Duration

4 days

Overview

IBM offers a comprehensive portfolio of SAN switches, storage, software, services and solutions to reliably bring information to people in a cost effective way. IBM provides flexible, scalable and open standards-based business-class and global enterprise-class storage networking solutions for the on demand world.

This course provides an overview of storage network and data center networking technology. It reviews SAN concepts, Fibre Channel architecture, SAN topologies, IBM b-type offerings, IBM offerings from Cisco, and SAN over Ethernet architectures, such as iSCSI and FCoE.

Audience

This is a base course for individuals who are involved in the planning, installing, configuring, and upgrading of IBM systems.

Module 3: Fibre Channel switches and directors: Brocade (b-type)

Exercise 0: Lab setup and preliminary instructions
Exercise 1: Brocade switch 2109: Initial configuration
Exercise 2: Management software installation
Exercise 3: Brocade Fabric Manager
Exercise 4: Brocade switch: Zoning configuration
Exercise 5: Configuring the DS4000 storage subsystem
Exercise 6: Brocade switch: Zoning configuration update
Exercise 7: Brocade switch: Merging switches
Exercise 8: Brocade Fabric Manager: Basic usage
Exercise 9: DCFM Manager

Module 4: Brocade DCFM

Exercise 10: Cisco switch: Basic configuration
Exercise 11: Cisco switch: Management tools installation
Exercise 12: Cisco switch: VSAN creation
Exercise 13: Merging Brocade and Cisco fabrics
Exercise 14: Zoning configuration on Cisco Module 5: Fibre Channel switches and directors: Cisco MDS Module 6: Converged Enhanced Ethernet

Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Classify the components of a SAN infrastructure
Appraise the Fibre Channel architecture and terms
Classify the three major components of a SAN
Differentiate the features of the IBM Storage System b-type switch offerings
Differentiate the features of the IBM offered Cisco SAN switches and directors
Evaluate the implementations of iSCSI and FCoE

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.