Test 111: IBM Systems Storage Distributed Systems v7

Course title: Introduction to Storage Networking
Course duration: 2.0 days
Course number: SN700
Abstract:

Examine products and strategies associated with managing the explosive growth of business data across the enterprise in today's networking economy. Learn the basic concepts and terminology associated with Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), and map the promise of SANs to the complications of managing islands of information among heterogeneous environments with disparate operating systems, data formats, user interfaces, and limited integration of products from assorted vendors. Learn how to enable your enterprise to take advantage of storage networking.

Note: You may also be interested in attending Planning and Implementing a Storage Area Network (SAN) (SN710). SN710 is generally scheduled immediately following SN700.

Certification

Prepare for IBM Certification Test 384: TotalStorage Networking and Virtualization Architecture

Training Path

This course is part of an IBM Training Path. Taking this course in the recommended sequence allows you to maximize the benefits from your education.

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IACET Continuing Education Units: 1.6

Course title: Planning and Implementing a Storage Area Network (SAN)
Course duration: 3.0 days
Course number: SN71
Abstract: The SAN infrastructure facilitates storage consolidation, data sharing, server clustering, Local Area Network (LAN)-free and server-free backup across heterogeneous host server platforms. Focus on the planning and implementation considerations associated with establishing the Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure. Discuss functions provided by the SAN fabric components, such as Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBA), FC switches and directors, and Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) to FC protocol converters. Explore the interdependencies of these components. Examine mechanisms to implement resource access control for data access integrity among heterogeneous hosts in a storage networking environment Note: You may also be interested in attending Introduction to Storage Networking (SN70). SN700 is generally scheduled immediately preceeding SN710.

Course title: Supporting IBM N series for Storage Architects
Course duration: 3.0 days
Course number: SN780
Abstract:

Explore this intensive course with hands-on exercises that will introduce the N3700 product, hardware and architecture, positioning, filer sizing, and roadmap. Develop additional technical knowledge, hands-on product experience, and product differentiation. Discuss and experience product functions such as Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) types, flexible and traditional volumes, Data Fabric Manager (DFM), SnapShot, clustering, SnapMirror, and SnapRestore.

A new version of this course is available. This new version includes support for the N5x00 series and the new gateway models.

Note: This course is offered in other countries as:

Certification:

This course helps you prepare for IBM Certification Test 740: Storage Networking Solutions, Version 1.

This is an intermediate course for IBM Global Services (IGS), Advanced Technical Support (ATS), and Field Technical Support Specialists (FTSS), and IBM Business Partners and anyone responsible for setting up and configuring the new IBM N Series products.

Course title: SAN Volume Controller (SVC) - Planning and Implementation
Course duration: 2.5 days
Course number: SN82
Abstract: Leverage networked storage connectivity by integrating a layer of intelligence - the SAN Volume Controller - to facilitate storage application data access independence from storage management functions and requirements. Focus on planning and implementation tasks associated with integrating the SVC into the storage area network. Centralize storage provisioning to host servers from common storage pools. Facilitate the coexistence and migration of data from non-virtualized to the virtualized environment. Utilize network-level storage subsystem independent data replication services to satisfy backup and disaster recovery requirements. Note that if SN82 is not available, consider SN83 - SAN Volume Controller (SVC) - Planning and Implementation Workshop. This alternate class has the same lecture content as SN82, and adds hands-on lab activities.

Course title: IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center Implementation and Configuration
Course duration: 4.0 days
Course number: SN856
Abstract:

The IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center (TPC) is an open storage infrastructure management solution designed to help reduce the effort of managing complex storage infrastructures, to help improve storage capacity utilization, and to help improve administrative efficiency. It is designed to enable an agile storage infrastructure that can respond to on demand storage needs.

Discuss installation, configuration, and the administration of the TPC suite. Students are grouped in teams to perform hands-on labs to install, configure, and administer the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center suite with a focus on the related hardware including the SAN Volume Controller. Student teams prepare for installation in their own environment and perform hands-on labs to experience some features of the suite.

This course includes the following components of the suite:

Note: this course has replaced course SN855 IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center Workshop

Training Path

This course is part of an IBM Training Path. Taking this course in the recommended sequence allows you to maximize the benefits from your education.

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