Storage Networking Architecture (30%) - Explain
technology differences and consider performance characteristics of file system
protocols, block I/O protocols, and direct attached disk
subsystems
- Understand interoperability in a multi-vendor SAN
environment
- Understand which storage networking products allow intermix
of FICON and Fibre Channel
- Describe the functionality of Operations
Manager, and when this function is beneficial to a customer
- Understand
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) concepts
- Understand
licensing features for IBM SAN products
- Understand the recovery
capabilities of N series products
- Understand the application and
technical requirements for the licensed software features for N series
products
- Identify the key benefits of N series WAFL
- Know the
functionality of N series products and which features are licensed, provided at
no charge., etc.
- Know the features and limitations of Data
ONTAP
Initial Solution Design (38%) - Determine the
client's growth needs and expansion capability
- Use the best practices
for different networked storage topologies, protocols, and solutions including
cost and performance factors
- Consider client's existing IP network and
estimate the additional load of a solution on the network
- Assess the
client's high availability requirements
- Differentiate the security
management features of each protocol in a heterogenous
environment
- Determine when switch-based SANs should be consolidated
into a director core architecture
- Consider where extended distance
options are appropriate, and the implications of using different protocols and
fiber channel cable types
- Consider the implications of combining tape
and disk in networked storage solutions
- Determine when an IBM SAN
Volume Controller can simplify the management of a multi-tiered storage network
infrastructure
- Determine the best storage networking solution that
addresses performance requirements
- Describe the benefits and
limitations of N series MetroCluster
- Describe and identify N series
Snap features and MetroCluster, and their impact on customer
requirements
- Understand storage-based copy services and their impact on
SAN environments
- Understand the methods and tools used to gather all
the configuration information of an existing infrastructure
- Describe
the benefits and features of Remote LAN Module and AutoSupport
Solution Development (20%) - Using best
practices, plan a fabric layout, including number of switches, paths, ISL,
zones, cabling, buffer credits, redundancy, optics, etc.
- Use best
practices to recommend a backup solution for N series
- Calculate the
effective capacity for N series products, i.e., SnapShot, RAID levels,
vaulting
- Understand SAN fabric interoperability for fabric
consolidation and SAN routing
- Consider physical requirements such as
rack design for network storage products
- Propose a virtualized IBM
System Storage N series environment using MultiStore
- Determine what
multi-protocol options can be used with an N series solution
- Given a
customer scenario, determine the number of ports required for a specific
configuration, i.e. fibre channel and Ethernet ports, gateway ports (SAN, NAS,
and iSCSI)
- Determine when to recommend an N series-based gateway
solution
Solution Implementation (12%) - Understand and
use N series management tools and basic configuration
- Understand
multipathing driver requirements for SAN, NAS, or iSCSI
environments
- Describe the process of discovering new iSCSI LUNs in
different environments, i.e., Windows and Linux
- Using best practices,
optimize the environment using zoning and LUN masking to ensure data
integrity
- Plan the initial N series installation
- Perform
upgrades to Data ONTAP
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