Technical Training

Course Benefit Summary

For professionals working with data storage and storage networking solutions, gaining the real world knowledge and practice needed to assess, design, implement, and maintain a multi-vendor storage networking solutions is essential.

Course Description

Storage Networking Solutions Assessment, Planning and Design provides attendees with the technical skills to perform detailed assessments and to plan, design and implement storage networks. In addition, attendees will understand the capabilities and limitations of existing technologies and architectures in assessing, planning, configuring, and troubleshooting complex storage network solutions. Exercises engage participants in the same work they will encounter as Storage networking Architects and Specialists.

Course Length: Five 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.

Prerequisites

Participants who meet one or more of the following criteria will gain the most from this course:

• Fundamental knowledge of traditional storage technologies or SNIA Professional Certification
• Experience selling or marketing any type of storage solution
• Experience selling or marketing LAN/WAN solutions

Associated Courses

• Storage Network Foundations
• Storage Networking Management and Administration
• IP Storage Networks

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for storage professionals looking for an in-depth technical understanding of storage network solutions and technologies, and for individuals preparing for the SNIA Architect Certification exam.

The course content and technical level are targeted for SNIA Certified Professionals and SNIA Certified Systems Engineers (or their equivalent) working in roles similar to the following:

• Field Support Engineers with solution implementation responsibilities
• Systems Administrators
• Technical Consultants
• System Integrators
• SAN Architects and Designers
• Technical pres-sales Engineers and Sales Support

• Apply and enhance skills needed to resolve real-world storage networking issues
• Provide information, job aids, best practices and practical lab experience covering SAN assessment, design, and optimization
• Describe SAN assessment goals, objectives and methodology
• Discuss SAN design considerations and review best practices
• Review the capabilities, strengths, and limitations of various SAN architectures, strategies, methodologies, and technologies
• Analyze SAN case studies to determine solution sets that satisfy a variety of business and technical requirements
• Strengthen design capabilities by designing and implementing a SAN, including completing typical SAN port and throughput exercises
• Assess and monitor SAN I/O performance and recommend improvements
• Review the topics and technical level of knowledge tested in the SNIA Architect Exam

Course Topics

• The SAN Solution Lifecycle
• Assessment of Business and Infrastructure issues
• Capacity Planning Process and Tools
• ITIL – scope, benefits and ITIL Framework
• SAN Topology Design
• IP SAN Design Considerations
• Understanding Host Metrics
• Understanding Storage Metrics
• Fabric Performance Tuning
• Backup and Recovery
• SAN Case Study

About Infinity I/O

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

• The SAN Solution Lifecycle
• Engagement Process
• Engagement Documentation
• Evaluating Vendors
• RFIs and RFPs
• SOWs and SLAs oAssessment – Business and Infrastructure
• Application Classes and Requirements
• Solutions
• Risk Assessment and Management
• Capacity Planning
• Monitoring and Analysis
• Planning WAN Connectivity
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Scope and Benefits of ITIL
• ITIL Framework
• Implementing Service Delivery
• SAN Topology Design
• Basic Fabric Design
• Scalability
• Directors and Collapsed Fabrics
• HA Design
• Multipathing
• ISL Trunking
• SAN Design Exercise
• Designing IP SANs
• iSCSI Concepts
• iSCSI SAN Architectures
• Designing Multiprotocol SANs
• iSCSI Products
• iSCSI Initiators
• Multipathing
• 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
• Caching
• Configuring LUNs
• Mapping Hosts to Storage
• Fabric Performance Tuning
• Measuring and Monitoring Performance
• FC Protocol Issues
• SAN Design Issues
• Fan-in and Fan-out
• Oversubscription
• Path Selection and Routing
• Congestion and QoS
• Choosing the Right Tools
• Backup and Recovery
• Tape metrics
• Backup Models
• Snapshots
• Split Mirrors
• Remote Mirrors
• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• Disaster Recovery Planning
• Case Study