SAN FOUNDATION-EXPERT COURSE

Course Objective:

This course is designed to introduce to the participants, the fundamentals of Network

Storage technologies, focusing on Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Network
Attached Storage (NAS). This course provides an in-depth knowledge of SNIA
concepts / HP EVA 4000 Storage / EMC CLARiiON CX3 Storage architecture
and its management. And also this course imparts knowledge of Brocade SAN
switch configuration and its techniques. In addition to the above it focuses on
technologies in the connectivity of network storage, backup and restoration
technique, various disaster recovery methods, consolidation of storage and SAN
management hierarchy, The SAN infrastructure facilitates storage consolidation, data
sharing, server clustering,

Benefits to you:

This 8-day theory and lab-based course explores the technology of the HP Enterprise
Virtual Array / EMC CLARiiON and BROCADE SAN Switch focusing on configuration
and management. The product concepts and terminology are initially presented to
ensure a grasp of the key elements of the array. The configuration is then performed
through the Command View GUI and Navisphere More detailed topics are then
presented such as business copy of HP and Snap view, Mirror view, and SAN copy of
EMC.

Course Contents:

• Disk Technology.
• SCSI.
• FC SAN
• IP Storage
• NAS.
• Virtualization
• Storage Management
• Data Management
• Continuity Management
• Fiber Channels
• Why Fibere Channel?
• FC Theory fundamentals & Introduction
• FC Layers & Related Components
• FC Topologies, Terminology & Addressing
• Expected FC Behavior
• FC Theory fundamentals summary

(HP EVA 4000/6000/8000)

HSV Controllers

• Controller features and redundancy

• Generation 2 controllers (HSV2x0)
• Controller redundancy
• Controller hardware
 • Operator Control Panel (OCP)
• Configuring HSV2x0 controllers
• Controller cabling
• Generation 3 controllers (HSV300)
• Controller hardware
• Controller configuration
• EVA4400 Management Module
• Web-based OCP (WOCP)
• Generation 4 controllers (HSV4x0)
• Controller hardware
• Summary of all controller features

Disk Drive Enclosures

• Drive enclosure models and configurations

• Generation 2 drive enclosures
• Enclosure features
• Environmental Monitoring Unit (EMU)
• Customer self repair operations for the drive enclosure
• Drive enclosure indicators and connections from front and rear views
• EMU functions, LED status displays and display and pushbutton operations
• Enclosure Address Bus EAB and Environmental Monitoring Unit EMU functions
• Enclosure hardware
• Supported disk drives
• Status LEDs
• Shelf identification

Command View EVA Introduction

• Command View EVA overview

• EVA Management Server requirements
• Launching and running Command View EVA
• Installation and configuration of Command View EVA versions 6.x - 9.x
• Licensing of the various versions of command View
• Firmware and management software for the EVA 4400

Local Replication (Business Copy)

• Array-based data replication from Command View

• Creating and using Snapshot, Snapclones and Mirrorclones
• Container creation and operation
• Traditional features, operation and properties

(EMC CLARiiON CX3-10/20/40/80)

CLARiiON host integration and management

• CLARiiON Security Management
• Navisphere Manager 6.x architecture, including
• how to locate objects within Navisphere Manager
• how to create and manage storage objects and RAID objects using
Navisphere Manager
 • Advanced LUN Management
• Windows disk management, including
• Windows host-attach requirements and procedures
• How to install Navisphere agent on windows and Linux server
• Windows and Linux host-attach requirements, procedures, and best practices
• Configure Access Logix and define its features
• Power Path and its CLARiiON-supported features
• how to use the GUI and CLI to identify options

Snap view configuration and management

• How Snap View makes snapshot copies of LUNs
• Sizing and configuring the reserved LUN pool
• How to configure, activate, and remove snapshots
• How to start and stop Snap View sessions
• How Snap View makes clones of LUNs
• Where clones may be used
• Compare and contrast clones and snapshots
• Configuration and administration of clones

Mirror view and SAN copy configuration and management

• Operations of the fracture and write intent logs
• Mirror View connectivity options, including
• how Mirror View and Snap View can be used together
• EMC SAN Copy features and functions
• How to create EMC SAN Copy sessions on a supported CLARiiON array
• Using SAN copy Replication between EMC CLARiiON and HP EVA Storages
• How to manage, troubleshoot and correct EMC SAN copy session

Brocade Silk Worm 200E

• Describe Fiber channel concepts

• Install, configure and/or verify functionality of switches in a Brocade fabric
• Configure, verify, administer and describe Brocade Soft zoning, Hard zoning and
Mixed zoning.
• Create SAN design to meet customer performence, availability and scalbility
requirements.
• Determine host to validate the implementation of the SAN design
• Describe when zoning changes are required.

Host connectivity with Windows/Linux environment

• Install and configure HBA driver and describe HBA configuration parameters.
• Install and configure multi-pathing software to failover and failback (windows)
• Add new Fiber channel attached disk LUNs to a Linux system.
• Configuring basic disk to dynamic disk for expanding virtual disk