Overview

A concise guide to an exciting new technology that is bringing SANs into mainstream IP networking. --Jayshree Ullal, Group Vice President/General Manager, Cisco Systems IP SANs provides a comprehensive overview of the next-generation storage area networks, with concrete examples of how customers can deploy cost-effective and highly scalable IP storage solutions. --Ahmad Zamer, Product Line Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation An essential reference for understanding the benefits that IP networking provides for SANs, including quality of service, security, and wide-area connectivity for storage. --John L. Hufferd, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBMIP storage and networking have traditionally resided in two distinct worlds. Networking professionals from an Internet Protocol (IP) internetworking background are usually not familiar with storage issues, and storage administrators may be unfamiliar with IP internetworking. With IP storage networking, network professionals dealing with storage area networks (SANs) now have an integrated option for improved data storage. IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks explains these new IP technologies that enable SANs to keep up with today's networking needs, detailing the various storage solutions that are created when both disciplines are combined.As more corporations take part in e-commerce and global data sharing, the need for more efficient data storage is increasing. SANs address this need for a more powerful means of storing and retrieving mass amounts of data. Until recently, SANs were based on the Fibre Channel technology, which, for years, has provided the industry with flexible, high-performance block data access for storage applications. However, network professionals are now looking for ways to implement SANs using the more familiar TCP/IP and Ethernet technologies. IP SANs provides an overview of these technologies, focusing on practical implementations, an understanding of existing data access paradigms, and the significant innovations of IP-based SANs. Covering the basic architecture and products, along with management strategies for professionals in IP SAN environments, this book outlines how to meet the growing data storage needs of today's marketplace.IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks is a targeted and timely account of the changing internetworking environment. Technology development requires both cooperation and competition. By combining storage capabilities with networking technologies, businesses will now be able to reap the benefits that only IP storage can provide. 0201752778B11262001

Full Product Details

Author:   Tom Clark
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Addison Wesley
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9780201752779

ISBN 10:   0201752778
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   07 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Chapter Summary.) Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Shared Storage. Captive Storage. The SNIA Shared Storage Model. Storage Networking Layers. Serial Transport. Access Method. Addressing. Packetizing of Data. Routing of Packets. Upper Layer Protocol Support. 3. Storage Networking Building Blocks. Storage Networking Terminology. RAID. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBODs). Tape Subsystems. SCSI over IP-to-Parallel SCSI Bridges. Host Adapters. Legacy SCSI Cabling. Network-Attached Storage. Fibre Channel. Fibre Channel Layers. FC-0 - Fibre Channel Physical Layer. FC-1 - Fibre Channel Link Controls and Data Encoding. FC-2 - Fibre Channel Framing, Flow Control and Class of Service. FC-3 - Common Services. FC-4 - Fibre Channel Upper Layer Protocol. Fibre Channel Topologies. Gigabit Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet Layers. 802.1Q VLAN Tagging. 802.1p/Q Frame Prioritization. 802.3x Flow Control. 802.3ad Link Aggregation. Gigabit Ethernet Physical Layer Considerations. Assumptions for IP-based SANs. 4. SCSI PROTOCOL. Operating Systems and SCSI I/O. The SCSI Architectural Model (SAM-2). 5. THE INTERNET PROTOCOL - IP. Layer 2. Layer 2 Bridging. Spanning Tree. Layer 3 - IP. IP Addressing. Subnet Masking. Address Resolution Protocol. IP Routing. IP Network Example. IP Routers and IP Switches. Other IP Considerations. 6. User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Layer 4 - UDP. Connectionless Service. UDP Port Numbers. UDP Header. UDP for IP Storage Applications. 7. Transmission Control Protocol. TCP. TCP Header. Establishing TCP Connections. TCP Segment Size. TCP Sliding Window and Congestion Control. TCP Error Recovery. Upper Layer Interface. 8. IP Storage Networking. Standards-based IP Storage Protocols. The IETF and IPS Working Group. Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP). FCIP and Timeout Values. FCIP SAN Interfaces. FCIP Error Handling. FCIP Flow Control. FCIP Quality of Service. FCIP Framing. FCIP Issues. Internet Fibre Channel Protocol - iFCP. iFCP Network Architecture. iFCP Addressing. iFCP Fabric Service Emulation. iFCP and TCP Connection Control. iFCP Error Handling. iFCP Security. iFCP Issues. Metro Fibre Channel Protocol - mFCP. Internet SCSI - iSCSI. iSCSI Network Architecture. iSCSI Protocol Layering Model. iSCSI Address and Naming Conventions. iSCSI Session Management. iSCSI Error Handling. iSCSI Security. iSCSI Issues. 9. Internet Storage Name Server. Discovery. Device Discovery in Fibre Channel. Discovery in IP Storage Networks. iSNS Features. iSNS Discovery Process. iSNS State Change Notification and Entity Status Inquiry. iSNS Objects. iSNS Security. 10. Security in IP Storage Networks. Securing Storage Data Transport. Security in Fibre Channel SANs. Port Zoning. World Wide Name Zoning. LUN Masking. Security in IP Storage Networks. Discovery Domains. LUN Masking. VLAN Tagging. IPSec. Access Control Lists (ACLs). 11. QOS for IP Storage Networks. Class of Service and Quality of Service. 802.1p Traffic Prioritization. Type of Service (TOS). Differentiated Services (DiffServ). Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP). Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). 12. Infiniband. InfiniBand Architecture. InfiniBand and Storage Networking. 13. IP Storage Applications. IP Storage in Data Center Applications. Server Clustering. Local Tape Backup. Storage Consolidation. IP Storage for Remote Applications. Remote Backup. Remote Mirroring. SRDF. Disaster Recovery. Content Distribution. 14. Conclusion. Great Expectations. Prerequisites for Successful IP Storage Deployment. Standards Compliance. Interoperability. Performance. Management. Integration with Other Storage Technologies. IP Storage Futures. Appendix A. IP Storage & Related Vendors. Appendix B. Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). Bibliography. Glossary. Index. 0201752778T08092001

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Tom Clark is Director of Technical Marketing for Vixel Corporation, a manufacturer of Fibre Channel transceivers, hubs, fabric switches, and SAN management software. During his 15-year career in system engineering, he has gained extensive experience in data communications and internetworking, has published numerous articles on Fibre Channel technology, and has presented papers at several conferences, including Fibre Channel Technologies Conference and Expo. 0201752778AB12242002

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