Customer Education Services Course Overview Accelerated SAN Essentials (UC434S) This five-day course provides a comprehensive and accelerated understanding of SAN technologies and concepts. Students will gain the experience needed to tackle the challenges of working in enterprise class SAN environments. Audience This course is designed for technical professionals seeking an accelerated learning path that includes both conceptual knowledge of Fibre Channel SAN technologies and experience in heterogeneous SAN environments. Prerequisites Participants will be expected to have the following experience: Basic technical understanding of networking and storage, concepts and terminology. Experience managing Windows or UNIX systems. Recommended free web-based training at http://education.itrc.hp.com: SAN Fundamentals (U5527aae). Course Objective This practical five-day course provides comprehensive exposure to SAN solutions and supporting technologies, such as Fibre Channel and IP storage. Participants learn about protocols, standards, management practices and tools, and SAN design and implementation considerations. Class discussions cover a wide range of topics, including the capabilities and limitations of the various supporting technologies and SAN management in enterprise environments. Each lab provides experience with component configuration, SAN management, and other SAN related activities. HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions
Benefits to You This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the leading SAN technologies and the experience needed to tackle the challenges of working with SAN solutions. Why education services from HP? Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://www.hp.com/education Comprehensive student materials Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://itresourcecenter.hp.com State-of-the-art classroom facilities Experienced and best-in-the-field HP instructors More than 80 training locations worldwide Online instructor-led and self-paced training at http://www.hp.com/learn Focus on job-specific skills Customized on-site delivery Course Title: Accelerated SAN Essentials HP Product Number: UC434S Category/Subcategory: Storage Course Length: 5 days Level: Intermediate Delivery Language: English To Order: You can order this course online at http://www.hp.com/learn. At the site, select a country, then choose "registration" or "Book a course" and fill out the online registration form. Next Steps: Managing HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (U4879S) Next Steps: HP Storage Essentials (UC424S) Next Steps: HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays (H6773S) HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 2
Detailed Course Outline Introduction What is a SAN? Definition of a SAN? Why a SAN? HP SAN goals SAN considerations Storage Consolidation and Expansion Efficiency improvements High availability High speed backup Clustering DAS, NAS and SAN DAS versus NAS versus SAN Direct Attached Storage Distributed Storage Network Attached Storage (NAS) Fabrics and the SAN Comparing SAN and NAS Comparison by purpose Tiered storage SAN components Power-on sequence Fibre Channel Basics Fibre Channel Why not SCSI? World Wide Name (WWN) Nodes, Ports and Links Fibre channel port types SAN topologies Point-to-point topology Arbitrated loop topology Arbitrated loop hubs Private loop Public loop Switched fabric topology Topology comparison Topology summary Fibre Channel architecture -- functional levels FC-0 Physical level Fibre channel cables Single-mode fiber Multi-mode fiber Attenuation Dispersion Cable bends and damage FC-1 Coding layer FC-1 Encoding process FC-2 -- Signaling Protocol level Fibre Channel terminology Frame structure Frame header Class of service What is a domain FC-3 Common Services FC-4 ULP mappings Fibre channel switches Principal switch Frame routing Load sharing and balancing Switches and directors B-Series Software components B-Series switches M-Series fabric switches C-Series fabric switches and multilayer directors MultiProtocol Routers Switch management SAN hosts SAN hosts Verifying HBA installation - HP-UX HBA interrogation HP-UX connectivity - ioscan ioscan utility output HP-UX device naming Windows connectivity - Device Manager Windows Disk Manager Local HBA management Multi-path concepts Automatic failover Load balancing HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 3
Microsoft Multi-Path I/O (MPIO) Installing MPIO framework and HP DSM Installing DSM manager DSM utilities MPIO limitations Secure Path introduction Secure Path agents Path definition Secure Path for Windows Microsoft Secure Path drivers Secure Path for HP-UX Secure Path Manager Using SPM Secure Path Management Tool Disk targets Disk storage Disk drive connections LUN masking Array Configuration Utility Overview Fibre Channel advanced Fibre Channel addressing FCAL Loop IDs and AL-PAs Addressing public NL_Ports Loop ID to ALPH conversion Ordered sets and primitives Flow control Link Services FC_AL loop initialization Fabric login N_Port login sequence Well known addresses Fabric services nsshow Registered State Change Notification Fabric zoning Zone enforcement Zoning granularity Fabric segmentation SAN design SAN architecture choices and considerations Design process overview SAN topologies Design using HP SAN topologies Tree topology SAN infrastructure performance factors Data availability levels in a SAN Levels of availability iscsi IP storage protocols Overview of iscsi isci/fc SAN iscsi stack iscsi encapsulation iscsi packet iscsi initiators iscsi name support iscsi name structure iscsi name examples isns iscsi target discovery iscsi operations Authentication iscsi advantages over FC SAN extension Explain the need for SAN extension HP Supported SAN extension technologies TCP/IP data protocol technologies Fibre Channel routing overview Fabric and VSAN independence SAN scaling Scaling by routing Fibre Channel routing implementations B-Series and C-Series routing differences Fabric redundancy and routing Routing through an IP network High-availability MP Router configuration SAN island consolidation Integration of Fibre Channel routing and FCIP HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 4
Tape backup consolidation SAN management Storage resource management (srm) defined Shifting perspectives on enterprise storage Storage management tasks Increasing administration costs Why storage management? SRM realizing ROI HP Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) SMI-S Implementing SMI-S Managing Storage with SMI-S HP Open SAN management strategy SAN management concepts SAN performance management Storage capacity management SAN fabric management tools Storage Essentials components Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition System manager Performance manager Global reporter Fabric watch HP StorageWorks High Availability Fabric Manager HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager SAN storage management tools Storage Essentials Capacity Manager Provisioning Manager Chargeback manager HP StorageWorks Command View XP Command View EVA SAN data management tools Storage Essentials -- backup manager Replication software File system extender SAN security Basic security model Attacks and exposures Mitigation of risk SAN security access points Storage security model Data security Management security SAN security practices Planning SAN security prevention Data path and management path security in practice Storage security in an enterprise environment Zoning rules and guidelines Data protection Backup models Centralized SAN backup EBS Performance issues HP OpenView Storage Data Protector overview Data replication Remote replication Synchronous replication Asynchronous replication Comparing replication modes HP OpenView Storage Mirroring OVSM mirroring - full OVSM mirroring -- file difference SAN performance SAN performance objectives Performance factors Fibre channel technology Environment profiling Application effects on performance Planning a disk system Write-Back cache benefits Cache coherency in dual controller configurations Other performance considerations Benefits of trunking HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 5
Maintaining performance in an extended SAN beyond 5 or 10km SAN troubleshooting About troubleshooting Tracing problems Analysis Common problem areas Troubleshooting tools Gathering troubleshooting data Helpful switch commands errshow command switchshow command portshow command portstatsshow command supportshow command Hardware diagnostics commands LED activity (example only) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. To locate country contact information and to learn more about education services, please visit our worldwide web site at http://www.hp.com/learn. HP Education services are governed by the HP Education Services Terms and Conditions 6