HPE Superdome Flex Server Administration
- Course Code H8PE4S
- Duration 3 days
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This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
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Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
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Course Overview
TopThe HPE Superdome Flex Server is the mission critical, in memory computing solution that delivers an unprecedented combination of scale, modularity, flexibility, and reliability. This course provides an overview of system components and practical experience. You will learn to prepare and install supported operating systems, monitor system performance with HPE Foundation Software (HFS) and HPE OneView, use rack management controller (RMC) commands to power on and boot the server, configure autopower, retrieve hardware configuration, and monitor log files.
Course Schedule
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 27-29 April, 2026 | 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
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- Delivery Format: Virtual Learning
- Date: 19-21 October, 2026 | 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM
- Location: Virtual (GMT Standa)
- Language: English
Target Audience
TopExperienced system administrators, engineers, and consultants responsible for managing and monitoring HPE Superdome Flex servers
Course Objectives
TopAt the conclusion of this course, you should
be able to::
• Identify HPE Superdome Flex hardware
components and their functionality within
the system
• Use rack management controller (RMC)
or embedded RMC (eRMC) to configure,
monitor, manage, and access server
components and firmware
• Interact with the Unified Extensible
Firmware Interface (UEFI) to configure
partition boot parameters and manually
boot a partition
• Install RedHat, SUSE, Windows Server and
ESXi operating systems
• Describe HPE Foundation Software (HFS)
components
• Describe HPE OneView and monitor
hardware components
• Configure, manage, and control partitions
from the RMC
Course Content
TopModule 1: Product Overview • List HPE Superdome Flex server
configurations and
architecture
• Describe use case and applications
• Identify HPE Superdome Flex server main components
• Access the rack management controller (RMC) interface
• Use the RMC command-line interface (CLI)
• Connect to the system console
• Power off and power on the HPE Superdome Flex
Server
Module 2: Hardware Management • Access the rack management
controller (RMC) interface
• Describe and configure nPartitions
• Perform RMC management tasks
• Issue power commands
• List FRU information
• Enable SNMP protocol
Module 3: Operating System Installation and
Software Management
• Describe Superdome Flex operating system support
• Prepare operating system installation
• Describe installation process for Linux (RedHat and SUSE),
Windows Server 2019, and ESXi}
• Describe additional HPE tools for Superdome Flex
management
• Install additional HPE Tools: HPE Foundation
Software, Data Collection Daemon, and HPE
Superdome Flex I/O Service Pack
Module 4: Management Tools and Firmware Upgrade • Describe
HPE Superdome Flex monitoring with HPE
OneView
• Describe HPE Insight Remote Support
• Explain the Redfish standard
• HPE Superdome Flex firmware management
• Configure UEFI BIOS booting options
• Access OneView and discover RMC
• Investigate OneView monitoring options
• Review HFS configuration scripts and logs
• Show main memory health information, system
topology, CPU and memory activity, and input/output
traffic statistics for each IO device
• Configure CPU frequency scaling
• Monitor per-node HPE Superdome Flex Grid memory
statistics
• Review firmware update process
Module 5: Troubleshooting • Perform management tasks from
operating system
• Gather logs from RMC
• Perform indicting and acquitting HPE Superdome
Flex components
• Observe how OneView handles hardware errors
Course Prerequisites
TopEnterprise Linux System Administration (H7091S) or equivalent Linux, VMware® or Windows Server administration experience