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Module 1: MDS 9000 Platform Overview
Lesson 1: MDS 9000 Platform Components
- The MDS 9000 Platform
- MDS 9000 Supervisor Modules
- Oversubscription
- MDS 9000 Modules
- Port Bandwidth Reservation
- Selecting the Optimum Line Card
- Installation Guidelines
- Configuring Power Supplies
Module 2: Designing SAN Fabrics
Lesson 1: SAN Design Overview
- The SAN Design Methodology
- Small and Midrange Deployments
- Enterprise Data Center Deployments
Lesson 2: Application Architecture
- Application Architecture Tiers
- Presentation Tier Design
- Application Tier Design
- Storage Tier Design
- High-Performance Computing
Lesson 3: Designing Host Connectivity
- Applications and Latency
- Measuring IOPS
- Host I/O Throughput
- Selecting the Optimum Host Port Type
- Calculating Host I/O Requirements
Lesson 4: Designing Storage Connectivity
- Array Architecture Overview
- RAID Overview
- Selecting the Optimum Storage Port Type
- LUN Masking on the Array
- LUN Mapping on the Host
- Single Initiator Zoning
- LUN Zoning
- SAN Device Virtualization
- RSCN Issues
Lesson 5: Building the SAN
- Fabric Design Considerations
- Collapsed Core Architecture
- Core-Edge Fabrics
- PortChannels
- Selecting the Correct Switch Port Type
Lesson 6: Redundant Fabric Design
- Redundancy and High Availability
- Redundant Fabrics
- Load Balancing Methods
- Calculating Throughput
- Restricted Bandwidth
- Virtual Fabrics
- IVR Overview
Module 3: Consolidating Storage in the Data Center
Lesson 1: Overview of Storage Consolidation
- The Benefits of Consolidation
- Server Virtualization
- Network Consolidation
- Storage Consolidation
- Storage Virtualization
- FAIS Overview
Lesson 2: Business Continuity
- What is Business Continuity?
- Snapshots and Replication
- SANTap Overview
- Data Migration
- Backup Overview
- NASB Overview
Lesson 3: SAN Extension Solutions
- RTO and RPO
- Recovery Methods
- The RDBMS Recovery process
- Latency and Distance Limitations
- DWDM and CWDM
- Credits and Buffers
- SONET and SDH
- ONS 15454 MSTP
- FCIP Protocol Overview
- Planning for High Availability
- Exercise: Selecting an Appropriate Platform
Lesson 4: Designing Interoperable SANs
- Interoperability Modes
- MultiVendor SANs
- Platform Migration
- Migrating from Brocade and McDATA Fabrics
Appendix A: SCSI Overview
- SCSI Protocol
- SCSI Addressing
- SCSI Architecture Model
- SCSI Commands
- Building an I/O Request
- Error Handling
Appendix B: Fibre Channel Overview
- Fibre Channel Topologies
- Fibre Channel Ports
- Cisco MDS Ports
- FC Layers
- FC Frame Structure
- FC Data Constructs
- FC Flow Control
- Allocating Buffer Credits
- FC Addressing
- FC Login
- Zoning
- Fabric Services
- Well-Known Addresses
- FSPF Routing
- FC Error Handling
Appendix C: MDS 9000 Hardware Installation Reference
- Installation Guidelines
- Cabinet and Rack Options
- Configuring Power Supplies
- Installing Fan Modules
- Supervisor and Line Card Modules Installation
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