Technical Training

Course Benefit Summary

Achieving SNIA certification for storage networking management and administration knowledge and capabilities provides industry recognition of a highly valued skill set in today’s IT environments.

Course Description

Storage Networking Management/Administration provides a comprehensive review of the processes, technologies and solutions dealt with in day-to-day management and administration of storage networks as defined by the SNIA Storage networking Management/Administration exam (S10-200).

Course Length: Two days

Course Format: Interactive, lecture format

Registration

This course is offered at our local office in Ottawa during the evenings and weekends. Marketbridge also offers onsite training anywhere in North America. Contact us to discuss our onsite rates to further reduce your Total Cost of Ownership for these training investments.

To view the current class schedule and locations, or to register for a class, select Class Schedule & Registration. To arrange a private class for your organization, call Marketbridge at 877.595.5504.

Associated Courses:

If individuals do not have a storage network foundation, or are preparing for additional SNIA certification exams, the following complimentary courses are recommended:

• Storage Network Foundations
• Storage Solutions: Assessment, Planning and Design

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for individuals who want to earn their SNIA Certified Systems Engineer (SCSE) credential through passing the SNIA Storage Networking Management/Administration exam (S10-200). This course will also benefit individuals responsible for storage networking administration and management, or those working in traditional IT and storage administration who wish to assume storage networking management and administration responsibilities.

Roles

The course content and technical level are targeted for professionals working in roles similar to the following:

• Storage Network Administrator
• Storage Manager
• Systems Administrator

Course Objectives

• Describe criteria and steps for planning SAN growth
• Identify steps and processes to plan and manage changes in SANs
• Understand how to assess, monitor and perform problem analysis of a SAN environment.
• Understand use of zoning and describe approaches to troubleshooting zoning issues
• Describe HBA and fabric configuration parameters and reasons for changes
• Define LUN mapping and understand impacts on the fabric
• Describe implementation considerations and processes for business data recovery situations
• Identify performance, restore and troubleshooting steps for data backup and recovery situations
• Understand fabric security

Course Topics

• Network Administration
• Change management
• Performance
• Storage Networking management
• Business Continuance
• Backup and Recovery
• Fabric Security

Infinity I/O offers comprehensive, vendor-neutral training and certification programs via standard courses, tailored curriculum, custom development, stand-alone learning products and consulting. The real world, job-based training solutions from Infinity I/O ensure that businesses have the market understanding and technical expertise required to design, develop, and deploy optimal multi-vendor storage networks. Since its founding in 1995 Infinity I/O has trained over 14,000 IT professionals and developed training courseware solutions in Fibre Channel and Storage Area Networking technologies.

Marketbridge is proud to Partner with InfinityIO to provide SNIA curriculums for the Canadian Marketplace.

Course Topic Detail

SAN Topology Design

• Planning and Design
• Switch Topology
• Cascade
• Cascade Ring
• Full Mesh
• Partial Mesh
• Core-edge
• Multi-tier Fabrics
• Mesh Designs
• Core-edge Designs
• Port Availavility Calculations
• Poer Density
• ScalabilityIssues
• SAN Consolidations
• Collapsed Fabrics
• Directors
• HA Design
• Multipathing
• Multipathing and Load Balancing
• FSPF

Fabric Services

• Name Server
• Login Server
• Alias Server
• Fabric/Switch Controller
• Multicast
• Well-known Addresses
• Volume Allocation and Security
• Fabric Zoning
• Port Zoning
• WWN Zoning
• LUN Mapping and Masking
• SAN File Systems

Fabric Login

• Fabric Login
• Login to Name Server
• Logout Switch
• Port Login to Target
• Process Login

Security Management

• Enterprise Data Security
• Sources of Vulnerabilities
• Points of Vulnerabilities
• Types of Security
• Types of Attacks
• WWN Spoofing
• Hardware-Enforced Zoning
• Port and Fabric Binding
• FC-SP (Fibre Cannel Security Protocol)
• FC-SP Encryption
• FC-SP Authentication
• SNIA SSIF Policy Considerations
• SNIA SSIF Storage Security Best Practices

Host Metrics

• Speeds and Feeds
• Moving Data
• PCI Bus Metrics
• Next-Generation Buses
• HBA Feature Sets
• HBA Performance

Storage Metrics

• Disk Metrics
• Array Architectures
• RAID Configurations
• LUN Virtualization
• Disk Caching
• Configuring LUNs
• Capacity Planning

Fabric Performance Tuning

• Factors Impacting SAN Performance
• Block Size
• Frame Size
• Buffer Credits and Buffer Credit Calculations
• Switch Performance Characteristics
• Physical Layer Problems
• FC Droop
• SAN Design Issues and Performance
• Locality and Performance
• Fan-in Ration from a Server Perspective (SNIA view)
• Fan-out Ratio from a Server Perspective (SNIA view)
• Fan-in Ratio from a Storage Perspective
• Fan-out Ratio from a Storage Perspective
• Throughput Planning
• Over-subscription
• Path Selection
• QoS

• Backup Bottlenecks
• Remote Backup
• Remote Virtualization
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• Disaster Recovery Planning

Troubleshooting Methodology

• Troubleshooting Overview
• Assess the Environment
• Identify the Problem
• Choose the Tools
• Develop and Apply a Solution
• Common Configuration Issues

Troubleshooting the Fabric

• Multi-switch Fabrics
• Fabric Configuration
• Fabric Stability Time-Out Value
• FSPF
• Multicast
• Replacing HBA Issues
• Switch Replacement
• Zoning Issues
• Configuration Mismatch
• Interoperability Modes
• ISLs and FSPF
• Domain Ids

SAN Extension Design

• SAN Extension Applications
• IP Transport Architectures
• FCIP HA Configurations
• HA and Interoperability
• Performance Features
• WDM Optical Protection
• SONET/SDH Concepts and Implementations
• Impact of ISL Trunking
• WAN Design Metrics
• Best Practices