Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Troubleshooting Storage Area Networks

This course will allow the student to build solid troubleshooting techniques and use them in determining issues within an operating SAN. An in-depth exploration of the Storage Networking protocols; Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCIP, and FCoE is used as the basis for problem detection and resolution. Expert-level discussion and review of the SAN environment and components allows an understanding of the potential problems and bottlenecks found in the SAN. Data gathering and analysis from hosts, storage, and SAN devices will be used for root cause analysis. Problem isolation, action planning and troubleshooting within an active SAN environment will be a focus using hands on labs and multiple complex scenarios.




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SAN Performance Workshop - Video ILT

The SAN Performance Workshop is an advanced level SAN course designed to provide participants with the knowledge to implement and troubleshoot SAN solutions with performance in mind. The student will learn to diagnose and troubleshoot SAN performance issues related to switch, fabric, network connectivity, traffic distribution characteristics, and EMC features. Lab exercises using recorded performance archives are included. These exercises examine the archive to detect performance issues and make recommendations for improvement. You are encouraged to bring performance archives from your actual environment to analyze during the class.





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Sunday, October 6, 2013

Symmetrix Configuration Management - Video ILT

This course provides the information needed to configure a Symmetrix and prepare it for host access. The course emphasizes the use of the Symmetrix Command Line Interface (SYMCLI) on the Symmetrix VMAX Series Array. The course describes managing configuration changes with the Unisphere for VMAX GUI. Creation, mapping, and masking of devices are included in lecture and lab material. Setting Symmetrix metrics and RDF group attributes is covered. Other topics include autoprovisioning, Virtual Provisioning, Virtual LUN migration for regular and thin devices, Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST) for disk groups and Virtual Pools, and Federated Tiered Storage. Lab exercises cover operational details on all topics.







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