The goal of this course is to teach field service and technical support technicians the skills necessary to install, configure, and perform first-line maintenance on the SGI® storage area networks (SANs) solution.

Topics Covered

• Introduction
• SAN overview
• Hardware installation
• IP address assignment and software configuration
• Command line interface
• Cascading and zoning
• Web tools
• Trunking and fabric watch
• Route analysis and fabric tuning
• Heterogeneous environment fault isolation

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Install the Qlogic® adapter boards into the SGI host systems
• Cable the adapter boards, switches, and classroom RAID into specific system configurations
• Configure the Brocade® switches to support specific system configurations
• Configure ISL trunking and fabric watch
• Identify the field replaceable units (FRUs)

Prerequisites

Students must understand Fibre Channel protocol and terminology, be able to identify general Fibre Channel and RAID hardware components, and be able to explain RAID technology.

Format

Instructor led (lecture/lab)

Class Hours

Class starts at 9:00 AM. The course dates and times will be included in the confirmation notice you receive from SGI after you register.