HPE Superdome Flex Server Administration (H8PE4) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Product Overview
  • List HPE Superdome Flex server configurations and architecture
  • Describe use case and applications
  • Identify HPE Superdome Flex server main components
  • Access the rack management controller (RMC) interface
  • Use the RMC command line interface (CLI)
  • Connect to the system console
  • Power off and power on the HPE Superdome Flex server
Module 2: Hardware Management
  • Access the rack management controller (RMC) interface
  • Describe and configure nPartitions
  • Perform RMC management tasks
  • Issue power commands
  • List FRU information
  • Enable SNMP protocol
Module 3: Operating System Installation and Software Management
  • Describe Superdome Flex operating system support
  • Prepare operating system installation
  • Describe installation process for Linux (RedHat and SUSE), Windows Server 2022, and ESXi
  • Describe additional HPE tools for Superdome Flex management
  • Install additional HPE Tools: HPE Foundation Software, Data Collection Daemon, and HPE Superdome Flex I/O Service Pack
Module 4: Management Tools and Firmware Upgrade
  • Describe HPE Superdome Flex monitoring with HPE OneView
  • HPE Superdome Flex firmware management
  • Describe HPE insight Remote Support
  • Explain the Redfish standard
  • HPE Superdome Flex
  • Configure UEFI BIOS boot options
  • Review HFS configuration scripts and logs
  • Investigate OneView monitoring options
  • Show main memory health information, system topology, CPU and memory activity, and input/ output traffic statistics for each IO device
  • Configure CPU frequency scaling
  • Monitor per-node HPE Superdome Flex Grid memory statistics
  • Review firmware update process
Module 5: Troubleshooting
  • Perform management tasks from operation system
  • Gather logs from RMC
  • Perform indicting and acquitting HPE Superdome Flex components
  • Observe how OneView handles hardware errors