The Designing HPE Nimble Solutions course is an instructor-led course. This course teaches students how to identify, recommend, and explain HPE Nimble storage solutions. It covers the HPE Nimble hardware and software, initial configuration, HPE Nimble Storage Volumes, snapshots, and replication. The course uses participant centered learning and hands-on labs. This course prepares the Learner for the HPE Product Certified - Nimble Solutions [2018].

After you successfully complete this course, expect to be able to:
    Describe the AF-Series hardware
    Explain Scale-to-Fit with the CSx000
    Describe the AF-Series Write Operations
    Explain how to access and navigate the NimbleOS WebUI
    Navigate the InfoSight Customer portal
    List port and firewall considerations
    Analyze the NimbleOS event log
    Create protection templates
    Configure access control and initiator groups
    Describe the need to add RPO, RTO and Change Rate definitions
    Explain how replication works
    Discuss the replication considerations

Typical candidates for this course are IT, facilities or data center professionals, who work in and around the data center and who have the responsibility to achieve and improve the availability and manageability of the data center. Typical candidate job roles include but are not limited to Pre-sales Architects, Pre-sales Engineers, Enterprise Architects, Solutions Engineers, and Technology Architects.

Topics
Module 1: AF-Series introduction
 Describe the AF-Series hardware
 Explain Scale-to-Fit with the AF-Series

Module 2: The Adaptive Flash Array (CS-Series)
 Describe the CSx000 hardware
 Explain Scale-to-Fit with the CSx000

Module 3: NimbleOS architecture
 Describe the AF-Series Write Operations
 Deduplication
 Compression
 Sequential stripe writes
 Triple+ Parity with Integrated Spare
 Integrated spare rebuild
 Quick RAID rebuild
 SmartSecure Encryption
 Describe the AF-Series Read Operations
 Changed block operations
 Describe the CSx000 Write Operations
 Describe the CSx000 Read Operations

Module 4: NimbleOS WebUI introduction
 Explain how to access and navigate the NimbleOS WebUI
 Explain user administration
 Describe how to use Microsoft’s Active Directory with user administration
 Explain how to monitor the array with the WebUI
 Explain how to update NimbleOS

Module 5: Introduction to Support and InfoSight
 Explain Nimble Support’s mission statement
 Navigate the InfoSight Customer portal
 Describe support coverage and logistics

Module 6: Array initialization and setup
 Explain an array initialization process
 Explain an array configuration process
 List port and firewall considerations
 Describe SNMP setup
 Discuss SYSLOG use
 Analyze the NimbleOS event log

Module 7: Working with Nimble Storage Volumes
 Explain basic volume concepts
 Create performance policies
 Configure access control and initiator groups
 Create protection templates
 Create volume collections
 Explain volume pinning
 Create a volume using the WebUI

Module 8: Introduction to Nimble SmartSnap
 Describe how Nimble snapshots work
 Explain snapshot scheduling
 Describe the need to add RPO, RTO and Change Rate definitions
 Explain how to recover from a snapshot using Zero Copy Clones

Module 9: Introduction to Nimble Storage replication
 Describe basic replication concepts
 List SmartReplicate components
 Explain how replication works
 Describe replication process
 Discuss the replication considerations
 Explain SmartReplicate Disaster Recover