Curriculum

13 Topics
Welcome!
Introducing the IBM Power family
IBM Power naming convention
Virtualizing your servers
Managing virtualization
The hypervisor
Hardware Management Console
Processor concepts and management
Additional processor concepts and management
Resource assignments
Checkpoint 1
Questions for peer review
Introduce yourself

9 Topics
Running Linux on IBM Power
Configurating IBM Power for Linux
Installation planning
Installation details
Installation demo
Your first exercise guide
Checkpoint 2
Exercise 1. Verification of Prerequisites
Did you access the lab?

14 Topics
Basic administration differences and console access.
Command line Acccess Non console
Graphical user interface for Linux
Networking in Linux
Software repositories
Creating a local repository
Software installation: Part 1
Software installation: Part 2
Yum and VNC setup demo
Virtual Optical Media overview
Virtual Media Repository
Your second exercise guide
Checkpoint 3
Exercise 2: System management tasks

12 Topics
Startup managers
Introduction to Systemd
Systemd units and services
Systemd targets and ancillary components
System initialization process overview
System initialization deep-dive
Systemd management operations
Log management
More log management
Your third exercise guide
Checkpoint 4
Exercise 3: Manage IBM Power partitions and rescue operations

9 Topics
Installing service and productivity tools
SRC and RMC services
RSCT and electronic support services
Service aids and tools
Your fourth exercise guide
Your fifth exercise guide
Checkpoint 5
Exercise 4: System administration
Exercise 5: Linux on Power service tools and Advance Toolchain

8 Topics
What is cloud computing?
Cloud service and deployment models
Multi-tenancy and the benefits of cloud
Cloud adoption
Moving to cloud
OpenStack: A private cloud for you
Rest APIs and IBM PowerVC
Checkpoint 6

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Linux System Administration with IBM Power Systems

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