Course Introduction
Storage Networking Basic Concepts
Storage Networking Overview DAS, NAS, SAN & CAS
· Network vs. Storage
· Basic Storage Networks DAS, NAS, SAN, CAS
· LAN, MAN, AN, SmAN
· External & Internal SAN
· Virtual SCSI Cables P-SCSI, FC, SAS, Gigabit Ethernet
· SNIA Shared Storage Model
· Standards Organizations
Storage Networking Concepts
· Circuit Switch vs. Packet Switch
· Connection-Oriented vs. Connectionless
· Layered Protocols
· Flow Control
· Payload Integrity
· Names vs. Addresses
· Segmentation, Convergence & Reassembly
· Hardware Offload
IP Storage - Storage Networking & IP
· IP-Based DAS, NAS, SAN
· LAN vs. SAN Benefits
· LAN & SAN Information Flow Requirements
· Great Expectations
· TCP, IP, Ethernet Overview
· IP Storage Overview
· InfiniBand and IP Storage
IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC)
· IPFC Overview
· Data Structure
· Error Policy and ARP Handling
Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP)
· FC Fabric Merge
· FCIP Overview
· FCIP Data Structure
· Tunneling Requirements
· Errors & Timers
· Flow Control Considerations R-RDY & TCP Sliding Windows
· FCIP Issues
internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP)
· iFCP Overview
· iFCP Data Structure
· How iFCP Works?
· Name and Address Considerations
· iFCP Address Penalty
· iFCP Address Translation
· iFCP Issues
metro Fibre Channel Protocol (mFCP)
· mFCP Overview
· Why UDP for Campus?
internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI)
· iSCSI Overview
· iSCSI Data Structure
· iSCSI History
· Storage Bridge/Router
· Storage Gateways
· Traditional FC, NAS, and iSCSI Offload
· TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE) Overview
· SAN Performance Comparisons
· High Availability and Multi-Path Approaches

IP Storage Emerging Technologies
· Implementation & Standards
· SAN over IP Multicasting
· Z-SAN
iSCSI & the Internet Protocol Suite
iSCSI & the Internet Protocol Suite Architecture
· Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
· The Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)
· OSI vs. IPS vs. Fibre Channel
· iSCSI Definition
· iSCSI Data Structures
· TCP Segment Streaming
Transport Layer – TCP, UDP
· TCP & UDP Addressing
· Port Numbers & Sockets
· User Datagram Protocol UDP & UDP Header
· Transmission Control Protocol TCP & TCP Header
· 2 Armies Problem
· TCP Connections and Data Flow
· TCP Recovery – ACK and SACK
· TCP Timers
· TCP Flow Control – Sliding Windows
Internet Layer – IP
· Internet Protocol IP Overview
· IPv4 vs. IPv6
· IP Headers
· MTU and Fragmentation
· IP Names and Addresses
· Subnets, Supernets and CIDR
· IP Network Address Translation NAT
iSCSI & TCP/IP Offload Engines
· What is a TOE?
· Why are TOEs required?
· What are TOEs used for?
· The difference between TOEs
Network Interface Layer
· Ethernet
· Token Ring
· SLIP
· PPP
· X.25
· ISDN
· Frame Relay
· ATM
Network Interface Layer - Ethernet
· Ethernet Overview
· Ethernet Technology
· Ethernet Media
IP Storage & iSCSI Resources
· Standards
· IETF and IPS
· Web sites
· Books
Course Summary