CompTIA® Storage+ Powered by SNIA - Part 2

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Video Title	Minutes
00: CompTIA® Storage+ Part 2 - Course Introduction	10
01: Fibre Channel (FC) Benefits	18
02: FC Organization	24
03: FC Components	17
04: FC Topologies	26
05: FC Names & Addresses	17
06: Storage: Names and Addresses	11
07: FC Node Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)	17
08: FC Architecture Overview	23
08 Demo: SAN Lab Tour	8
09: FC Level-0 Components	20
10: FC Level-0 Links	10
11: FC Level-1 Scrambling and 8b/10b Encode/Decode	21
12: FC Level-1 Transmission Words	18
13: FC Level-1 Port State Machine (PSM) and Loop Port State Machine (LPSM)	15
14: FC Level-2 Data Structures and Session Management	31
15: FC Level-2 Session Management Functions	23
16: FC Level-2 Class of Service and Flow Control	20
17: FC Level-2 Error Recovery and Sequences	25
18: FC Architecture Services	14
19: FC Session Services	22
20: FC Level-3 Common Services	10
21: FC Level-4 SCSI over Fibre Channel Function	25
22: FC Level-4 SCSI over Fibre Channel Recovery	22
23: FC Level-4 IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC)	10
24: Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)	16
25: FC Hubs & Loop Switches	10
26: FC Bridges, Routers & Gateways	9
27: Switches Overview	24
28: Fabric Switches Design	18
29: Fabric Switches Pathing	20
30: Fabric Switches Zoning Configuration	15
31: Fabric Switches Zoning Enforcement	14
32: FC Fabric Routers	12
33: FC Virtual Fabrics	24
Total:	10 hours 19 minutes

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Course Materials

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• Student Guide
• Lab Setup and Exercise Guide
• Quiz Guide
• Information and Links document
• Exam Objectives
• Student Exam Tip Guide

Related Links

• Course Survey
• Bonus Course: Networking Concepts
• CompTIA Storage+ Certification website
• SNIA website

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Description

If you are involved in storage or want to become a storage master, then you will want to get in on this phenomenal opportunity to become storage trained and certified. CompTIA®’s new industry standard certification, Storage+, certifies your storage practitioner expertise and sets you apart from the crowd. This Storage+ course has been certified by CompTIA® as CompTIA® Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC) and maps to the Storage+ Exam (Code SG0-001).

CompTIA® Storage+ Part 2 explores Fibre Channel technologies and components, and delves into the network aspects of storage. Fibre Channel is the jump off point for this module as it has been the driving force for Storage Area Networks from the late 90’s and into the 21st century. You will begin by understanding the benefits of Fibre Channel separating myth from reality and then go into the details of how software, firmware and hardware play a role in FC solutions, looking at each layer of the architecture as well including FC-0, 1, 2, 3 and FC Level 4.

Topics include:

• Lower level electrical and optical signaling, connectors and cabling
• Operating system interfaces with the Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
• Converting SCSI information into signals that move across the infrastructure between a server and storage controller
• Work flow management constructs like Exchanges, Sequences and Frames
• Services offered and requested from adapter firmware and in a FC switched fabric
• How session relationships, logons, occur and why
• How error recovery takes place in the FC network
• FC switches and the fabric it provides
• Switch configuration and design
• Pathing, routing, load balancing, load sharing and trunking techniques used by FC fabric switches
• All aspects of security, access mechanisms, fabric routers and virtual fabrics

With the purchase of this course, you receive a bonus course on Networking Concepts! This course will round out your knowledge on basic networking fundamentals. You'll find the link in the Related Links section of the Downloads Tab.

Objectives

As a result of taking this course, you will be able to:

• Describe what FC benefits can be achieved in a storage network infrastructure as well as what isn’t achieved while Understanding the FC roadmap and the basic structure of FC technologies
• Explain the differences between a FC Node, Port, Transceiver and bit rate as well as the function of the FC WWNN, WWPN and FCID vs. the MAC ID
• Understand when to use FC Topologies including Point-to-Point, FC Arbitrated Loop and FC Fabric both inside and outside of a storage array
• Identify FC-0 functions such as media, connectors and data rate and distinguish between issues that are electrical vs. optical and the benefits of Single Mode vs. Multi-Mode fiber
• Understand the FC-1 functions of Ordered Sets, 8b-10b encode/decode and scrambling functions
• Examine FC-2 Exchange, Sequence and Frame processing including flow control and class of service
• Describe the different types of Basic, Extended and Switch Services offered to FC devices and understand the role of FLOGI, PLOGI, PRLI and RSCN and examine the function of the Host Bus and Storage Adapter
• Identify the function of FC Hubs, Loop Switches, Fabric Switches and Directors, Bridges, Routers or Gateways
• Be able to design a FC fabric considering design issues such as locality, Fan0in and Fan-out ratios and configuration of automatic failover, load sharing and trunking
• Configure Zoning and zoning enforcement requirements as well as implement FC Routers and Virtual Fabrics

