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WWT in the Data Center Space
Having an infrastructure that's agile enough to respond to today's data center demands is crucial to providing the service that Boeing's employees and customers need across the globe. When you have an agile data center you can maintain control of your data, protect against cyber attacks, respond to business and market changes and ultimately make the data center work as you intended. With Boeing's numerous workloads in the data center, at the edge or in the cloud, we at WWT aim to help Boeing manage, scale, secure and future-proof their data center.
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End User Computing
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Data Center Workshops
Below is a compilation of the data center labs we provide for free. The purpose of these workshops is to help Boeing make informed decisions faster. These workshops are led by our subject matter experts, who are tenured experts that can help you realize your goals into tangible outcomes.
Cyber Recovery Experience
Cyber recovery is paramount in today's digital age, and organizations are adopting an assume breach posture to jumpstart their cyber resilience and recovery strategies to minimize the impact of future cyber attacks. One of the most proven and effective ways to get your company's journey started is to conduct in-person tabletop exercises.
Data Protection Workshop
The goal of this workshop is to help customers catalog their current state for backup, recovery and archive; evaluate their options; and determine the best solution for their overall specific requirements.
The WWT data protection practice understands the significant transformation that is associated with architecture for the modern and software-defined data center.
WWT experts will assist you with modernizing your environment through on-premise automation, cloud data management, exploring how to protect mission critical workloads while simplifying management, and looking for ways to reduce overall operational spend.
Facilities Infrastructure Workshop
The Facilities Infrastructure Workshop will cover our six main disciplines and services capabilities in a consultative approach that will arm you with essential data to help drive relevant business outcomes that will support your IT environment.
Hands-on learning in the ATC
Below you will find a list of labs that are hosted in our Advanced Technology Center (ATC). Our ATC labs are geared towards building foundational knowledge across a range of OEM's technologies, letting engineers experience the breadth of the IT landscape all for free! We hope you enjoy.
Server Infrastructure
VMware Intro to Virtualization Lab
Lab users are provided a dedicated nested VMware environment to use as for an intro to VMware's server virtualization products, ESXi and Virtual Center.
Windows Management With Ansible
To keep up with the growing speed of business demands, there's a pressing need to make programmability and automation an inherent part of operational IT processes. WWT offers hands-on Ansible Automation Training Labs to help customers learn how to get started using centralized automation tools to manage and deploy configurations.
Liqid Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure Lab
The Liqid Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) Lab showcases how to create impossible hardware configurations that are unfeasible in the physical world. Compose bare metal servers with any number of configurations via software. The lab consists of Dell PowerEdge compute, Liqid PCIe4 Fabric, Liqid Matrix Software, Intel NVMe and NVIDIA GPUs.
VMware vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Walkthrough
In today's fast-paced digital landscape, managing complex network environments has become a necessity for organizations looking to optimize their infrastructure. VMware, a pioneer in virtualization technologies, offers a powerful solution: the vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS). This advanced networking tool enables seamless management of networking configurations across multiple hosts, streamlining network administration and improving performance.
One of the key features of vDS is the ability to create Distributed Port Groups (DPG), which provide a consistent network configuration across multiple hosts within a data center. In this lab, we will take a deep dive into the world of VMware Distributed Switches, guiding you step-by-step on how to create and configure Distributed Port Groups.
Primary Storage
NetApp Ansible Automation Lab
Learn to automate NetApp ONTAP using Ansible. This lab provides an overview of GIT and Ansible to understand how they work together to simplify the automation of NetApp storage solutions.
Pure Storage FA Files Lab
In this lab you will walk through the simple configuration to setup and configure FA Files on a FlashArray along with setting up replication to a second FlashArray.
Pure Storage FlashArray //X Lab
*** This is a read-only lab that gives you view permissions on a lab array. If you'd like to have full access to a FlashArray, check out one of our other Pure Storage labs (ActiveCluster, ActiveDR, FA Files, Remote Client/vVols) as those labs give you full access to make changes. ***
The FlashArray //X Series is the Pure Storage primary all flash, NVMe offering. This lab is intended to give users experience with the Purity operating system via both HTML 5 Web Interface and the Purity CLI on real hardware in the WWT ATC.
