• OpenStack Foundations (H6C68S)
• Linux Fundamentals (U8583S)
• Cloud Overview (HK917AAE)

Audience

• Storage Administrators
• Storage Architects
• Architects
• Sales Engineers
• Technical Marketing staff

• Understand the OpenStack block storage components and how they work together
• The architecture of resilient block storage management within OpenStack
• Understand the extensibility of block storage management in OpenStack
• The installation and configuration of the various components
• How to troubleshoot block storage in OpenStack

Benefits to you

• Gain a thorough understanding of OpenStack block storage management using Cinder
• Be confident when designing resilient and scalable block storage implementations within OpenStack using Cinder.
• Be efficient when troubleshooting block storage issues in an OpenStack environment.

Module 1 - Course overview

• Set out the course objectives

Module 2 - Cinder Overview and Installation

• What is Cinder
• Storage Types
• Features and functions of Cinder
• Installing Cinder
• Using Cinder
• Managing Quotas

Module 3 - Cinder and multiple back ends

• Working with multiple back ends
• Detail on volume types
• Configuring multiple back ends
• The Cinder scheduler
• Setting Quality of Service
• Migrating volumes

Module 4 - Troubleshooting Cinder

• Study the volume creation process
• Look at the Cinder Services
• Locate Cinder log files
• Trace target details through to instances
• Look at a Cinder oriented network implementation
• Undertake a challenge lab