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Lesson 2: SAN Building Blocks

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http://www.searchstorage.com/SANSchool

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What we covered in Chapter 1
Defining a SAN

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Fiber versus Fibre

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How a SAN makes computing different

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Understanding the benefits of a SAN

Determining whether a SAN is right for you
Who should use a SAN
Who should NOT use a SAN
Looking at SAN layers and protocols
Dissecting a SAN into four parts
How SAN devices communicate
Understanding the major players in the market
Discovering which operating systems benefit from
SANs
Discovering which applications can use a SAN
Discovering which applications require a SAN

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Chapter 2- SAN Building Blocks

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* Defining SAN components and their use

Components found in the servers
Components found in the SAN fabric
* San ports and naming conventions
* Discovering the Fibre Channel protocols
* Understanding storage arrays
Modular versus monolithic
Enterprise versus departmental
* Delving into storage array design
Explaining RAID
RAID benefits
RAID types
* Looking at Logical Unit Numbers (LUN)

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San Layers

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Enterprise versus Departmental vs. Modular or Monolithic

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Enterprise class storage arrays are the ones that you see in large data centers you know, where all the
guys in the white smocks and clipboards hang out. Enterprise arrays can hold massive amounts of data and
connect to many servers. Enterprise arrays are usually of the mainframe/monolithic type because most large
data centers have mainframe storage needs.
Departmental class storage arrays are usually the modular type. They are installed in remote offices to
handle the needs of fewer servers with smaller data storage needs.

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Data Flow Through the Fabric Logical

And Physical layers

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Modular Arrays

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*A micron is one-millionth of a meter. **nm =nano meter, which is a wavelength of light

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50m MM Cable

9m SM Cable

62.5m MM Cable

Type/Waveleng
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50 micron*
Short wave
Multimode
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9 micron
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62.5 micron
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Distance

500 m

10 km

200 m

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Bandwidth

100-200MB/sec

100MB/sec

100-200MB/sec

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Basic SAN Port Modes

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Port Type

Location Associated Topology

N_Port
NL_Port

Node
Node

F_Port
FL_Port

Fabric
Fabric

L_Port

Loop

T_Port
E_Port
G_Port

Fabric
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Point-to-point or fabric
Node connected to an
arbitrated loop
Fabric port
Fabric connected to an
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Hub port on an arbitrated
loop
Trunk port between switches
Inter-switch Link connection
Unused switch port

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RAID0

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Coming up in Chapter 3

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Discovering how a SAN works

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Moving data at the speed of light

Defining bandwidth
Looking at Fibre Channel protocols
Discovering world wide names
How SAN fabric addressing works
The fabric name server

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Questions?

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Storage Area Networks for Dummies now, by
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SAN for Dummies

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