Designing and Architecting the EqualLogic

Designing and Architecting the
EqualLogic Storage
ADE0414ILTT (Pre-requisite for this course listed below)
Price:
No Charge
Delivery:
Instructor-Led Course
Description:
The Designing and Architecting the EqualLogic Storage course provides the opportunity for you to
gain a deeper understanding of key elements, concepts and tools used by the EqualLogic Storage
systems in order to better architect and design the EqualLogic storage. This course discusses detail
scenarios on how the Load Balancers are used and how page movement is handled. The course will
cover topics and scenarios that need to be considered when working with EqualLogic designs and
best practices such as: how space is used within the Group for volumes, snapshots, and Replication
and Synchronous Replication, common gotcha’s such as mixing arrays types within a pool and the
best practices that should be used. Discussions include tools such as SAN HQ and how they can be
used effectively to monitor and architect the existing environment. We will discuss how to best size
the EqualLogic SAN and also what sizing tools are available to properly size the EqualLogic SAN.
The course discusses networking and how the network impacts the EqualLogic storage along with
networking best practices and the impact of a poorly designed network.
Course Duration:
2 ½ days
Who should attend:
The course is targeted towards Dell Channel Partner technical Sales Engineer’s who want a better
understanding of architecting and designing the EqualLogic storage.
Course Prerequisite:
The following prerequisite knowledge is required before attending this course:
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Attend the 3-day PS Series Storage Array – Configuration, Operations and Management
(PSSC0109ILTT) instructor-led technical training course or
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Complete the online course: EqualLogic Technical Training (PSST1108WBTT)
The following prerequisite knowledge is required before attending this course:
 Storage Area Networks
 Storage Network Protocols – iSCSI, SCSI, etc.
 Local Area Network Protocols – Gigabit Ethernet
 Internet Protocols
Course Objectives:
As a result of taking this course, you will:
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Describe the EqualLogic product portfolio with an overview of new products and features
Explain the terminology used within the EqualLogic product portfolio, the hardware and port
failover characteristics and how they impact behavior within a design
Describe dedicated management network operation and behavior
Explain the various administrator available and how they operate
Demos of – initial configuration and software features such as replication, Snapshots, clones
and Thin Clones.
Explain and provide whiteboard sessions on the different load balancers and what the impact
is within the EqualLogic SAN
Discuss and whiteboard the various types of space are used and allocated for thick and thin
provisioned volumes, replication, Sync-Rep and Snapshot space
Describe the networking component dependencies on the PS Series Array the surrounding
iSCSI SAN ecosystem, its components and explain how the iSCSI mesh traffic and the load
balancers impact the ecosystem.
Explain multi-member groups, storage pools and discuss Storage tiering and how tiering can
be used with the array
Discuss the importance and benefits of MPIO with EqualLogic and how the Host Tools provide
MPIO
Explain Synchronous Replication and the impact to designing the network
Evaluate design considerations and best practices when using the PS Series Storage Array
Describe tools available to help identify behavior within the EQL SAN, such as SAN
Headquarters and the value of installing the tool to the customer as well as support
Demostrate and explain various scenarios using SAN HeadQuarters to identify issues or
concerns
Identify common gotcha’s in architecting and designing the EqualLogic SAN
Describe the sizing tools available
Explain the positioning and value propositions of the product
