Module 1: HPE BladeSystem portfolio introduction

• Identify resources for information about the current HPE c-Class BladeSystem portfolio
• Differentiate the two types of HPE BladeSystem enclosures
• Identify HPE Server Blades
• Discuss enclosure connectivity
• Discuss HPE Infrastructure Management and Services

Module 2: HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosures

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosures
• Describe the c-Class enclosure structure
• Explain c-Class enclosure signal midplane and power backplane
• Explain how to access the Onboard Administrator
• Define the enclosure numbering scheme

Module 3: HPE BladeSystem Enclosure Management

• List the initial steps involved in setting up the c7000 enclosure using the:
• HPE Insight Display Initial Setup Wizard
• HPE Onboard Administrator First Time Setup Wizard
• Describe the OA enclosure high availability
• Identify the OA configuration options
• Describe the OA command line interface

Module 4:HPE c-Class Power and Cooling

• Explain how to configure power for an HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosure
• Explain how to control and view power consumption in a c-Class enclosure to configure its efficiency
• Explain c-Class Power Management
• Describe HPE Intelligent Location and Power Discovery services
• Describe the structural cooling components and features of c-Class enclosures

Module 5: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Blade Servers

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem I/O technologies on the system board:
• FlexibleLOM
• Mezzanines
• USB and SD cards
• Describe the features and components of: storage blades, tape blades, expansion blades
• Identify c-Class Integrity servers and their requirements
• Manage certain options of your server blades from the OA GUI
• Describe the server iLO interaction with the OA

Module 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class Connectivity Options

• Describe the HPE BladeSystem c-Class interconnect module architecture
• List the BladeSystem c-Class interconnect modules
• Ethernet
• Fiber Channel
• InfiniBand
• SAS
• Describe the mezzanine cards and slots available in the BladeSystem c-Class server blades
• Explain the enclosure signal pathing
• Describe the port mapping for HPE BladeSystem enclosures
• c7000
• c3000
• Explain the HPE Virtual Connect technology

Module 7: HPE BladeSystem c-Class firmware

• Determine what firmware is embedded in various components in the enclosure and how to update it
• Explain how to access the SPP, SUM and supporting documentation
• Define the interdependencies and update best practices for HPE enclosure components
• Describe how to update the firmware for the HPE OA
• Explain how to use SUM for enclosure-based firmware management and software updates
• Explain how to update the firmware on HPE Blade servers
• Explain how to update the firmware on Integrity servers

Module 8: Configuring the Enclosure Using Scripting

• Review the OA CLI access
• HPE iLO scripting via the Onboard Administrator (HPONCFG)
• Introduce PowerShell OA configuration commands
• Introduce PowerShell iLO configuration commands
• Discuss OA CLI scripting

Module 9: Course Closing

• Closing the course
• Learning Objectives
• Participant Learning Goals
• Training from HPE Education Services
• HPE Education Services
• HPE Certification and Learning Program
• Concepts
• HE646 Course Objectives Review
• Energizers
• Conversations
• Eye on Blades Blog: Trends in Infrastructure
• HPE BladeSystem for Client Virtualization
• HPE Discover Conference
• Case Studies
• HPE Server Customer Case Studies

Labs

• Lab 0: HPE Virtual Labs User Access Guide
• Lab 1: Using the BladeSystem Insight Display
• Lab 2: Using the Onboard Administrator GUI
• Lab 3a: Using the Onboard Administrator CLI
• Lab 3b: Using the PowerShell cmdlets
• Lab 4a: Managing Power with the Onboard Administrator
• Lab 4b: Using the HPE Power Advisor
• Lab 5: Using HPE BladeSystem c-Class enclosure-based USB devices
• Lab 6: HPE BladeSystem c-Class c7000 port mapping
• Lab 7: Using the Service Pack for ProLiant
• Appendix Lab A: Exploring HPE Virtual Connect Manager
• Appendix Lab B: Using Enclosure Firmware Management