Re: Hardware Courses for iSeries

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are several classes run by IBM but they tend to be reserved to IBM 
business partners.

Truthfully most of us get that information from three sources, 1) 
experience, 2) Networking usually at a COMMON event or IBM event, and 3) 
reading the announcements and documentation that is published.

A great way to start understanding how all the hardware fits together is 
to download the System Planning Tool.  That will allow you to document 
the configuration of your own system, and create configurations that 
would have valid card placements and combinations of hardware.    See : 
http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/tools/systemplanningtool/download.shtml

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 10/2/2013 12:01 PM, Brian Piotrowski wrote:
> All,
>
> Does anyone know if there are any courses geared specifically to the iSeries hardware?  I have checked the IBM site but there really isn't a true course per-se that deals with the overall hardware - there's courses on the HMC, LPAR, etc., but nothing else at the component level (such as DASD, Main Storage, processor cards, etc.).
>
>
> Thankee-sai!
>
> /b;