EMC SAN

EMC Storage Training Course syllabus

  • Disk Technology.
  • SCSI
  • FC SAN / IP SAN
  • DAS / NAS / SAN Concepts
  • Virtualization
  • Storage Management / Data Management / Continuity
  • Management
  • Why Fibre Channel?
  • FC Theory fundamentals & Introduction
  • FC Layers & Related Components
  • FC Topologies, Terminology & Addressing
  • Expected FC Behavior
  • FC Theory fundamentals summary
  • EMC CLARiiON Storage / EMC Symmetrix VMAX Storage
  • Brocade Switches / Directors
  • (EMC CLARiiON CX3 / CX4 Storage)
  • 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 FC Switch / Directors
  • 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 performance, availability and scalability requirements.
  • Determine host to validate the implementation of the SAN design
  • Describe when zoning changes are required.
  • Explain about Inter Switch Link / Inter Switch Trunking and VSAN Concepts.
  • Host Connectivity with Windows/Linux/Environment
  • Install and configure HBA driver and describe HBA configuration parameters.
  • Install and configure power 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

 

More details about EMC SAN class

Introduction to Data-Storage

Importance of Data

Data Growth and Demands on Data

Storage Evolution

Storage Topologies

DAS – Advantages and Limitation

NAS – Advantages and Limitation

SAN – Advantages and Limitation

Comparing DAS, NAS and SAN

Storage Hardware & Ecosystem

 

Host Bus Adapters

SFPs, FC Cables and Connectors

SCSI/SATA/SAS Cables and Connectors

Disk Drive

Host Bus Adapters

JBODs

RAID Arrays

RAID Controllers

External Storage Boxes

Tape Drive

Tape Library

NAS Device

NAS Head

Fiber Channel Switches

Bridges

FC Appliances

Sample Products Datasheets

Storage Protocols

 

ATA and SATA

SPI – Parallel SCSI

Limitations of Parallel SCSI

SAS – Serial Attached SCSI

SAS Topology

SAS Devices

Benefits of SAS

Fiber Channel

 

FC Topologies

FC Ports

FC Protocol Layers

FC WWNs

FC Addresses

FC Frame

FC Flow Control

Zoning

Lun Masking

FC Strength and Limitation

 

iSCSI

iSCSI Topology

iSCSI Initiators and Targets

iSCSI Names and Addresses

Speeding Up iSCSI

iSCSI Advantages

iSCSI Limitation

Comparing Storage Protocols

RAID

 

Why RAID

RAID Levels

RAID 0 – 6, DP

Nested RAID Terminology

Comparison of RAID Levels

RAID Characteristics

RAID Performance

RAID in Software

RAID in Hardware

Storage Virtualization

 

Disk Virtualization

Block Virtualization

File Virtualization

Filesystem Virtualization

Tape Virtualization

Tape Library Virtualization

Host Based Virtualization

Network Based Virtualization

Storage Device Virtualization

Storage & Data Management

 

Why Storage Management

Storage Management Challenges

SMI-S and Benefits

Storage Vs Data Classification

Information Lifecycle Management

Data Classification

Hierarchical Storage Management

Data Protection

Data Protection Methods

Disaster Recovery

RTO and RPO

DR Solutions

Backup and Restore

Snapshot & CDP

Virtual Tape Library

De-duplication