IBM SAN survival guide / [Jon Tate ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tate, Jon.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storage area networks (Computer networks).

Computer storage devices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (662 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Front cover""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Notices""; ""Trademarks""; ""Preface""; ""The team that wrote this redbook""; ""Become a published author""; ""Comments welcome""; ""Summary of changes""; ""August 2003, Second Edition""; ""Part 1 Survival tactics""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Beyond disaster recovery""; ""1.1.1 Whose responsibility is it?""; ""1.1.2 The Internet brings increased risks""; ""1.1.3 Planning for business continuity""; ""1.2 Using a SAN for business continuance""; ""1.2.1 SANs and business continuance""; ""1.3 SAN business benefits""

""1.3.1 Storage consolidation and sharing of resources""""1.3.2 Data sharing""; ""1.3.3 Non-disruptive scalability for growth""; ""1.3.4 Improved backup and recovery""; ""1.3.5 High performance""; ""1.3.6 High availability server clustering""; ""1.3.7 Improved disaster tolerance""; ""1.3.8 Allow selection of “best of breed� storage""; ""1.3.9 Ease of data migration""; ""1.3.10 Reduced total costs of ownership""; ""1.3.11 Storage resources match e-business enterprise needs""; ""Chapter 2. SAN fabric components""; ""2.1 ASIC technology""; ""2.2 Fiber optic interconnects""

""2.2.1 Small Form Factor Optical Transceivers""""2.2.2 Gigabit Interface Converters""; ""2.2.3 Gigabit Link Modules""; ""2.2.4 Media Interface Adapters""; ""2.2.5 1x9 transceivers""; ""2.2.6 Fibre Channel adapter cable""; ""2.3 Fibre Channel ports""; ""2.3.1 Port types""; ""2.4 SAN topologies""; ""2.4.1 Point-to-point""; ""2.4.2 Arbitrated loop""; ""2.4.3 Logins""; ""2.4.4 Switched fabric""; ""2.4.5 WWN and WWPN""; ""2.4.6 Zoning""; ""2.4.7 Expanding the fabric""; ""2.5 SAN software management standards""; ""2.5.1 Application management""; ""2.5.2 Data management""

""2.5.3 Resource management""""2.5.4 Network management""; ""2.5.5 Element management""; ""2.5.6 Storage Management Initiative""; ""2.5.7 InfiniBand""; ""2.6 Fabric management methods""; ""2.6.1 Common methods""; ""2.6.2 Hardware setup for switch management""; ""2.6.3 Managing with Telnet""; ""2.7 SAN standards""; ""2.7.1 SAN industry associations and organizations""; ""2.7.2 List of evolved Fibre Channel standards""; ""Chapter 3. SAN features""; ""3.1 Fabric implementation""; ""3.1.1 Blocking""; ""3.1.2 Ports""; ""3.1.3 Inter-Switch Links""; ""3.1.4 RSCN""; ""3.2 Classes of service""

""3.2.1 Class 1""""3.2.2 Class 2""; ""3.2.3 Class 3""; ""3.2.4 Class 4""; ""3.2.5 Class 5""; ""3.2.6 Class 6""; ""3.2.7 Class F""; ""3.2.8 Communication""; ""3.2.9 Solutions""; ""3.3 Distance""; ""3.3.1 Dark fiber""; ""3.3.2 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing""; ""3.3.3 Primary and secondary routes""; ""3.4 Time-out values""; ""3.4.1 Time-out value settings""; ""3.5 Buffers""; ""3.6 Data protection""; ""3.6.1 RAID""; ""3.6.2 Mirroring""; ""3.6.3 Clustering""; ""3.6.4 Dual pathing""; ""3.7 SAN platforms""; ""3.7.1 zSeries and S/390""; ""3.7.2 pSeries""; ""3.7.3 xSeries""; ""3.7.4 iSeries""

""3.8 Security""

Notes:

"August 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

923146194