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Introduction to SANs

Course Overview

2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice

Facilities
Telephones

Restrooms
Smoking area

Breaks
Lunch Class time

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Introductions
Name Location Years with company Experience with SANs Expectations for this course

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Prerequisites
Knowledge of:
HP-UX or Windows administration SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, and backup technologies SAN architecture and function

Course (or equivalent field experience):


SAN Fundamentals WBT

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Objectives
Connect nodes to SAN infrastructures Arbitrated loop and switched fabric topologies Interpret Fibre Channel addressing HP-UX and Windows operating systems Install and configure a B-series switch

Determine switch status using LEDs, CLI, and GUI Configure and implement zoning in a SAN Configure switches to operate in a multi-switch fabric Perform a switch firmware upgrade Determine whether a switch is functional and devices are logged in

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Course outline (1 of 2)
Lecture
Module 1 Introduction to SANs Module 2 Fibre Channel Technologies Module 3 SAN Topologies Module 8 C-Series Fabric Rules Module 9 Storage Presentation to Operating Systems

Module 4 SAN Switches


Module 5 Fibre Channel Routing Module 6 B-Series Fabric Rules Module 7 M-Series Fabric Rules

Module 10 Secure Path


Module 11 SAN Troubleshooting

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Course outline (2 of 2)
Labs
Lab 1 Getting Started Lab 2 Preparing the Switch Lab 3 Configuring Ports Lab 4 Zoning Lab 5 Cascading Lab 6 Merging and Splitting B-Series Fabrics Lab 7 Trunking Lab 8 Dynamic Load Sharing and Routing Lab 9 Preparing for Heterogeneous SAN Lab 10 Configuring Windows Hosts Lab 11 Configuring HP-UX Hosts

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Additional resources Web links (1 of 3)


For the latest information, documentation, and firmware releases, see the HP StorageWorks website
1. Enter the URL: http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html 2. Under Networked storage, click SAN infrastructure

3. Select the product

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Warranty information
1. Go to the HP website at: http://www.hp.com 2. Click Support & Drivers See support and troubleshooting information 3. Enter the appropriate product name in the field 4. Click the appropriate listing

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Internal resources
HP Support & Drivers website
http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html

Cybrary http://cybrary.inet.cpqcorp.net/

SPOCK
http://turbo.rose.hp.com/spock/index#Supported_Configurations

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