Dell PowerStore: PowerStore Manager Lab
Welcome to WWT's introductory lab on the Dell PowerStore storage platform. This foundational lab is designed to provide systems engineers with a comprehensive understanding of PowerStore's capabilities. You will learn how to monitor and manage the PowerStore storage array, provision both block and file volumes, and configure replication processes. This hands-on lab can be completed in under an hour, offering a quick yet thorough exploration of the PowerStore platform's features and functionalities.
Welcome to WWT's introduction to the Dell PowerStore storage platform. This foundational lab is designed for systems engineers to gain hands-on experience with PowerStore. The lab covers essential tasks such the Initial Configuration, Dashboard Navigation, Storage Management, Host Management, Protection, Internal and External Migrations, Hardware Details, and Settings. Expect to complete this lab in under an hour, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of PowerStore's capabilities.
Pure Ansible Automation Lab
If you are familiar with Ansible and want to learn how to use Ansible with the Pure Storage FlashArray, continue on with this lab that demonstrates how to simplify automation of a Pure Storage FlashArray.
*** If you are a Storage admin, new to automation, and want to learn how to automate your Pure Storage environment using Ansible, check out this lab instead that teaches the basics of Ansible from a storage admin point of view.- "Ansible Automation Workshop - Pure Ansible Lab" (https://www.wwt.com/lab/ansible-automation-workshop-pure-ansible-lab)
Hitachi Vantara Ops Center
This lab will introduce you to the Hitachi Ops Center software and its centralized use of administrating, analyzing, automating and protecting your mission-critical business systems.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Lab
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a powerful, cost-effective, and easy-to-use data management solution for your cloud workloads. The familiar and reliable Cloud Volumes ONTAP data management software with its data protection and storage efficiency features is available in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
Pure Storage FlashBlade
The Pure Storage FlashBlade family is an elastic scale out file and object, all flash storage solution that gives customers an advanced data-hub approach to managing their data. WWT has partnered with Pure Storage to provide this lab giving access to the Purity//FB operating environment on FlashBlade//S and FlashBlade//E Hardware in the Advanced Technology Center. This lab showcases Pure's RapidFile Toolkit that supercharges common Linux operating system commands running against NFS File Shares on the FlashBlade.
Data Protection
Rubrik Cloud Data Management Essentials Lab
Rubrik is a cloud data management and data security platform that focuses on much more than data backups. This lab provides a foundational overview of basic configuration tasks, implementation of objects, protection and recovery of VMware Virtual Machines, and SQL Databases, as well as an overview of Rubrik Reporting using Rubrik Security Cloud.
Cohesity Essentials Lab
The Cohesity Essentials Lab enables users to learn the fundamental features and functionality of the Cohesity DataPlatform.
Commvault Data Management & Protection Essentials Lab
Commvault unifies data management and protects data at scale for all workloads across every environment. Whether on-prem, in the cloud, across multiple clouds or a hybrid environment, Commvault solves real customer challenges while enabling organizations to proactively simplify and manage the complexity and growth of enterprise data. This foundational lab gives an overview of the Commvault user interface, demonstrating the ease of protecting and recovering virtual and physical workloads, as well as databases.
Achieve OWASP Compliance Through BIG-IP AWAF
Systems are at higher risk without a concerted, repeatable application security configuration process. In this lab, you will learn how to build a declarative AWAF policy and achieve OWASP Top Ten (2021) compliance with the BIG-IP OWASP Compliance Dashboard. A complete CI/CD pipeline is used to deploy our AWAF policy to the BIG-IP system using Application Services 3 Extension (AS3) and Ansible.
F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP Use Cases Demo
Several of the fundamental principles of F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) are highlighted in this lab environment.
You will be simulating a customer during the lab who needs to verify the safety of an application. The objective is to verify the applications safety of on-premises or application on cloud before and after enabling F5 Distributed Cloud Console WAAP Capabilities by sending attacks to the application.
