EMC ISM v2: FC SAN, IP SAN, and FCoE

Overview/Description
This course explains Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (FC SAN) components, fibre channel interconnectivity options, and fibre channel architecture. It also covers virtualization in a SAN environment. The course covers the infrastructure components and topology of two protocols: IP SAN - which includes Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) - and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). This course is part of a series that covers the objectives for EMC Proven Professional certification exam E10-001 Information Storage and Management Exam Version 2.

Target Audience
Experienced IT professionals who wish to be or currently are responsible for information storage or for planning, designing, deploying, managing, or leveraging information infrastructure

Prerequisites
none

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

EMC ISM v2: FC SAN, IP SAN, and FCoE

recognize the characteristics of the components of FC SAN

recognize FC interconnectivity options

recognize characteristics of FC architecture

identify key concepts related to topology and zoning in FC SAN

identify features of a virtual SAN

identify characteristics of EMC's SAN connectivity and virtualization products

determine the optimal FC SAN for an organization, given a scenario

recognize characteristics of iSCSI topologies

identify features of FCIP

recognize functionalities required by converged enhanced Ethernet