ECS Administration (ECSMGTMON) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of the ECS Solution
  • ECS Introduction
  • Typical ECS Configurations
  • Gen3
  • ECS Network
  • Use Cases
Module 2: ECS Architecture
  • ECS Architecture Overview
  • Core ECS Abstractions Layers
  • Data Packaging and Local Protection
  • Failure Handling and Failover Scenarios
  • ECS Space Reclamation
  • Lab: Exploring your ECS lab environment
  • Lab: Connecting to your class lab environment
Module 3: Managing ECS using the ECS Portal
  • Configuring Storage Pools, VDCs, and Replication Groups
  • Configuring Namespaces, Users, and Buckets
  • ECS Security
  • Lab: Configure ECS Storage Infrastructure
  • Lab: Basic tests of I/O access from various data clients (Namespace, Users, and Buckets)
Module 4: ECS Access from Object Clients
  • S3 API Client with ECS
  • Swift API Client with ECS
  • Centera CAS API with ECS
  • Hadoop Clients with ECS
  • ECS File Access
  • GeoDrive
  • CLI
  • Cloud DVR
  • REST API
  • Lab: Basic tests of I/O access from various data clients
Module 5: Advanced Configuration
  • Access Control, Retention, and Quotas
  • Multi-tenancy Considerations
  • ECS D@RE
  • Lab: ECS customizations: ACLs, quotas, and retention
  • Lab: ECS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Lab: Multi-tenancy with Active Directory/LDAP Integration
Module 6: ECS Monitoring and Maintenance
  • Monitoring Capabilities
  • Maintenance
  • SNMP Support
  • Syslog Support
  • ECS Performance Monitoring
  • ECS Logs
  • Lab: ECS Monitoring and Maintenance
Module 7: Troubleshooting
  • Lab: Temporary Site Outage (TSO) and Permanent Site Outage (PSO)