IST 402: Fundamentals of Storage Area Networking
(Spring 2006)
Instructor: Brian H. Cameron – Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Office: 104L IST Building
Office Hours: Monday 8:30-10:00 AM, Wednesday 8:30-10:00AM, other times by appointment
Telephone: 865-8713
E-mail: bcameron@ist.psu.edu
This course is designed to
introduce students to storage networking issues and technologies. This
course will focus on applying technologies and concepts to real-world
problems in the area of storage networking. Existing partnerships
with storage networking consulting firms and storage hardware and software
vendors will be leveraged to provide real-world exposure to different
storage networking technologies. A major component of the course
will be a team-based project, along with many in-class
assignments (often done in a team), so class attendance is mandatory.
The class meets in room 202 IST, 1:25-4:25, Fridays.
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Upon completion of the course, the student will understand:
We will be using ANGEL, Penn State’s online course management system throughout the semester. It will be the primary mode of communication for this course. To access IST 402 information online go to the ANGEL Web site http://cms.psu.edu and logon using your PSU username and password. All necessary updates and/or changes to the course will be reflected in the online course management system. Detailed instructions on how to use the system will be reviewed in class.
| Assignments & Exams | Points (Weight) | Description |
| Exercise # 1 | 20 | See exercise 1 description |
| Exercise # 2 | 20 | See exercise 2 description |
| Exercise #3 | 20 | See exercise 3 description |
| Final Team Project Deliverables | 40 | Choose one of two team options |
| Final Class Presentation | 25 | Team project presentation to the class |
| Team Member Evaluation | 15 | Each student will be evaluated by his or her own team members and assigned a grade based on the quality of their participation and contribution to the team’s efforts. |
| Class Participation | 10 | Class participation will be evaluated based on completion of course questionnaires & attendance |
| Mid Term Exam | 25 | |
| Final Exam | 25 | |
| Total | 200 |
A 94-100; A- 93-90; B+ 89-86; B 85-82; B- 81-79; C+ 78-76; C 75-70; D 69-60; F 59-0
| Week | Topic | Readings | Assignments |
| 1 – 1/13/06 | Understanding the storage network market | ||
| 2 – 1/20/06 | Storage Networking Architectures | Online content: Storage Network Architectures | |
| 3 – 1/27/06 | Storage Networking Architectures (cont.) | Farley, chapters 4 & 5 | |
| 4 – 2/3/06 | Fibre Channel Technology | Online content: Fibre Channel Technology | Exercise #1 |
| 5 – 2/10/06 | Fibre Channel Technology (cont.) | Farley, chapters 8 & 9 | |
| 6 – 2/17/06 | Emerging Storage Networking Alternatives to Fibre Channel | Online content: Emerging Technologies | Exercise #2 |
| 7 – 2/24/06 | Storage Networking Applications | Online content: Storage Networking Applications | Midterm Exam (in-class) |
| 8 – 3/3/06 | Lab Time for Group Projects | ||
| 9 – 3/10/06 | No Class (Spring Break) | ||
| 10 – 3/17/06 | Storage Networking Applications (cont.) | Farley, chapters 10 & 11 | |
| 11 – 3/24/06 | Storage Management | Online content: Storage Management | Exercise #3 |
| 12 – 3/31/06 | Storage Management (cont.) | Farley, chapters 12 & 13 | |
| 13 – 4/7/06 | Storage Networking Maintenance and Optimization | Online content: Maintenance and Optimization | |
| 14 – 4/14/06 | Maintenance and Optimization (cont.) | Farley, chapters 14, 15 & 16 | |
| 15 – 4/21/06 | The Future of Storage Networking | Online content: The Future of SANs | Final Proj. Deliverables
Project Presentations |
| 16 – 4/28/06 | The Future of Storage Networking (cont.) | Final Exam (in-class)
Team Member Evals. |
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but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, fabrication of information
or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, unauthorized
possession of examinations, submitting work
of another person, or work previously used without informing the instructor,
or tampering with the academic work of other students.
Any violation of academic integrity
will be investigated, and where warranted, punitive action will be taken.
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and the student, and then submitted to the Senior Associate Dean.
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