HP Storage: SANs: Accelerated SAN Essentials

Course Overview

This accelerated 5-day course provides comprehensive, vendor neutral exposure to SAN solutions and supporting technologies, such as Fibre Channel and IP storage. Participants learn about protocols, standards, management practices and tools, and SAN design and implementation considerations. Class discussions cover a wide range of topics, including the capabilities and limitations of the various supporting technologies, SAN management in enterprise environments, while hands-on labs provide experience with component installation and configuration, SAN management, and key SAN applications such as clustering and backup.

Audience

This course is designed for technical professionals seeking an accelerated learning path that includes both conceptual knowledge of Fibre Channel SAN technologies and hands-on experience in heterogeneous SAN environments. It will also prepare individuals for SNIA Fibre Channel SAN Practitioner Certification

Prerequisites

Participants will be expected to have the following experience:

• Basic technical understanding of networking and storage, concepts and terminology
• Experience managing Windows NT/2000 or UNIX systems

Course Outline

• Introduction to Storage Networking
• Storage Networking Architectures
• SAN Components
• SAN Topologies
• Fibre Channel Architecture
• Fibre Channel Operations
• FC-AL Architecture
• Fabric Architecture
• IP Storage
• ISCSI; SAN Security Management; Clustering with SANs; Troubleshooting and OptimizationSAN Data ManagementSAN Device Management

Follow On Courses

• managing the hp SureStore disk arrays H6773S
• managing virtual arrays U2400S
• SAN technical planning and design U4236S
• advanced storage networking U2406S
• entry level SAN solutions U4226S
• implementing Compaq SANworks solutions U4227S
• designing and implementing Compaq SAN solutions U4220S
• Compaq enterprise virtual array workshop U4230S
• OpenView Storage Area Manager U3575S