Detailed Course Outline
Advanced Networking
Reviewing an Existing VCS Environment
- Understanding the VCS architecture
- Building the cluster configuration
- Configuring VCS
Configuring LLT
- LLT over bonded interfaces
- LLT over UDP
- LLT over RDMA
- LLT with different network interfaces
- Manually configuring LLT
Using Multiple Public Network Interfaces
- Configuring multiple service groups with network resources
- Managing multiple public network interfaces
- MultiNICB and IPMultiNICB for UNIX
- MultiNICA and IPMultiNIC for Linux
Data Protection
Implementing Disk-Based I/O Fencing
- Data protection requirements
- I/O fencing concepts
- I/O fencing operations
- I/O fencing implementation
- Fencing configuration
Implementing Coordination Point Server
- Coordination point concepts
- Server-based fencing architecture
- CPS operations
- Installing and configuring a CP server
- Configuring I/O fencing with CPS
- Coordination point agent
Administering Fencing Configurations
- Installing and configuring clustered CP servers
- Administering CPS
- Administering disk-based I/O fencing
- Configuring preferred fencing
Disaster Recovery
Global Clustering Architecture and Concepts
- Global cluster architecture
- Global cluster components
- VCS features for global cluster management
- Intercluster communication failure
Configuring a Global Cluster
- Configuring the Global Cluster Option
- Linking clusters
- Configuring a global service group
- Managing dynamic IP address updates
Managing a Global Cluster
- Managing clusters in a global cluster environment
- Managing global cluster heartbeats
- Managing global service groups
Notification and Failover Behavior in a Global Cluster
- Notification in a global cluster
- Failover behavior of a global service group
- Cluster state transitions
- Simulating global clusters using the VCS Simulator
Administering Campus Clusters
- Campus clustering solutions with InfoScale
- Preparing to set up a campus cluster configuration
- Configuring Storage Foundation for campus clustering
- Configuring a VCS service group for campus clusters
- Testing site awareness
- Failure scenarios with campus clusters
- Optional: Legacy campus clustering