Storage Area Networking Fundamentals
Course code
SN71UA
Duration
4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours
Course Overview
Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Outline
Course Overview
Provide an overview of storage network and data center networking technology.
Objectives
- Summarize the storage infrastructure challenges and the various storage architectures such as DAS, SAN and NAS
- Classify SAN terminology including trunking, zoning, multipathing and fabric merging
- Recognize b-type Data Center Management tools such as Data Center Fabric Manager and Network Advisor (NA)
- Classify the various tabs in the Network Advisor Tool
- Recall the Cisco MDS management tools
- Recognize the importance of Converged Enhanced Ethernet
- Compare the features of iSCSI and FCoE
Prerequisites
This course assumes that you understand basic SAN knowledge.
Course Outline
- Day 1
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- Welcome
- Unit 1 – Evolution of storage area networks Unit 2 – Fibre Channel
- Day 2
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- Unit 3 – Fibre Channel switches and directors: Brocade (b-type)
- Unit 4 – Brocade DCFM and Network Advisor
- Day 3
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- Exercise 0 – Lab setup and preliminary instructions
- Exercise 1 – Brocade switch 2109: Initial configuration Exercise 2 – Management software installation Exercise 3 – Brocade Fabric Manager
- Exercise 4 – Brocade switch: Zoning configuration Exercise 5 – V3700 storage provisioning using iSCSI Exercise 6 – Brocade VDX fabric merging
- Unit 5 – Fibre Channel switches and directors: Cisco MDS
- Day 4
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- Unit 6 – Converged Enhanced Ethernet
- Unit 7 – Fibre Channel over Ethernet Unit 8 – iSCSI
- Exercise 7 – Basic configuration
- Exercise 8 – Management tools installation Exercise 9 – VSAN creation
- Exercise 10 – Zoning configuration on Cisco
- Exercise 11 – Configuring the DS3500 storage subsystem
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Storage Area Networking Fundamentals
Course code:
SN71UA
Duration:
4 Days, 32 Acad. Hours
