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Technology Training: Communications Courses: Network Design: MAN and SAN

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Define a Storage Area Network and a Metropolitan Area Network.
• Describe the types of architectures used in a SAN
• Describe common technology employed by a MAN
• List the protocols used in a SAN and MAN
• Explain the benefits of SANs and MANs
• Describe common design methodologies employed in SANs and MANs

Course Type:

The course is taught in class with an instructor. This course is one day in length.

Audience:

• Individuals that need a broad knowledge to support small to campus networks
• Individuals that need to design medium size networks

Course Description:

This course provides a useful technical overview for those responsible for the planning and procurement of Metropolitan and Storage Area Networks.

Prerequisite:

None.

Course Outline:

Introduction

• Common Campus Technology
• Campus Designs
• Storage Networking
• Direct Attached Storage
• Network Attached Storage
• Protocol Review
• Blocks and Files
• Storage Networking Benefits
• Campus Design Revisited
• Storage Networking Applications

Networking Terminology and Concepts

• Repeaters and Hubs
• Active, Passive, and Intelligent
• Bridges Overview
• Layer 2 Switch Overview
• Routers
• Switch Routers
• Gateways Overview
• Client and server Environment
• LAN Overview
• WAN Overview
• Internet, Intranets, and Extranets
• Virtual LAN Overview
• Virtual Private Networks
• Topologies

MAN Technologies

• Overview and characteristics
• Cabling infrastructure and cable types
• SONET and ring topologies
• Gigabit Ethernet overview
• GigE advantages
• Multiservice Switching overview
• MS advantages
• Dark fiber and Wavelength Division Multiplexing
• WDM advantages

Fibre Channel Overview

• Overview
• Architecture
• Point-to-Point
• Arbitrated Loop
• Switched Fabric
• Fibre Channel Concepts
• Networks — Nodes — Ports

Storage Technologies

• Storage Environments
• Strategies
• IDE — ATA — ESCON — SCSI Bus
• Storage Networking Protocols
• ISCSI
• FCIP
• iFCP
• ISNS
• Storage Networking and IP
• Fibre Channel Association
• Storage Networking Industry Association
• Internet Standards Body
• T10 — T11

Storage Networking

• Backup and Disaster Recovery
• LAN Free and Server-less Backup
• NDMP
• Data Consolidation and Device Virtualization
• Device and Data Sharing
• Reserve/Release
• Space Sharing/Partitioning
• File and Record Sharing
• Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Issues
• Replacement File Systems
• Zoning Approaches and Storage Resource Security
• LUN Masking and Mapping
• High-availability and Fault Tolerance
• Storage Networking Management
• CIM and SNMP Volume Management

SAN Design

• Design Processes
• Tools
• Technical versus Business Fits
• Defining Current Architecture
• Identifying Information Flow
• Logical Design
• Physical Design
• Testing and Documentation
• Implementation Strategies