H37ZBS - HPE Synergy Automation

Overview

This course will focus on resources for automating setup, configuration changes, and working with server profiles in an HPE Synergy environment. Participants will work with an HPE Synergy environment focusing on automating HPE Synergy resources with PowerShell, REST, and Ansible playbooks. The course consists of 30% lecture and 70% hands-on lab exercises.

Audience

HPE Synergy administrators; architects; engineers interested in techniques for firmware management, monitoring, and composing HPE Synergy resources.

Prerequisites

H0LN3S HPE Synergy Administration or equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Configure and use HPE OneView PowerShell library and scripts for HPE Synergy setup automation.
Configure and use HPE OneView Postman workspace to review HPE OneView Synergy setup configuration and automation of configuration tasks.
Configure and use Ansible playbooks to review HPE Synergy setup configuration and setup server profile automation.

Course outline

Module 1: HPE Synergy Automation Tools Overview

Initial HPE Synergy setup
HPE OneView PowerShell module
HPE OneView REST API
HPE OneView Ansible collection

Module 2: Setup and Automation with PowerShell

Using the HPE OneView PowerShell library
HPE OneView REST API
Sample scripts
Generating sample code
Setup
Reference resources
Common commands used in scripts
Example server profile template scripts

Module 3: Setup and Automation with REST

Using the HPE OneView REST API
Reference resources
Common command syntax
Using HPE OneView Postman workspace
Examples

Module 4: Setup and Automation with Ansible Playbooks

Infrastructure automation with Ansible and HPE OneView
Older HPE OneView SDK for Ansible
Ansible collection for HPE OneView
Ansible components
Setup
Resources on github.com/HewlettPackard
Examples setup and automation with Ansible playbooks. Playbook server profile example exercises:
Initial HPE Synergy setup and configuration
Server profile (SP) from server profile template (SPT)
Deploy SP with hardware
Create basic SPT, set SPT boot mode, Boot, C
Power off/on hardware
Set SPT connections
Deploy SP with connections
Set SPT with firmware
Set local storage
Set SPT with SAN storage
Set SPT BIOS values

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Lab outline

Lab 1: Connect to Virtual Lab

Lab 2: HPE OneView PowerShell

Exercise 1 - Restore initial snapshot
Exercise 2 – Create HPE OneView PowerShell setup scripts
Exercise 3 – Setup script examples for complete HPE Synergy configuration

Lab 3: HPE OneView REST API

Exercise 1 — Accessing and browsing the HPE OneView API online reference
Exercise 2 — Using HPE OneView Postman workspace for REST API requests and responses
Exercise 3 – Using and creating REST examples

Lab 4: HPE OneView Ansible Collection

Exercise 1 – Restore configuration snapshot
Exercise 2 - Examining environment
Exercise 3 - HPE OneView Ansible collection environment
Exercise 4 – Playbooks to review configurations
Exercise 5 – Automating server profile configuration
Playbook: Server profile (SP) from server profile template (SPT)
Playbook: deploy SP with hardware
Playbook: create basic SPT, set SPT boot mode, boot, bios
Playbook: Power off/on hardware
Playbook: Set SPT connections
Playbook: Set SPT with firmware
Playbook: Set local storage
Playbook: Set HPE iLO config