Identify resources available, such as Support Sites, TechCenter, Storage.com, etc and how to
use them
Course Training Modules and Lessons:
Module 1 - Introduction
Module 2 - Product and Solution overview
Lesson 1 - EQL Product - Hardware and Software Features Overview
Lesson 2 – New Products and Features
Module 3 - EQL PS Series Storage Array Architecture
Lesson 1 - EQL Terminology and Concepts
Lesson 2 - PS Series hardware overview
Lesson 3 - Controller and Port Failover - Legacy
Lesson 4 - Controller and Port Failover - Current
Lesson 6 - Scaling with PS series arrays - Removing members from a group and pool
Lesson 7 - Frame vs. EQL
Module 4 - EQL PS Series Storage Management
Lesson 1 – CLI overview
Lesson 2 – GUI overview
Lesson 3 - Basic Administration - Notifications
Lesson 4 – Using the Dedicated Management ports
Module 5 - Product Demo
Module 6 - PS Series Space and impact to proper design and Architecting
Lesson 1 - Overview - Group vs. member view
Lesson 2 - types of Space (Free, In-Use, Snapshot, Replication)
Lesson 3 - Pages - Overview, Allocated vs. Enumerated vs. available
Lesson 4 - Free Space
Lesson 5 - Volume - non thin provisioned
Lesson 6 - Volume - Thin Provisioned
Lesson 7 - Pool Space
Lesson 8 - Snapshot Architecture, Operation and Concept review
Lesson 9 - Snapshot Reserve
Lesson 10 - Replication Architecture, Operation and Concept review
Lesson 11 - Replication space
Lesson 12 - Synchronous Replication, Operation and Concept review
Lesson 13 – Synchronous Replication space consideration and usage
Whiteboard scenarios
Module 7 - Networking and the PS Series Array
Lesson 1 - Gigabit Ethernet overview
Lesson 2 - Understanding iSCSI concepts
Lesson 3 - Understanding GE limitations and Requirements for EQL
Lesson 6 - VLAN's and Subnets with the PS Series Array
Lesson 8 - GE Best practices and Sizing For EQL
Lesson 9 - 10 GE overview
Lesson 10 - Explain mixing 1 GE and 10 GE
Lesson 11 - DCB Concepts and Benefits
Lesson 12 - 10 GE Best practices and Sizing For EQL
Lesson 13 - Networking Common Gotchas - issues and concerns
Lesson 14 - Understanding how critical the Network is to the environment
Lesson 15 - Discuss EQL Configuration and Valid Switch Documentation
Whiteboard scenarios
Module 8 – Understanding EqualLogic Load Balancer Operation
Lesson 1 - Capacity Load Balancer
Lesson 2 - Connection Load Balancer
Lesson 2b - Understanding EQL Mesh traffic
Lesson 2c - MPIO and the connection balancer
Lesson 2d - EQL DSM and MPIO and the connection balancer
Lesson 3 - APLB Load Balancer
Lesson 4 - XVS and XS Load Balancer
Lesson 5 - Load Balancing behavior in multi member Group
Whiteboard scenarios
Module 9 – SAN HeadQuarters
Lesson 1 - SAN Headquarters
Lesson 2 – Support Assist
Demo - SANHQ
Module 10 – Host Tools and MPIO DSM/MEM
Lesson 1 – What are the MPIO DSM and MEM modules
Lesson 2 – MicroSoft DSM
Lesson 3 – Vmware MEM
Lesson 4 – Linux MEM
Module 11 – Host Tools and Data Protection and Disaster Recovery
Lesson 1 – Disaster Recovery Goal
Lesson 2 – Data Protection options
Lesson 3 - Data Protection considerations
Module 12 - EQL PS Series Host Tools – ASM and VSM
Lesson 1 – How EqualLogic Host Tools help DR
Lesson 2 - HIT - ASM/ME
Lesson 3 - HIT - Linux
Lesson 4 - HIT - ASM/VE
Module 13 -EQL PS Series Sizing
Lesson 1 - Concepts for Sizing
Lesson 2 - Sizer Tool
Lesson 3 - Dpack
Lesson 4 - Lasso Tool usage in EQL
Module 14 - Designing the PS Series Array Solution
Lesson 1 - Design Considerations Concepts
Lesson 2 - Space considerations
Lesson 3 - Network Considerations
Lab - Design scenarios
Lesson 4 - Networking Common Gotchas - issues and concerns
Module 15- Understanding EQL Firmware
Lesson 1 - Firmware Types
Lesson 2 - Firmware Update process
Lesson 3 - Cautions and concerns
Module 16- Resources
Lesson 1 - EqualLogic Web Site
Lesson 2 - Reference Documentation and Cases Studies
Lesson 3- TechCenter
Lesson 6 - Dell Storage.com
Lesson 7 - Dell.com/Storage
Module 17 - Wrap-up
Review and Summary
Contact the Dell Partner Resource Desk
with questions; [email protected]

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