Storage Area Networking Fundamentals - SN71DG

Beschreibung

This course provides an overview of storage network and data center networking technology. It reviews SAN concepts, Fibre Channel architecture, SAN topologies, IBM b-type offerings, IBM offerings from Cisco, and SAN over Ethernet architectures, such as iSCSI and FCoE.

Recommended Agenda

Unit 1 - SAN Concepts
Unit 2 - Fibre Channel
Unit 3 - SAN design and topology

Unit 4 - IBM Fibre Channel b-type switches and directors

Exercise 1 - Switch management overview
Exercise 2 - Zone configuration using Web Tools
Exercise 3 - Configure a Spectrum Virtualize storage system
Exercise 4 - Zone configuration with CLI
Exercise 5 - SAN Domain Fabrics
Exercise 6 - Boot from SAN

Unit 5 - Cisco MDS Fibre Channel switches and directors

Unit 6 - SAN over Ethernet

Exercise 7 - Cisco MDS basic configuration
Exercise 8 - Cisco management tool installation
Exercise 9 - VSAN configuration
Exercise 10 - Define zone configuration on Cisco
Exercise 11 - Configuring DS3524 storage device
Exercise 12 - iSCSI configuration

Ziel

After completing this course, you should be able to:
Classify the components of a SAN infrastructure
Appraise the Fibre Channel architecture and terms
Classify the three major components of a SAN
Differentiate the features of the IBM Storage System b-type switch offerings
Differentiate the features of the IBM offered Cisco SAN switches and directors
Evaluate the implementations of iSCSI and FCoE

Anforderungen an die Teilnehmer

The following course, or equivalent knowledge, is required prior to this course:
Introduction to Storage (SS01G)

Teilnehmer

This is a base course for individuals who are involved in the planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading of IBM systems.