Veeam Availability Suite Lab
This lab introduces Veeam Backup & Recovery, focusing on the protection of virtual machines running on VMware. Exercises include initial configuration, manual backup of a VM, and protection of VMs using tags.
NetApp BlueXP Backup and Recovery
NetApp BlueXP Backup and Recovery delivers seamless and cost-effective backup and restore capabilities for protecting and archiving data.
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager Essentials Lab
Dell PowerProtect is an enterprise data management solution that streamlines the process of monitoring, managing, and analyzing copies of data while also addressing copy sprawl. PowerProtect software is designed for self-service copy orchestration, automated Service Level Objective (SLO) compliance, and actionable insight that optimizes efficiency.
This lab was designed to provide a foundational overview of Dell PowerProtect Data Manager. The following capabilities will be explored in this lab:
- Data Protection and Recovery
- VMware Integration and Protection
- Microsoft SQL Server Protection
- Simplified Management using the Graphical User Interface
Cloud Data Management
Azure Fundamentals: Storage Lab
Walk through fundamental Azure storage concepts within the Azure Portal and Azure CLI.
Azure Fundamentals: Compute Lab
Walk through fundamental Azure compute concepts within the Azure Portal and Azure CLI.
Rubrik Cloud Data Management Essentials Lab
Rubrik is a cloud data management and data security platform that focuses on much more than data backups. This lab provides a foundational overview of basic configuration tasks, implementation of objects, protection and recovery of VMware Virtual Machines, and SQL Databases, as well as an overview of Rubrik Reporting using Rubrik Security Cloud.
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP Lab
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a powerful, cost-effective, and easy-to-use data management solution for your cloud workloads. The familiar and reliable Cloud Volumes ONTAP data management software with its data protection and storage efficiency features is available in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
NetApp BlueXP Tiering Lab
NetApp BlueXP Tiering service extends your on-premises ONTAP clusters to the cloud by combining their SSD storage with a low-cost object storage of your choice to one pool. Without compromising on manageability and performance, BlueXP Tiering efficiently manages your storage pool by seamlessly placing your data at the right tier at the right time, based on its usage.
F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP Use Cases Demo
Several of the fundamental principles of F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) are highlighted in this lab environment.
You will be simulating a customer during the lab who needs to verify the safety of an application. The objective is to verify the applications safety of on-premises or application on cloud before and after enabling F5 Distributed Cloud Console WAAP Capabilities by sending attacks to the application.
NetApp BlueXP
BlueXP (Formerly known as Cloud Manager) is NetApp's SaaS platform that gives customers visibility across their entire data plane, whether it be in the cloud or in their data centers.
NetApp BlueXP Backup and Recovery
NetApp BlueXP Backup and Recovery delivers seamless and cost-effective backup and restore capabilities for protecting and archiving data.
Facilities Infrastructure
Cisco Meraki Smart Camera and Environmental Sensors Lab
Welcome to the WWT ATC Cisco Meraki Smart Camera and Environmental Sensors Lab. This lab allows you to gain hands-on experience with the Cisco Meraki Smart Cameras and Sensors.
Schneider EcoStruxure IT Advisor
Schneider Electric EcoStruxure IT DCIM Lab
Sunbird DCiM Lab
Sunbird DCIM gives data center operators the ability to run efficient data center operations and improve data center infrastructure planning and design. It typically replaces Excel, Visio and homegrown databases and can bridge information across organizational domains including Data Center Ops, Facilities and IT to maximize utilization of the data center.
Avocent ACS Advanced Console Server Lab
The Avocent ACS Advanced Console Server is a 1U appliance used by network, server and data center administrators to manage their serial-based infrastructure via SSH or Telnet. The ACS Advanced Console Server supports accessing the serial infrastructure both in-band and out-of-band. Using an RJ-45, DB-9, or DB=25 cable connection, ACS Advanced Console Server's IP address, by SSH redirection, or pass-through, or by out-of-band connection through an external cellular (4G LTE) or internal analog modem. The flexibility of these options makes the ACS an excellent tool for customers to remotely and security access their IT equipment.