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HP0-236

HP Certified Professional
Supporting SAN Infrastructure & Solutions
(HP0-236)
Exam Preparation Guide

Purpose of the exam prep guide

The intent of this guide is to set expectations about the content and the context of the exam and to help candidates prepare for it. In this guide, you will find recommended HP training courses, reference and study material to help you achieve a successful passing score.

Studies conducted by HP and Prometric show that a combination of course attendance and self-study maximizes the likelihood of passing the exam on the first attempt.

Audience

The Supporting SAN Infrastructure & Solutions exam is for HP personnel who support Storage Area Networks (SANs). Examples of job roles include HP Services field engineers, call center personnel, and other field personnel who provide installation and/or operational support assistance. Channel Partners are NOT eligible to take this exam.

General areas of content include:

 Hands-on design, integration & support of business solutions involving
SANs

 Multivendor SAN concepts

 Troubleshooting and replacement procedures

 Adding components into the SAN

 Performance tuning and administration

Certification requirements

The Supporting SAN Infrastructure & Solutions (HP0-236) exam is an elective exam for the ASE – StorageWorks certification. This level of certification measures the competencies required for hands-on integration and support of technical solutions in complex, enterprise class environments. Given a set of customer business requirements, this individual is expected to be able to design, support and integrate platform, operating system, storage, network
and option components to solve business needs. The ideal candidate is anyone who deploys complex solutions based on HP technologies. Individuals pursuing this level must meet the prerequisite of having the Accredited Integration Specialist certification.

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Prerequisites

 HP Accredited Integration Specialist – StorageWorks Certification

 Knowledge of:

 Specific storage with an overall awareness of the entire SAN

 Different switch manufacturers, i.e., B-series, C-series, M-series

 SAN hardware requirements

 SAN architecture and documentation

 Zoning, native multipath capabilities, LUN presentation

 Firmware versions of SAN elements

 Appropriate methods to troubleshoot SAN components

 Fabric segmentation

 Interpreting error counters on ports

 Fabric topology

 How to use switch web-based tools for a particular vendor

 Basic security

 OS specific application errors

 Knowledge of/completion of prerequisite Instructor-Led Training Courses specified in the Recommended Training and Study References section of this exam preparation guide.

Exam details

At the beginning of the exam, you will be asked to answer several survey questions. The survey has been designed to assist the exam development team in accurately profiling test results and to improve future exams.

 Number of items: 55

 Item types: Multiple choice, Drag and Drop

 Passing Score: 60% (raw score of 33)

 Time commitment: 90 minutes

 Reference Material: No on-line or hard copy reference material will be allowed at the testing site.

Comments on the exam

During the exam, participants can make specific comments about the items
(i.e., accuracy, appropriateness to audience, etc). HP welcomes these comments as part of our continuous improvement process.

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Exam Registration

This exam is available at Prometric.

Exam content

The following testing objectives represent the specific areas of content covered in the exam. Use this outline to guide your study and to check your readiness for the exam. The exam measures your understanding of these areas.

Supporting SAN Infrastructure & Solutions (HP0-236) Exam Content

1.0 Storage Technologies & Implications

Explain multivendor SAN concepts.

 supported zoning methods

 SAN topologies

 dual heterogeneous SANs

 interoperable SANs

 switch settings

 factors affecting SAN performance

 port channels

 VSAN characteristics

2.0 HP Solution Design & Validation

Create a solution design.

 M-series multiprotocol support for FCIP

 load balancing traffic on inter-switch links

 design recommendations for selecting switches to build a SAN

 attaching a tape library to a SAN

 fabric routing approaches for switch products

 NEAR-ONLINE storage

 considerations for storage system placements in a SAN topology

 improving performance of under-utilized long distance fiber connections

 use of Storage Management Appliance in SAN designs

3.0 Implementation

Given a solution design, implement it to match customer requirements.

 zoning when switches are connected to third-party switch products

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 security features in M-series environments

 Fibre Channel connections between a storage array and server

 activating optional security features on M-series switches

 establishing Wavelength Division Multiplexing to remote sites

 establishing communication links between two existing fabrics with different PID bit settings

Manage customer expectations.

 integrating 2Gbps switches in existing 1Gpbs switch fabrics with many-
to-many access

 storage controller ports in high throughput computing environments

 impact to SANS designed for applications with small IOs when used by applications with large IOs

 factors affecting performance between devices in a Fibre Channel SAN

 multipathing in a SAN environment

Recognize customer opportunities

 HP SAN Security Services

 eliminating performance bottlenecks on links between switches

 inventory and storage resource planning tools for SAN environments

4.0 Support

Support the solution.

 causes of segmentation in M-series fabrics

 using High Availability Fabric Manager

 B-series switch commands

Performance tune.

