Storage Center Overview &

Installation SC4020
SCI42614ILTT

(Pre-requisite for this course listed below)

Price:
$1,000

Delivery:
Instructor-Led Course

Description:
Storage Center Overview and Installation SC4020 is a live, instructor-led, two day course for Dell Channel Partners.
It is designed to provide hands-on learning for those individuals who setup and install SC4020 systems. Upon
attending both days of the course and successfully completing the post-course exam, the course will deliver
designation as a Dell Compellent Authorized Installation Professional. A passing score of 90 percent or higher on the
exam will satisfy Dell Compellent Authorized Installer requirements on the SC4020 for one year.

Course Duration:
2 days

Who should attend:

System Engineers and Installation Engineers with a Preferred or Premier partner holding a valid Storage Competency.

Course Prerequisite :
The following course is a prerequisite for attending this course:
Compellent Top Gun Storage Architect Technical (CSSAT0211WBTT) online course
Course Objectives:

Describe the Storage Center fundamentals

Describe the SC4020 hardware
Describe the SC4020 cabling front and back end
Define the steps involved in the SC4020 installation
Describe and work with the Enterprise Manager interface
Describe the features of Storage Center Operating System version 6.5
Set up and perform functions in the Enterprise Manager interface
Discuss Fluid Cache for SAN

Course Outline:

Lesson 1 Dell Compellent Storage Center fundamentals

a) Provide a functional overview of Storage Center
b) Describe the Core software available in a Storage Center
c) Describe the additional application software available
d) Define the Flash Optimized solution
e) Review the Storage Center user interfaces

Course Outline (continued):

Lesson 2 SC4020 hardware
a) Describe the features and components of the SC4020.
b) Define the expansion and licensing options for the SC4020.
c) Define the differences between the SC8000 and SC4020 solutions.
d) Describe the hardware components including:
- Storage Controller Modules
- Write Cache battery
- SAS ports
- SC200/220 Enclosures
- Disk drives
Lesson 3 SC4020 front and back end cabling
a) Discuss the various Front End cabling scenarios in the SC4020 - including:
i.
Legacy Front End cabling
ii.
Virtual Port Front End cabling
iii.
Legacy zoning best practices
iv.
Virtual Port zoning best practices
v.
Fault Domain creation and purpose
b) Student exercises to enforde front end cabling discussions
c) Discuss the SC4020 back-end cabling.
d) Student exercises to enforce back end cabling discussions.
e) Brocade fibre channel switch zoning overview
Lesson 4 SC4020 installation
a) Describe the physical installation steps involved in an SC4020 install.
b) Review the CLI and Storage Center gui commands required to properly complete the installation.
c) Student exercise - SC4020 physical cabling & cli initialization (if hardware is available)
d) Student exercise - Initial SC4020 configuration via the user interface.
5) Lesson 5 Enterprise Manager working with Storage Center
a) Describe the Enterprise Manager Data Collector
b) Describe the Enterprise Manager client
c) Describe Enterprise Manager Windows Server agent
d) Define the installation process for Enterprise Manager
e) Set up and manage users
f) Adding systems to the EM client
g) Student exercise - adding Storage Centers to Enterprise Manager
h) Creation and use of servers and server folders
i) Student exercise create a server
j) Creation and use of volumes and volume folders
k) Map a volume to a server and mount the volume
l) Expand a volume
m) Student exercise - Create a volume, map a volume to a server, present the LUN to a Windows server.
n) Data Instant Replay configuration and usage
o) Consistency discussion
p) Student exercise - Data Instant Replay configuration and recovery
q) Data Progression- configure and manage Storage Profiles
r) Student exercise Working with Storage Profiles
s) Enterprise Manager tab views
t) Student exercise Controller failover test (if hardware is available)
u) Describe Remote Instant Replay
v) Configure replication from the Enterprise Manager interface.
w) Discuss Portable Volume
Lesson 6 SCOS 6.5
Review the features that make up Storage Center Operating System 6.5

Lesson 7 SC4020 Virtual CD upgrade

Look at the steps to upgrade the SC4020 from a cd or iso image.

Contact the Dell Partner Resource Desk with questions;

Certified_PRD@Dell.com