Provide an overview of storage network and data center networking technology.

• 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

• 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

This intermediate course is for personnel who are assessing and planning to deploy a storage area network.

This course assumes that you understand basic SAN knowledge.

Day 1

• Welcome
• Unit 1 - Evolution of storage area networks
• Unit 2 - Fibre Channel

Day 2

• Unit 3 - Fibre Channel switches and directors: Brocade (b-type)
• Unit 4 - Brocade DCFM and Network Advisor

Day 3

• 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

• 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