Training & Support

Configuring & Administering ARX

This three-day course is designed to help students learn about the architecture, configuration, administration and basic troubleshooting of the ARX product family. Students will learn to pre-qualify storage to be virtualized, design namespaces for CIFS, NFS or multiprotocol environments, configure file, age, and load balancing, etc. This hands-on course includes lectures, labs, and discussions.

Note: Students will be required to bring their own laptop.

Course Pricing

F5-TRG-ARX-CFG-IL
$2,995

Course Description

Topics covered in this class include:

  • Overview of the Acopia Solution
  • Architecture: Acopia ARX family
  • Network: Services
  • Namespace Concepts
  • Namespace Configuration
  • Automation: File Policing
  • Automation: Online Storage Removal
  • Automation: Data Lifecycle Management
  • Automation: Capacity Balancing
  • Resiliency: Redundancy and Clustering

Audience

Anyone who virtualizes storage and who is responsible for installing ARX on the network.

Prerequisites

  • An understanding of NFS and CIFS protocols at a high level
  • A basic understanding of server administration (RedHat/Windows/Network Appliance)
  • A familiarity with Microsoft Management Console
  • The ability to mount NFS reports and CIFS shares on a client

Student Note:

Students must provide their own laptops. If your laptop is running Linux/Solaris, it should have a CIFS client (for example, Samba). Recommended software for Labs: SSH Client (Optional).

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