Introduction to SAN and NAS

Title	Introduction to SAN and NAS
Course code	CM411-08-2023-C
Objective	It is difficult for entry level IT people to study SAN as it is usually a piece of mission critical equipment. This course is designed to address this issue. It introduces the key concepts in SAN (in particular, iSCSI SAN). It also provides hands-on opportunities working with SAN using an open source SAN appliance package OpenFiler. To be complete, NAS is also covered.
Content	Introduction to the components in FC SAN and iSCSI SAN. Requirements on the network components. Mounting a SAN volume in Windows (using iSCSI as an example). Booting from a SAN volume (no lab). Setting up a SAN (using openfiler as an example). Creating a SAN volume with RAID1, 5 or 6. Controlling access to a SAN volume. Creating and using snapshots. Setting up a high availability SAN cluster. Setting up remote replication for disaster recovery. Creating a Samba share. Creating an NFS share.
Assessment	Quizzes, Labs and Exams.
Target audience	Entry level IT people who would like learn more about SAN and NAS.
Prerequisite	Having administered a network or an OS. Hard disk concepts. RAID. TCP/IP. Please check the self-assessment.
Class size	18
Instructor	Microsoft certified Trainer(MCT), Oracle Certifited Professional (OCP), a result-driven IT professional experienced in hardware & network troubleshooting. Certified in MCITP,CCNA, Oracle OCP and ITIL v3 qualification. Has been teaching for CPTTM since 2004.
Instruction language	Cantonese
Handout language	Handouts partly in Chinese and partly in English
Duration	18 hours in 6 sessions
Schedule	18:45-21:45, from Aug 1, 2023 to Aug 19, 2023 every Tuesday, Saturday.
Fee	MOP1,300
Venue	Cyber-Lab (Rua Comandante Mata Oliveira, Ed. Associacao Industrial, 3-andar Macau)
Certificate	Certificate of Completion/Merit issued by CPTTM (with at least 80% attendance and passed the assessment).
PDAC code	Approved Course under the SAR Government "Continuing Education Development Program", Code: 2301100348-0
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