EMC Proven Professional Storage Technologist Exam E20-001 Curriculum Outline
Introduction to Storage Technology
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce the challenges presented by data management and differentiate between the key storage media, components, requirements, constraints, and solutions for managing data
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)1.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesIntroduction to Storage Technology
- recognize how information availability can create a competitive advantage for a business and identify the advantages of networked storage for meeting the challenges of enterprise data management.
- distinguish between the common storage media devices and the different models for connecting storage devices.
- select a data storage solution to meet a given set of business requirements, in a given scenario.
- identify the core elements of a data center infrastructure and their role in supporting business activities.
- identify the requirements of storage systems for supporting business activities and recognize the challenges and constraints when managing the storage systems of a data center.
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Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the role of the key physical and logical components in the architecture of a storage environment and differentiate between the benefits and advantages of the IDE/ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel storage interfaces
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)1.25 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesStorage System Architecture
- recognize how data typically flows within the host environment of a storage system.
- select the most appropriate communication protocol to connect a host to its internal storage, in a given scenario.
- recognize the key physical and logical components that connect hosts to external storage.
- distinguish between the physical and logical components of storage system environments and between the benefits and advantages of the IDE/ATA, SCSI, and Fibre Channel storage interfaces.
Back to ListPhysical Disks and RAID Arrays
Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the roles of the physical components and logical constructs in organizing and accessing data on hard disks and determine the most appropriate RAID solution to meet specific requirements
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesPhysical Disks and RAID Arrays
- recognize the role of the key physical components and structures and the logical constructs for organizing data on a disk.
- recognize the factors that impact the performance of a disk drive and how disk drive reliability is determined.
- differentiate between the physical components and the physical structures and logical constructs used to organize and provide access to data on hard disks.
- identify the benefits of using a RAID set and differentiate between striping, mirroring, and parity.
- select an appropriate configuration for a RAID set, in a given scenario.
- determine the most appropriate fault tolerance solution for given scenarios.
Back to ListIntelligent Storage Systems
Overview/DescriptionTo identify the key physical components and logical elements in an intelligent storage system and recognize their role in I/O flow through the environment
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)1.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesIntelligent Storage Systems
- distinguish between integrated and modular storage systems and between the physical and logical elements of an intelligent storage system.
- recognize how cache operates in an intelligent storage system.
- recognize the basic architecture and features of the EMC CLARiiON and EMC Symmetrix DMX series storage arrays.
- recognize the architecture of an intelligent storage system and how the algorithms for managing cache can determine I/O flow through the storage system.
Back to ListNetwork Storage Systems
Overview/DescriptionTo introduce the features and functionality of DAS and NAS, and recognize enterprise environments that would benefit from DAS-based and NAS-based storage solutions
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesNetwork Storage Systems
- recognize environments that would benefit from a DAS-based solution, and identify the physical components and connectivity options of DAS.
- recognize how DAS is managed internally and externally, list the factors that affect DAS performance, and identify the limitations of a DAS storage solution.
- identify the benefits and components of NAS, and recognize how file I/O requests are handled in a NAS environment.
- differentiate between the issues involved in managing different types of NAS implementation, and identify the appropriate NAS implementation for a given scenario.
- determine the appropriate NAS solution for a given enterprise scenario.
- describe EMCs implementation of Network Attached Storage.
Back to ListFiber Channel Storage Attached Networks
Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the role of the key physical and logical components in the Fibre Channel SAN architecture, distinguish between Fibre Channel SAN topologies, identify whats involved in managing the SAN environment, and introduce the challenges associated with implementing a Fibre Channel SAN solution
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesFibre Channel Storage Area Networks
- recognize the features, benefits, and components of a Fibre Channel SAN.
- recognize the features of Fibre Channel and understand the role of fabric addressing and fabric logins in providing communication between nodes in a SAN.
- distinguish between Fibre Channel topologies.
- differentiate between Fibre Channel components and their role in the SAN architecture, and determine the appropriate SAN topology for a scenario.
- recognize the activities and considerations involved in managing the SAN environment.
- recognize considerations for implementing a SAN environment.