 Registered State Change Notification

 cable length restrictions

List steps to remove failed components, integrate replaced components into the SAN, and add components into the SAN.

 network adapter replacement issues

 Director switch replacement in M-series fabrics

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 M-series fabrics

 portStatsShow command metrics

 multiple inter-switch link connection issues

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5.0 Administration

Given an operational environment, manage and administer solutions to meet required service level agreements and overall customer requirements.

 integrating a Storage Management Appliance in a fabric

 assigning disk space from a storage subsystem to a specific host computer

 HBA failures with port binding

 B-series switch messages

 use of Storage Allocater

 securing SAN switches against unauthorized access

 performance trend analysis tools

 active control processor card issues in M-series Director switches

Recommended training and study references

This section lists training material and documents to help you acquire a
majority of the knowledge and skills needed to pass the exam. You must also gain the practical experience outlined in this guide

You are not required to take the courses listed in this section. However, HP strongly recommends that you attend the classes, participate in class labs, and thoroughly review all course material and documents before taking the exam, even if you believe you have sufficient on-the-job experience.

Instructor-Led Training

Use the information in this guide and the practical experience you have gained to determine your need for the instructor-led training.

Title Course Number Link to Enroll
Introduction to
SANs 16929 http://tslearner.den.hp.com/
SANs Infrastructure and Solutions 16930 http://tslearner.den.hp.com/

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Sample Test Items

1. Interconnecting two B-series fabrics over a long distance requires ____.

A. no routers because routing functionality is implemented in the switches

B. one Multiprotocol Router if FCIP is used for the interconnect

C. two Multiprotocol Routers if the interconnect is an IP network

D. three Multiprotocol Routers if the distance exceeds 500 m

2. The fabric routing approach for B-Series switches is to _____. A. link SAN subnetworks of switches
B. link groups of ports from one or more switches

C. enable replication for continuous access

D. enable the use of 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps switches in the same fabric

3. Which backup method can minimize the impact of backup operation on database or file system operation within a SAN?

A. Zero Downtime

B. Serverless C. Incremental D. LAN free

4. The power availability level of SAN infrastructure components _____. A. should be the same as the storage components
B. should be the same as the server components

C. should be the highest of all components

D. can be lower if a second power supply is installed to the same power source

5. Which zoning type is allowed if M-Series switches are in Open Fabric mode?

A. WWN

B. WWN and Hard

C. hard

D. VSAN

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6. If a library is integrated into a multipath SAN environment, you need ____.

A. an NSR (Network Storage Router) with two Fibre Channel ports

B. an NSR with one port because automatic failover is not supported during backup

C. two NSRs to support failover during backup

D. to enable multipathing in the backup tool for automatic failover

7. Which command is used on B-series switches to verify that hard zoning is enforced?

A. portCamShow B. portZoneShow C. zoneStateShow
D. zoneEnforcementShow

8. A server’s network adapter was replaced. The Secure Path Element Manager on the Storage Management Appliance fails to reconnect to the Secure Path Agent on the server. What is the most probable reason?

A. DHCP is used combined with static DNS.

B. DHCP is used combined with dynamic DNS.

C. Directory Service is used in a firewall environment. D. LDAP is used combined with NAT.

9. You add a second MSA1000 storage system to a SAN. Then you delete the old soft zone and create a new one to allow the Windows server access to LUNs on the new MSA1000 only. The server has not been rebooted. Which statement is correct?

A. The Windows server has access to both the old and new storage devices.

B. The Windows server has access to the new storage devices only, but also displays the old ones.

C. The Windows server requires a reboot to access the new storage devices.

D. The Windows server has access to the new storage devices and does not remember the old ones.

10. Which software tool do you use to configure and manage M-series switches? A. Cisco Fabric Manager
B. High Availability Fabric Manager

C. Brocade Fabric Manager

D. HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager

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ANSWERS:

1. C 4. C 7. B 10. B
2. A 5. A 8. A
3. A 6. B 9. B

Conclusion

HP wishes you success in the HP Certified Professional Program and in passing the exam for which you are preparing.

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