IBM AIX: AN102G

AN102G: POWER 8 and AIX Enhancements Workshop


             Recommended Duration: 2.5 Days
Skill Level: Advanced
Cost: $3,200 (b/GST)
(ENROL NOW)
Available for Web and Classroom Trainings.

This 2.5 day workshop course is designed to provide continuing education for system administrators who have extensive experience with previous levels of POWER hardware, PowerVM, and AIX. It covers various enhancements to POWER hardware and firmware, VIOS, PowerVC, PowerKVM, and to the AIX operating system. It starts with an overview of POWER8 architecture, features, and POWER8 family. It then proceeds with discussions on various software and firmware enhancements (including PowerVC 1.2.2, VIOS 2.2.3.4 and AIX 7.1 TL3). These enhancements include eight thread SMT, simplified SEA configuration, SR-IOV support, VIOS support for E870 and E880 and other enhancements. This is accomplished by discussing the enhancements in each of these followed by hands-on labs, which provide additional exposure to the new environment.


Audience


This advanced course is for anyone responsible for system administrative duties including implementing and managing IBM POWER7+ or POWER8 servers running AIX 7.1.


Prerequisites


Students must have basic AIX, LPAR, and PowerVM System Administration Experience. The AIX prerequisite can be met by attending one of the following classes or have equivalent AIX skills:

The LPAR and PowerVM prerequisite can be met by attending the following class or have equivalent LPAR skills.


Course Agenda


Discuss the POWER8 Hardware and its Features
Discuss and Manage Eight Thread Simultaneous Multithreading
Discuss PowerVP Features
Discuss HMC and PowerVC Enhancements
Discuss PowerVM Enhancements
Discuss SR-IOV


Course Overview


Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Unit 1:What's new in POWER Hardware
  • Exercise 1:POWER 8 Hardware Documentation

Day 2

  • Unit 2 :PowerVM, HMC, and PowerVC Enhancements
  • Exercise 2 :PowerVM and HMC Enhancements

Day 3

  • Unit 3: SMT Enhancements and POWERVP
  • Exercise 3: SMT Enhancements
  • Unit 4: Miscellaneous AIX/VIO Enhancements
  • Exercise 4: Miscellaneous AIX Enhancements