- determine the appropriate Fibre Channel SAN storage solution for a given enterprise scenario.
- distinguish between the advantages of EMC Connectrix Family Switches and Directors.
Back to ListIP SANs and Content Addressed Storage
Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the architecture, features, and business applications of IP Storage Area Networks (IP SANs) and Content Addressed Storage (CAS) systems
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)1.75 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesIP SANs and Content Addressed Storage
- recognize the benefits of IP SAN and the three protocol options and deployment models for implementing IP SAN.
- recognize the features and characteristics of the common protocols for implementing IP SANs.
- identify common applications for IP SAN technology.
- identify the features and benefits of Content Addressed Storage (CAS).
- recognize the components and processes involved in storing and retrieving CAS data, and the business applications that can benefit from CAS-based solutions.
- recognize the features of IP SANs and CAS.
- recognize the criteria for an effective information archive and EMC Centeras features and capabilities as an information archiving solution.
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Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the importance of business continuity and information availability, and identify the considerations, technical features, and management process associated with implementing a backup and recovery solution
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.50 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesInformation Availability
- recognize possible causes of downtime and distinguish between disaster recovery and disaster restart.
- identify whats involved in business continuity planning and recognize how to resolve single points of failure to ensure data availability.
- identify the key features of EMC PowerPath, and recognize how it achieves transparent recovery.
- recognize components of the backup and recovery process and identify considerations for implementing a backup and recovery solution.
- distinguish between backup and recovery types.
- distinguish between backup topologies and media types, and recognize how to manage the backup process.
- determine the appropriate backup and recovery strategy for a scenario.
- recognize the capabilities of EMCs NetWorker backup and recovery solution.
Back to ListReplication and Business Continuity
Overview/DescriptionTo recognize the use of replicas for business continuity and identify the features and operation of different local and remote replication technologies
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesReplication and Business Continuity
- recognize the factors to be considered to ensure consistency when replicating file systems and databases.
- recognize the features and functionality of host-based and array-based local replication technologies.
- determine the most appropriate local replication technology for a given scenario.
- recognize the functionality of the EMC TimeFinder/Mirror and SnapView local replication solutions.
- recognize the advantages and disadvantages of different host-based remote replication technologies.
- select the appropriate array-based remote replication solution for a scenario.
- determine the most appropriate remote replication solution for a given scenario.
- recognize the functionality of the SRDF/Synchronous and MirrorView/A remote replication solutions.
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Overview/DescriptionRecognize the importance of monitoring data center components for different metrics, identify the individual tasks involved in the overall management of the data center and recognize whats involved in implementing an information lifecycle management strategy
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesMonitoring and Managing the Data Center
- recognize whats involved in monitoring the data center.
- recognize the importance of end-to-end monitoring of the data center and understand the impact of component failures.
- recognize the challenges involved in data center monitoring and describe the industry standards for monitoring and managing a data center.
- recognize the architecture of the EMC ControlCenter and the roles of various components.
- identify the component data center management tasks.
- determine the individual tasks that need to be performed to meet the requirements of a given data center management scenario.
- recognize whats involved in implementing an enterprise-wide ILM strategy.
- identify a subset of data center management tasks that can be performed using EMC ControlCenter.
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Overview/DescriptionRecognize the importance of storage security, identify the tasks involved in ensuring storage security, identify the threats to storage security and how they are mitigated
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.25 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesSecuring Storage
- identify the principles of security in a storage environment.
- recognize different security controls and services.
- describe the SNIA and @stake security models.
- identify threats and controls for application access security.
- identify threats and controls for management access and BURA.
- recognize EMC information security products and services.
- identify security principles in a data storage environment.
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Overview/DescriptionRecognize different virtualization technologies, identify the benefits and drawbacks of storage virtualization, and distinguish between in-band and out-of-band storage virtualization
Target AudienceThe target audience for this path are IT professionals with little or no knowledge of storage concepts but who need to support storage products now or in the future and make storage related decisions
PrerequisitesNone
Expected Duration (hours)2.5 Hours
Lesson ObjectivesStorage Virtualization Technologies
- identify the principles of virtualization.
