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IST 402: Fundamentals of Storage Area Networking (Spring 2006) Instructor Information 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> bcameron@ist.psu.edu Course Overview 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. Course Materials (Required) Farley, M. (2005). Storage Networking Fundamentals: An Introduction to Storage Devices, Subsystems, Applications, Management, and File Systems. Cisco Press. Indianapolis, IN. ISBN: 1-58705-162-1 Readings provided by instructor On-line Storage Networking Course at:<http://solutions.ist.psu.edu/exchange/online_ist/general/OIST_7100_syllabus.html> http://solutions.ist.psu.edu /exchange/online_ist/general /OIST_7100_syllabus.html Additional Course Resources Safari Tech Books Online - contains most of the technical books you d find at the Barnes and Nobel book store - complete text and free to PSU faculty and students. Follow this URL to find Safari and a wealth of free technical books on-line (full text and code samples) <http://www.lias.psu.edu/alallpsu.html> http://www.lias.psu.edu /alallpsu.html Scroll down to Safari, select it, the press "go there" button Consulting Resource Portal – Links to a variety of technical tutorials, white papers, and other resources <http://ist.psu.edu/currentstudents/studentservices/resources/portal/index.cfm?pageID=675> http://ist.psu.edu/currentstude nts/studentservices/resources /portal/index.cfm?pageID=675 Course Objectives Upon completion of the course, the student will understand: The value of information today The business needs that storage networking addresses Trends and opportunities within the industry Key applications and markets The storage networking value proposition The leading industry vendors The components of a Direct-Attached Storage (DAS) The components of a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) The components of a Storage Area Network (SAN) The various SAN topologies The various storage networking solutions Fibre Channel architecture Storage-over-IP technologies: FCIP, iFCP, and iSCSI InfiniBand How emerging storage networking technologies could have a dramatic impact on the storage networking industry in the near future Server clustering High-availability configurations Backup and disaster recovery Data replication Three techniques for managing volume allocation HSM and virtualization Application-aware resource management Some of the important considerations for choosing management solutions The SAN components that require periodic revision level upgrades The common challenges in performing firmware upgrades Basic networking monitoring tasks Performance considerations for Fibre Channel arbitrated loops High-availability fabric topologies and their strengths and limitations Active/passive and active/active high-availability configurations Application performance considerations The key challenges in backup and recovery management Storage Networking Technologies Interoperability Issues Functionality Issues Course Web Site 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> 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. Evaluation <> 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 Grading Scale 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 Course Outline The course outline is subject to change based on guest lecturer scheduling requirements and other factors. All students will be notified of updates to the course outline (primarily via Angel e-mail). <> 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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