offers this class in the following formats:

• Standard classroom and lab at the scheduled training center
• On-site classes available on request

An SGI Linux-based server configured with a dual-port Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for Fibre Channel installations and a Host Channel Adapter (HCA) to demonstrate InfiniBand with an IS120, IS220, IS350, IS4000, and IS4500 with appropriate cables per student group. Optionally, a Fibre Channel switch and an InfiniBand switch is recommended to demonstrate SAN and cluster-based configurations.

Notes:
None

Course Schedule:

• Day 1 :
  • Lecture:
    • Introduction
    • Product Features
    • Hardware Overview
    • Configurations
    • Cablin
  • Lab:
    • FRUs
    • Cabling
    • Verification
• Day 2 :
  • Lecture:
    • RLS
    • TPSSM
    • SMI
  • Lab:
    • TPSSM
    • SMI
• Day 3 :
  • Lecture:
    • Shell
    • TPSSMCLI
    • Scripting Editor
    • EDGE Test
  • Lab:
    • Shell
    • TPSSMCLI
    • Scripting Editor