Huawei HCIA-Storage study guide
Huawei HCIA-Storage · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
HCIA-Storage is the Associate-level credential in Huawei's Career Certification portfolio, which the vendor describes as a talent development system and set of certification standards for ICT professionals. Huawei structures certification across three levels - Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA), Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP), and Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE) - and publishes Storage as one of its technology tracks alongside Computing, Datacom, WLAN, Security, Transmission, Access, 5G and LTE. The Huawei HCIA-Storage study guide has 4 sections and about 1,281 words.
01ICT Infrastructure: Storage in the Data Center
This domain tests how storage fits into a data center: compute nodes, storage systems, and the SAN/LAN/IP network that connects them. For HCIA-Storage, know the difference between block, file, and object access; where SAN and NAS are used; and why redundancy and capacity planning determine availability.
308 words, about 2 min02Basic Software & Hardware: Storage System Components
This domain covers the physical storage system and the software that manages it. Expect questions on controller enclosures, disk enclosures, cache, BBU or supercapacitor, SAS/NL-SAS/SSD media, front-end and back-end ports, and management software such as Huawei DeviceManager.
301 words, about 2 min03Cloud Platform & Cloud Services: Storage as a Service
This domain tests how storage is consumed as a cloud service and how Huawei Cloud storage services map to workloads. Know the three service models-block, file, and object-and the matching Huawei Cloud services: EVS for block volumes attached to ECS/BMS, SFS for shared file systems, and OBS for object storage.
354 words, about 2 min04Project Management: Storage Delivery and Migration
This domain tests the delivery discipline around a storage project: scope, survey, design, installation, configuration, testing, migration, acceptance, and handover. In HCIA-Storage terms, a project is not finished when the array powers on; it is finished when the agreed services run, evidence is recorded, and the customer accepts the result.
318 words, about 2 min