 

Related Training

• CompTIA® Storage+ Part 1
• CompTIA® Storage+ Part 3
• CompTIA® Storage+ Part 4

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CompTIA® Storage+ Powered by SNIA - Part 2 Outline

Module 00: CompTIA® Storage+ Part 2 - Course Introduction

Module 01: Fibre Channel (FC) Benefits

• What is Fibre Channel?
• FC Components
• FC Benefits

Module 02: FC Organization

• FC Origin
• FC Roadmap
• FC Structure
• FC Organization Quiz

Module 03: FC Components

• FC Nodes
• FC Ports
• FC World Wide Names (WWN)

Module 04: FC Topologies

• Point-to-Point (P-T-P)
• FC Arbitrated Loop (FCAL)
• FC Fabric
• FC Trace Analysis 1 Demo

Module 05: FC Names & Addresses

• FC World Wide Node Name (WWNN) and World Wide Port Name (WWPN)
• FC WWN Formats
• FC Addressing and Routing

Module 06: Storage: Names and Addresses

• P-SCSI
• SC and SCAL
• SAS
• iSCSI

Module 07: FC Node Port ID Virtualization (NPIV)

• NPIV Login
• NPIV Protocol
• NPIV Concentrator
• FC Trace Analysis 2 Demo

Module 08: FC Architecture Overview

• FC Levels
• Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) vs. FC
• FC System Architecture
• Internet Protocol (IP) Architecture

Module 08 Demo: SAN Lab Tour

Module 09: FC Level-0 Components

• Parallel vs. Serial
• Connecters
• Optical vs. Electrical
• FC SAN Host Demo

Module 10: FC Level-0 Links

• Single Mode vs. Multi-Mode Fiber
• Variants
• Speed Negotiation

Module 11: FC Level-1 Scrambling and 8b/10b Encode/Decode

• Ordered Sets
• Scrambling
• 8b/10b Encode/Decode
• “The Chicken and the Egg”
• FC Level-1 Scrambling and 8b/10b Encode/Decode Quiz

Module 12: FC Level-1 Transmission Words

• Frame Delimiters
• Primitive Signals
• Primitive Sequences

Module 13: FC Level-1 Port State Machine (PSM) and Loop Port State Machine (LPSM)

• PSM
• LPSM
• FCAL
• FC Level-1 Port State Machine (PSM) and Loop Port State Machine (LPSM) Quiz

Module 14: FC Level-2 Data Structures and Session Management

• Exchanges
• Sequences
• Frames

Module 15: FC Level-2 Session Management Functions

• FC Level-2 SCSI Operations-Exchange
• FC Level-2 SCSI Operations-Sequence
• FC Level-2 SCSI Operations-Frames
• Trace Analysis 3 Demo

Module 16: FC Level-2 Class of Service and Flow Control

• Class of Service
• Flow Control
• Long Distance Flow Control

Module 17: FC Level-2 Error Recovery and Sequences

• Error Policies
• Error Timers
• Sequences
• Switch HBA Server Lab

Module 18: FC Architecture Services

• Basic Link Services
• Extended Link Services
• Session Services Introduction

Module 19: FC Session Services

• Fabric Login (FLOGI)
• Node Port Login (PLOGI)
• Process Login (PRLOGI)
• Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)
• Trace Analysis 04

Module 20: FC Level-3 Common Services

• Common Services
• Security
• Registered State Change Notification (RSCN)

Module 21: FC Level-4 SCSI over Fibre Channel Function

• IP Upper Level Protocols
• SCSI Architecture
• SCSI FC Protocol (FCP) Basics
• FC Storage Array Lab Exercise

Module 22: FC Level-4 SCSI over Fibre Channel Recovery

• Information Units (IUs)
• Information Sets
• Error Recovery Examples

Module 23: FC Level-4 IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC)

