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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="5124" language="en" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-course/ibm-ssf0g" lastchanged="2025-02-25T12:03:17+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/en/xml-courses"><title>IBM DS8000 Implementation Workshop for Open Systems</title><productcode>SSF0G</productcode><vendorcode>IB</vendorcode><vendorname>IBM</vendorname><fullproductcode>IB-SSF0G</fullproductcode><version>1.0</version><essentials>&lt;p&gt;Recommended:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Introduction to Storage - (SS01G)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Planning and Implementation a SAN - (SN71G)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More details are available at www.ibm.com/training&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;This intermediate course is for System administrators and technical personnel who need to install a DS8000 in their environment.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;p&gt;This course is designed to help you understand, install, and monitor the DS8000 for the Open Systems environment. The exercises enable you to perform a step-by-step implementation.&lt;/p&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;p&gt;Day 1&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Welcome and introduction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 1: IBM DS family, DS8000 overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 2: Architecture and hardware overview&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 3: Virtualization concepts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 2&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unit 4: DS command-line interface (DS CLI)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 5: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 6: Host system attachment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 3: Windows Server preparation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 3&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Exercise 4: Windows Server attachment to the DS8000&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 5: AIX Server attachment to the DS8000&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: FB volumes, volume groups, and hosts&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 8: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Volume Relocation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 10: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Extent Pool Merge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Day 4&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Unit 7: Performance, tuning, and monitoring&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 8: Business Continuity: Copy Services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Unit 9: Summary&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Exercise 11: DS8000 Storage Manager: Thin provisioning&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open lab sessions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><essentials_plain>Recommended:

Introduction to Storage - (SS01G)

Planning and Implementation a SAN - (SN71G)

More details are available at www.ibm.com/training

 </essentials_plain><audience_plain>This intermediate course is for System administrators and technical personnel who need to install a DS8000 in their environment.</audience_plain><contents_plain>This course is designed to help you understand, install, and monitor the DS8000 for the Open Systems environment. The exercises enable you to perform a step-by-step implementation.</contents_plain><outline_plain>Day 1


- Welcome and introduction
- Unit 1: IBM DS family, DS8000 overview
- Unit 2: Architecture and hardware overview
- Unit 3: Virtualization concepts
Day 2


- Unit 4: DS command-line interface (DS CLI)
- Unit 5: DS8000 Storage Manager GUI
- Unit 6: Host system attachment
- Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions
- Exercise 1: DS8000 DS CLI: Installation and configuration
- Exercise 2: DS8000 DS CLI: DDMs, array sites, arrays, ranks, and extent pools
- Exercise 3: Windows Server preparation
Day 3


- Exercise 4: Windows Server attachment to the DS8000
- Exercise 5: AIX Server attachment to the DS8000
- Exercise 6: DS8000 Storage Manager: Arrays, ranks, and extent pools
- Exercise 7: DS8000 Storage Manager: FB volumes, volume groups, and hosts
- Exercise 8: DS8000 Storage Manager: Other functions
- Exercise 9: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Volume Relocation
- Exercise 10: DS8000 Easy Tier: Dynamic Extent Pool Merge
Day 4


- Unit 7: Performance, tuning, and monitoring
- Unit 8: Business Continuity: Copy Services
- Unit 9: Summary
- Exercise 11: DS8000 Storage Manager: Thin provisioning
- Open lab sessions</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="4">4 days</duration><pricelist><price country="GB" currency="GBP">1995.00</price><price country="DE" currency="EUR">2990.00</price><price country="SE" currency="SEK">26500.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">2990.00</price><price country="FR" currency="EUR">3110.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2990.00</price><price country="RU" currency="USD">1630.00</price><price country="CH" currency="CHF">3400.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>