SGI InfiniteStorage NEXIS System Administration Workshop
Course Length: Price:

Current Schedule:
2.5 days
TBA

February 1-2, 2010 Chippewa Falls, WI
August 23-24, 2010 Fremont, CA
To register for multiple courses, please go to the Complete Schedule

This workshop is designed to provide the system support engineer (SSE) with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, maintain, diagnose, and repair data failures associated with the SGI's InfiniteStorage NEXIS product line which is a hi-performance Network Attached Storage System (NAS).

NEXIS provides a universal data access point by connecting a high-performance storage system to an Ethernet network using NFS, CIFS, SAMBA, or FTP protocols to serve clients (UNIX, Windows, Apple, etc.) in a heterogeneous environment. Network Load Balancing software maximizes performance across multiple Ethernet connections on the Data Manager(s). NEXIS Data Managers (Linux servers) can be set-up in a clustered configuration to maintain high reliability and availability. NEXIS scalability is achieved by adding additional disks to an existing storage system or by connecting additional storage systems together through a storage area network (SAN).

At workshop completion, the student will be able to install, configure, and maintain SGI supported NEXIS configurations by using the Appliance Manager and storage utilities such as SMWEGUI and SMEEGUI.

Topics Covered

  • Review of NEXIS hardware component functions
  • Cabling supported NEXIS configurations
  • Installing and licensing applicable Appliance Manager and support software
  • Configuring the storage system with Appliance Manager GUI
  • Configuring Ethernet load balancing
  • Exporting filesystems to client machines
  • Monitoring filesystem attributes with Appliance Manager

Prerequisites

  • Student must be an SGI employee or SGI-approved service provider
  • Non-GCS service personnel must possess a maintenance agreement
  • Familiarity with XVM Volume Managers
  • Familiarity with IRIX and Linux Operating Systems
  • SGI InfiniteStorage (IS) series storage system experience
  • SGI Storage Area Network (SAN) experience
  • SGI Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) Data Migration facility (DMF) experience recommended but not required.

Delivery Options
Class held in Chippewa Falls, WI. or on-site by special request

Site and Material Requirements
Hardware availability will be determined at time of class. Courseware will be provided. Students should bring a laptop to acts as a client workstation.

Class Hours
Class starts at 9am the first day and runs till 5pm. Due to potential equip. availability, lab shifts may be necessary.

Course Schedule

  • Day 1:
    • Introduction
    • Supported NEXIS configurations
    • NEXIS Hardware component review
    • Installing NEXIS software components
    • Network Load Balancing concepts
    • Storage system configuration
    • Introduction to Appliance Manager
    • Lab
  • Day 2:
    • Configure NFS
    • Monitoring the system
    • Testing the system
    • Interpreting log entries
    • Lab
  • Day 3:
    • Configure CIFS
    • Configure NEXIS with supported SGI products
    • Troubleshooting
    • Lab