IBM i 7.1 Update Technical Workshop Masaken Sheraton, Cairo

Course details

This course enables the students to acquire the skills necessary to prepare for installing and leveraging the new function of IBM i 7.1 on POWER5, POWER6 and POWER7 hardware.

The emphasis is on the hardware and software components introduced during the February and April 2010 announcements of the POWER7 hardware and IBM i 7.1.

This course provides lectures and hands on labs in a face-to-face classroom setting. The course is also offered in a live virtual classroom

environment (ILO - Instructor Led Online) with hands-on labs IBM Power System i V7R1 Update - ILO (OV180).

Target Audience:

This course is intended for existing IBM i administrators, users, and support personnel.

Objectives:

• Describe the new models of POWER7
• Describe the new enhancements to the i 7.1 software release

Prerequisites:

The following are recommended prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of i5/OS architecture.
• Basic understanding of the support available in a current release of IBM i.

Content:

• Welcome
• Unit 1 - IBM i 7.1 overview
• Unit 2 - POWER7 announcements
• Unit 3 - POWER7 upgrades
• Unit 4 - Upgrading to IBM i 7.1
• Unit 5 - August and October 2010 announcements
• Unit 6 - DB2 and Web Query enhancements
• Exercise 1- Converting existing Query/400 objects
• Unit 8 - PowerVM and virtualization enhancements
• Unit 9 - Systems management
• Unit 10 - Application development
• Exercise 2 - Review performance data
• Exercise 3 - Estimate performance requirements
• Exercise 4 - Editing and verifying source code
• Exercise 5 - Debug source code
• Exercise 6 - Creating a screen with Screen Design