SAN Volume Controller

Course Overview

Use networked storage connectivity - the SAN Volume Controller (SVC) or the SAN Integration Server (SIS) - to facilitate storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements.

Audience

Individuals who are assessing or planning to deploy storage network virtualisation solutions.

Skills Gained

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Create an implementation task list to integrate the SVC or SIS solution into the storage network fabric
• Establish or update zoning policies to enable the SVC or SIS to control storage device access and facilitate storage provisioning to host servers
• Utilise SVC user interfaces to manage the networked storage environment, assign storage to servers, migrate data, replicate data across storage subsystems, and monitor storage access activities
• Assess issues related to coexistence between the SVC and native disk storage access across host servers
• Migrate existing data to the virtualized SVC environment
• Use interfaces provided by the Subsystem Device Driver (SDD) to monitor and manage SDD multipath I/O access and path management.

Prerequisites

• Complete course Introduction to Storage Networking (SN70GB) or have equivalent knowledge.
• Introduction to Storage Networking (SN70GB)

Course Outline

• Introducing the SAN Volume Controller
• SVC Basic Interfaces
• SAN Fabric Zoning and Multipath Management
• Data Migration
• Data Replication
• Managing the SVC Environment

Remarks

Focus on planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the SVC into the storage area network. Centralise storage provisioning to host servers from common storage pools. Facilitate the coexistence and migration of data from non-virtualised to the virtualized environment. Utilise network-level storage subsystem-independent data replication services to satisfy backup and disaster recovery requirements.