Introduction to SAN (H41BQS) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 0: Course Overview
  • Course topics
Module 1: SAN Introduction
  • What is a SAN?
  • HPE Storage Networking: Enables systems for critical workloads
  • Business continuance
  • High availability
  • Server and storage consolidation
  • Centralized management
  • Basic methods of storage connectivity
  • SAN considerations
  • DAS versus NAS versus SAN
  • SAN components
  • HPE Storage Networking: Hardware positioning
  • Fibre Channel and Ethernet—Decoded and positioned
Module 2: Fibre Channel
  • Fibre channel introduction
  • World Wide Name (WWN)
  • Nodes, ports, and links
  • SAN topologies
  • Fibre Channel port types
  • Fibre Channel addressing
  • Basic Fibre Channel services
    • Simple Name Service
    • Zoning
  • Fabric segmentation
  • Fibre Channel networking products portfolios
Module 3: iSCSI
  • Overview of iSCSI protocol
  • iSCSI maps SCSI onto a network
  • iSCSI stack
  • iSCSI initiators
  • iSCSI target discovery
  • iSCSI operations
  • iSCSI authentication
  • Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
  • iSCSI advantages and disadvantages
  • M-series switches
Module 4: NVMe-oF
  • Data center bridging (DCB)
    • Data Center Bridging vs other technologies
    • Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA)
  • Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
    • FCoE integrated with FC SAN fabric
    • FCoE encapsulation
    • Converged network adapters
  • Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF)
    • What is NVME?
    • Why NVMe over fabrics
    • NVMe based storage end-to-end
    • NVMe over the network—Fabric transport options
    • Deciding between the NVMe-oF options
Module 5: Host
  • Host role within the SAN
  • Host and adapters
  • N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) overview
  • HPE Virtual Connect
  • Boot from SAN
  • Host preparation and install
  • Multipath concepts and load balancing
Module 6: SAN Management
  • SAN management categories
  • B-series SAN management interfaces and tools
    • Web tools
    • SANnav management software
    • C-Series/Cisco Data Center Network Manager
    • HPE GreenLake for Storage Fabric Management
  • Management protocols and APIs
    • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
    • REST(ful) API
Module 7: Long Distance Connectivity
  • Why extend the SAN?
  • SAN extension technologies
  • Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) options
  • Fibre Channel over SONET/SDH
  • Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
  • IP network considerations
  • FCIP security and encryption
  • Buffer-to-buffer flow control
Module 8: SAN Security
  • Basic security model
  • Attacks and exposures
  • Mitigation of risk
  • Storage security model
    • Data access
    • Management security
  • B-Series fabric security access control lists
    • SCC
    • DCC
    • FCS
    • IP Filter
  • B-Series role-based access control (RBAC)
  • B-Series authentication options
  • Data path and management path security summary
Module 9: SAN Design
  • Topologies
    • HPE standard supported SAN topologies
    • Design using HPE supported SAN topologies
      • Single-switch fabric
      • Cascaded fabric
      • Ring fabric
      • Meshed fabric
      • Core-edge fabric
  • Performance
    • Topology data access usage
    • ISL oversubscription
    • ISL bandwidth aggregation
    • Hop latency
    • Device attachment points
    • Performance guidelines within the SAN
    • Backup performance considerations