Students who can benefit from this course are system and storage administrators.

• Manage storage using VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) software
• Complete basic networking tasks, such as using the ping and telnet utilities or the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• Perform system administration tasks with the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to do the following:

• Describe Sun StorEdge T3 array features
• Identify Sun StorEdge T3 array components
• Describe Sun StorEdge T3 array architecture
• Define supported redundant array of independent disks (RAID) levels
• Compare and contrast the Sun StorEdge T3 and Sun StorEdge T3+ array controllers
• Identify components using Sun StorEdge T3 specific nomenclature
• Describe the Sun StorEdge T3 array operating environment
• Describe cache management and features
• Install the Sun StorEdge T3 array hardware
• Describe the proprietary storage operating system (pSOS) environment and the system area on the disk

Module 1 - Sun StorEdge T3+ Array and Sun StorEdge 6120 Array Overview

• Describe the Sun StorEdge T3+ array product
• Describe the features of the Sun StorEdge T3+ array
• Identify Sun StorEdge T3+ array components
• Describe Sun StorEdge T3+ array architecture
• Describe the Sun StorEdge 6120 array product
• Describe the features of the Sun StorEdge 6120 array
• Identify Sun StorEdge 6120 array components
• Describe Sun StorEdge 6120 array architecture

Module 2 - Sun StorEdge T3+ Array and Sun StorEdge 6120 Array Components

• Identify Sun StorEdge T3+ array and Sun StorEdge 6120 array components
• Describe additional functionality of the Sun StorEdge 6120 array
• Describe Sun StorEdge T3+ array and Sun StorEdge 6120 array componentsusing array nomenclature

Module 3 - Sun StorEdge T3+ Array and Sun StorEdge 6120 Array Architecture

• Describe the configuration for the following architectures:
  • Sun StorEdge T3+ array workgroup configuration
  • Sun StorEdge T3+ array partner group configuration
  • Sun StorEdge 6120 array 1x1, 1x2, and 1x3 configurations
  • Sun StorEdge 6120 array 2x2, 2x4, or 2x6 HA (high-availability)configurations
• Describe cache management features

Module 4 - Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Hardware Installation

• Identify the supported platforms for the Sun StorEdge T3+ array
• Install the Sun StorEdge T3+ array hardware using the customer installation process
• Describe the Sun StorEdge T3+ array boot process

Module 5 - Sun StorEdge 6120 Array Hardware Installation

• Identify the supported platforms for the Sun StorEdge 6120 array
• Install the Sun StorEdge 6120 array hardware using the customer installation process
• Describe the Sun StorEdge 6120 array boot process

Module 6 - Sun StorEdge Array Operations

• Describe the proprietary storage operating system (pSOS) environment and the system area on the disk drives
• Use pSOS administration commands to configure the arrays
• Use pSOS monitoring and status commands to determine array status
• Use pSOS file and directory commands to manage the pSOS file system
• Use the pSOS volume administration command
• Describe new firmware features
• Describe how to activate volume slicing
• Describe how logical unit number (LUN) mapping creates a relationship between a volume slice number and a LUN
• Describe how to use LUN masking to control access to the LUNs of the array

Module 7 - Attaching Production Hosts to the Arrays

• Identify and verify software packages and patches to support the production host configuration
• Identify data paths to the array
• Identify and test the multipathing configuration
• Enable Sun StorEdge Traffic Manager software

Module 8 - Sun StorEdge Array Software Installation

• Describe the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service
• Install the Sun StorEdge Configuration Service
• Describe the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment (StorADE) software
• Install StorADE
• Describe how to access StorADE from a browser, and then perform operations on an array

Module 9 - Sun StorEdge Array Upgrades

• Configure the Sun StorEdge T3+ array and the Sun StorEdge 6120 array to boot from a TFTP host
• Transfer firmware files to the Sun StorEdge T3+ array and the Sun StorEdge 6120 array using FTP
• Describe the upgrade procedures for the Sun StorEdge 6120 array controller, the Sun StorEdge T3+ array controller, the interconnect(loop) cards, and the disk drives
• Describe the procedure to upgrade the array controller for the Sun StorEdge 6120 array and for the Sun StorEdge T3+ array
• Describe the procedure to upgrade Sun StorEdge T3+ array 2.0 firmwareto 3.x firmware

Module 10 - Sun StorEdge Array Maintenance

• Maintain the logging features of the Sun StorEdge arrays
• Identify and execute battery maintenance procedures
• Interpret Sun StorEdge T3+ array LED states
• Interpret Sun StorEdge 6120 array LED states
• Describe array behavior if a component fails
• Remove and replace the components