SAN Concepts Connectivity
Course Code: STK-1454
Course Length: 4 Days
List Tuition (US): $2800.00

The student will learn how to install, setup, and configure basic tape anddisk SAN, including the command line interface and file system hierarchy.Recommended Prerequisite General Knowledge: Familiarity with UNIX fundamentals.

Who Can Benefit
This course is for Systems Administrators, Operators, and Data Center Managers.

Prerequisites
Familiarity with UNIX fundamentals

Skills Gained
Upon successful completion of this training the student should be able to:

  • Define and explain: What is a Storage Area Network (SAN) and why a SAN is used
  • Describe and discuss Fibre channel and SCSI protocols used in a SAN
  • Install, setup, and configure a basic tape and disk SAN
  • Install, setup and configure hubs, bridges, and switches used in a SAN
  • Discuss Storage Area Networks (SAN) with a customer at a conversational level of knowledge and understand high level SAN marketing issues
Course Content

Module 1

  • Fibre Channel SAN Introduction
  • SCSI Tape lecture
  • SCSI Tape Lab
  • Fibre Channel HBA lecture
  • Fibre Channel HBA Lab

Module 2

  • Router lecture
  • Router Lab
  • SAN Disk lecture
  • Linux lecture
  • Switch lecture

Module 3

  • Microcode Lecture
  • Switch Labs (tape and disk)
  • Linux Lab (tape)

Module 4

  • SAN Zoning Lab
  • Microcode Lab
  • Test