Training offering

Power Systems for AIX: Virtualization I: Implementing Virtualization

Description

This course provides an overview of the PowerVM edition's features on POWER6 processor-based systems. It explains the new features and benefits of virtualization and discusses: the processor virtualization, the Integrated Virtual Ethernet, the virtual I/O server, and the virtual devices such as the virtual Ethernet and virtual SCSI adapters. Basic and advanced configurations of the virtual I/O server and its clients are discussed including various availability options.

Objectives

* Discuss the advantages or value of PowerVM editions features
* Define Micro-Partitioning and Shared Processor LPARs
* Discuss the benefits of simultaneous multi-threading
* Discuss and configure the Integrated virtual Ethernet (IVE)
* Install and configure the Virtual I/O Server
* Configure virtual devices, such as Virtual Ethernet, Shared Ethernet, and Virtual SCSI Disks
* Define file-backed storage pools and file-backed virtual optical devices
* Identify single points of failure in virtualized environments
* Configuring multiple VIO servers for high availability Configure the shared Ethernet adapter failover feature.
* Configure MPIO in a VIO server's client partition
* Configure Advanced virtual networking options
* Configure Advanced virtual SCSI options
* Managing the Service events, configure Call home.
* Adding/ exchanging FRU's, FSP failover

Participants

This course is appropriate for System Administrators, Technical Support Personnel, and Business Partners responsible for implementing LPARs on IBM System p servers.

Prerequisite(s)

Students must have advanced system administration experience with AIX V5.3 or AIX 6. This prerequisite may be met by attending one of the following courses:

* AIX 6 System Administration I: Implementation (AU14)
* AIX 6 System Administration II: Problem Determination (AU16)
* AIX Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals (AW18)
* or students may have equivalent AIX and LPAR skills.

General TCP/IP knowledge is strongly recommended. This prerequisite may be met by attending:

* AIX Configuring TCP/IP (AU07)

Students are also expected to have logical partition administration skills on POWER processor-based systems, which can be obtained by attending the following course:

* Power Virtualization I: LPAR Planning and Configuration (AN11)

Programme

Day 1

*Unit 1 - Overview of Power System p Partitioning
* Exercise 1 - Power System documentation overview.
* Unit 2 - Processors Virtualization
* Exercise 2 - Processors virtualization configuration

Day 2

* Unit 3 - Integrated Virtual Ethernet.
* Exercise 3 - Integrated Virtual Ethernet configuration
* Unit 4 - Virtual Ethernet
* Exercise 4 - Virtual Ethernet Adapter configuration
* Unit 5 - Virtual I/O Server and Virtual devices - Topic 1
* Exercise 5 - Topic 1: Virtual I/O Server and Client partition configuration

Day 3

* Unit 5 - Virtual I/O Server and Virtual devices - Topic 2
* Exercise 5 - Topic 2: Virtual I/O Server and Client Partition configuration
* Unit 6 - Virtual network configuration with Dual VIO servers
* Exercise 6 - Shared Ethernet Adapter failover setup

Day 4
* Unit 7- Virtual SCSI configuration with Dual VIO Servers
* Exercise 7 - Dual VIO Servers configuration with MPIO in the Client Partition
* Unit 8 - HMC Service Management.
* Exercise 8 - Manage Service Events
* Optional exercise - File-backed Virtual disk and Virtual Media Repository configuration

Options

Roadmaps that reference this course are:

* AIX Security, Network Administration, Problem Determination, Virtualization and Performance