Storage+
CompTIA Storage+ is a vendor-neutral certification program validating the skills required of professionals working in the IT Storage industry. CompTIA Storage+ Motorized by SNIA incorporates the global certification development and management capabilities of CompTIA with the insight and technical leadership of the SNIA providing a references that is widely recognized as the standard for validating knowledge and skills necessary in data storage management.
CompTIA Storage+ Powered by SNIA measures skills applicable in a variety of IT industry domains, including data storage and system administration, IT architecture, pre-sales consultancy, out-sourcing, system integrationnetwork engineering and cloud services data and system management.
Audience
A minimum of 12 months hands-on technical storage experience.
Prerequisites
The recommended pre-requisite to join ComPTIA Storage+ have prior knowledge of Computer Hardware, Networking and basic understanding of storage concepts.
Duration:
PartTime : 60 Days (2 hrs./day)
FullTime : 30 Days ( 4 hrs./day)
Course Outline:
Basic Concepts:
- Networks vs. Storage.
- Capacity.
- Network Links.
- Storage.
- Servers.
- Network Devices.
- DAS, NAS, SAN, FAN & Hybrids.
- External vs. Internal SANs.
- Blocks, Files & Objects Overview.
- Storage.
Fiber Channel Technologies:
- FC Overview.
- FC Topologies.
- FC Names & Addresses.
- FC Names & Addresses NPIV.
- FC Architecture.
- FC Architecture Overview.
- FC-0.
- FC-1.
- FC-2.
- FC-Services.
- FC-3.
- FC-4 SCSI & IP.
Networking Concepts:
- Introduction to Networking.
- What is a layered stack?.
- Data Structures.
- Physical Transport Networks.
- Simplex and Duplex.
- Network Models.
- Circuit & Packet Switch.
- Bus, Loop & Expanse.
- Connection-Oriented vs. Connectionless.
- Bit Rate, Bandwidth, Latency and Throughput.
- Ports and PHYs.
- Names & Addresses.
- Flow Control.
- Segmentation & Offload.
Storage Concepts:
- Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
- Solid State Drive (SSD).
- Tape.
- JBOD.
- Storage Arrays.
- LUN Presentation.
- LUN Aggregation.
- Dynamic LUN Expansion.
- Thick & This Provisioning.
- Persistent Binding.
- RAID levels.
- Combined RAID Levels.
- MAID.
Fibre Channel Components:
- HBAs and CNAs.
- FC Hubs & Loop Switches.
- FC Bridges, Routers & Gateways.
- FC Fabric Switches.
- Switches.
- Switch Fabric Design.
- Switch Fabric Pathing.
- Switch Fabric Zoning & LUN Masking.
- Switch Virtual Fabrics.
- FC Animations.
Data Protection:
- Backup & Recovery Overview.
- Technologies Overview.
- Methods & Levels.
- Snapshots & Replication.
- Networking.
- Virtual Tape Library (VTL).
- Continuous Data Protection (CDP).
- Data DeDuplication.
System Interface Technologies:
- PCIe.
- InfiniBand.
Storage Technologies:
- SCSI Storage Overview.
- P-SCSI.
- SAS.
- SATA.
- Networks.
IP Storage & ISCSI Technologies:
- Storage Networking & IP.
- IP over FC (IPFC).
- Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP).
- Metropolitan Fibre Channel Protocol (mFCP).
- Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP).
- Internet SCSI Protocol (iSCSI).
- Metropolitan Fibre Channel Protocol (mFCP).
- Data Center Networks - Converged Enhanced Ethernet and Data Center Bridging (CEE & DCB).
- Data Center Networks - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
Storage Network Performance:
- Performance Prelude.
- Flow Control.
- FC Arbitrated Loop.
- FC Fabric.
- Fragmentation.
- Tools.
Troubleshooting:
- Storage Networking Troubleshooting.
- Storage Networking Environmental.
- Storage Networking Troubleshooting Tools.
- Applications.