• IPFC Protocol
• IPFC Routing
• IPFC Services
• FC Level-4 IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC) Quiz

Module 24: Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)

• Vendors
• HBA Function
• CAN Function

Module 25: FC Hubs & Loop Switches

• Hubs
• Loop Switches
• FC Hubs & Loop Switches Quiz

Module 26: FC Bridges, Routers & Gateways

• Vendors
• Bridges and Switches
• Gateways

Module 27: Switches Overview

• Vendors
• Capabilities
• Services
• Directors vs. Switches
• Switches Overview Quiz

Module 28: Fabric Switches Design

• Mesh
• Fabric Configurations
• Core-Edge
• Fan In, Fan Out
• Locality

Module 29: Fabric Switches Pathing

• Automatic Failover
• Path Methodologies
• Load Sharing
• Trunking
• Fabric Switches Pathing Quiz

Module 30: Fabric Switches Zoning Configuration

• LUN Masking
• Zoning Configuration Elements
• WWNN, WWPN, Port ID, and Mixed
• Zoning Terminology
• Zoning Best Practices

Module 31: Fabric Switches Zoning Enforcement

• Hard Zoning
• Soft Zoning
• Zoning Confusion
• FC Switch Lab

Module 32: FC Fabric Routers

• Fabric Expansion
• Single Fabric
• Multiple Fabrics
• Network Address Translation (NAT)

Module 33: FC Virtual Fabrics

• Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)
• Virtual Fabrics (VFs)
• Shared Inter-switch Links (S-ISLs)
• Demo: Zoning Lab

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Module 01: Introduction to Networking

• Terminology
• Protocols and Standards
• Networking Advantages and Disadvantages
• Networking Requirements
• Anys
• Architecture

Module 02: What is a Layered Stack?

• Layers
• OSI
• World Wide Web (www)

Module 03: Data Structures

• Protocol Data Units (PDU)
• Headers and Trailers
• IP Storage PDU

Module 04: Physical Transport Networks

• Topologies
• LAN
• Backbone Networks
• Interconnection Devices

Module 05: Duplex, Switching and Connections

• Duplex
• Network Models
• Circuit and Packet Switching
• Connection-Oriented vs. Connectionless

Module 06: Bit Rate, Bandwidth, Latency and Throughput

• Parallel vs. Serial
• What about Speed?
• Protocol Performance Data
• Throughput-Bandwidth
• Back to the Future

Module 07: Ports and Phys

• Ports
• Phys

Module 08: Names vs. Addresses

• Ethernet
• Name, Address and Route
• Mailing, Pickup and Delivery
• WWN Formats
• Routing

Module 09: Flow Control: SAS and Fibre Channel

• SAS
• Fibre Channel
• FCAL

Module 10: Flow Control: TCP/IP and Ethernet

• TCP Sliding Windows
• Ethernet Pause
• Shortest Path First
• Priority Flow Control

Module 11: Segmentation and Offload

• Traditional FC SAN
• Traditional NAS
• iSCSI Full Offload
• Not All TOEs are Created Equal

Module 12: Bus, Loop, and Expanse

• Bus
• Loop
• Expanse

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Prerequisites

The exam is targeted toward IT storage professionals with at least twelve months of experience. Though it is not required, CompTIA® A+, CompTIA® Network+ or CompTIA® Security+ certification is recommended.

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Certification

 

This course has been certified by CompTIA as CompTIA Authorized Quality Curriculum (CAQC). It is the only authorized SNIA-sponsored course. This course maps to Storage+ Exam, Code SGO-001.

 

Exam vouchers can be purchased from the CompTIA Marketplace for the exam. Vouchers are only available for purchase and use at a Pearson VUE test center in North America. Once you place your order, you will receive a confirmation e-mail from CompTIA. This e-mail includes your exam voucher number -- you need this number to register for your exam. It is important that you provide a valid e-mail address and that your system does not block messages from CompTIA.

 

For all other countries, follow the steps below, making payment as indicated in step 3.

Once you have purchased your voucher, you may register for the exam through Pearson VUE Testing Centers.

1. Visit their site to find the closest testing center to you.

2. Create an online account with Pearson VUE to register for the exam and store your information with the testing center.

3. Schedule the exam online with the testing center of your choice. You can also register by phone or by contacting the testing center directly. You will be required to enter your voucher number or provide payment information at registration.

4. You will receive e-mail confirmation of your registration including any additional details you may need from the testing center.

 

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