- recognize the multi-level approach to storage virtualization.
- identify the four major challenges of storage virtualization.
- recognize in-band and out-of-band Virtualization Architectures.
- recognize the characteristics and benefits of block-level storage virtualization.
- describe file-level virtualization technologies and functionality.
- identify security principles in a data storage environment.
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Overview/DescriptionThe need for storage security in both small industry and big business is clear in todays ever evolving internetworks. This course examines what the storage security framework is and how companies implement it. This course also examines the risk triad, control measures, security domains, the SAN security architecture and its mechanisms, and different types of NAS security implementations. This course helps to prepare the learner for the E20-001 Information Storage and Management Exam.
Target AudienceStorage architects, administrators, or managers; CIOs or project managers; or recent additions to information and storage management teams
Expected Duration (hours)1.5
Lesson Objectives Storage Security
Recognize the primary services a storage security framework must ensure Recognize what risk is in a storage security context Recognize how to secure an organizations storage infrastructure Identify threats to the storage security domains Identify security controls for the storage security domains Recognize the vulnerabilities of a storage security framework and how to secure it Recognize SAN security mechanisms Recognize how ACLs and permissions are used to secure NAS file sharing Recognize how Kerberos can be used to secure NAS Recognize how CHAP can be used to secure NAS Recognize how SAN, NAS, and IP SAN can be secured Course Number:
dt_ismt_a01_it_enus Back to ListStorage Virtualization
Overview/DescriptionVirtualization has become more and more prevalent in modern networks as IT staff seek to increase availability, without increasing hardware and bandwidth costs. This course examines what virtualization is and the technologies that can be used to accomplish virtualization. This course also examines different types of virtualization technologies, the SNIA virtualization taxonomy, block-level and file-level virtualization technologies, virtual provisioning, and different types of LUNs. Finally, this course examines EMC Invista and Rainfinity, and how they can be used to implement a virtualization environment. This course helps to prepare the learner for the E20-001 Information Storage and Management Exam.
Target AudienceStorage architects, administrators, or managers; CIOs or project managers; or recent additions to information and storage management teams
Expected Duration (hours)1.0
Lesson Objectives Storage Virtualization
Recognize how memory, networks, servers, and storage can be virtualized Identify the challenges of virtualization Recognize how block-level storage virtualization and file-level virtualization can be implemented Differentiate between situations appropriate for traditional and virtual provisioning Identify the benefits of virtual provisioning Recognize how virtualization works Identify the features of EMC Invista Identify the features of EMC Rainfinity Course Number:
dt_ismt_a02_it_enus Back to ListStorage Technologies Update
Overview/DescriptionEMC offers various types of storage technologies with emphasis on the needs of the particular business involved. This course compares enterprise flash drives and conventional disk drive storage systems, and it compares RAID 6 with other types or RAID. The course discusses cloud computing and compares it to on-site and outsourced delivery models, and looks at MOZY backup, EMC fortress, and Atmos. The course examines Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel over Ethernet technologies. Finally, this course looks at NAS Backup and different forms of SAN based replication. This course helps to prepare the learner for the E20-001 Information Storage and Management Exam.
Target AudienceStorage architects, administrators, or managers; CIOs or project managers; or recent additions to information and storage management teams
Expected Duration (hours)1.5
Lesson Objectives Storage Technologies Update
Identify the features of enterprise flash drives Calculate the storage efficiency percentage for storage technologies using RAID 6, given a scenario Identify infrastructure requirements of modern cloud approaches Identify the key attributes of cloud services Identify the features of Atmos Recognize how enterprise storage and cloud computing can be used to address business challenges Differentiate between networks with and without FCoE Recognize how FCoE works Recognize how FC manages congestion Identify terminologies related to the data object storage process in a CAS system Differentiate between various types of backup in a NAS environment Recognize how SAN based remote replication works Recognize how FCoE and backup technologies work Course Number:
dt_ismt_a03_it_enus Back to ListEMC Storage Products
Overview/DescriptionEMC storage products provide the means to allow business to increase their efficiency, while decreasing their long-term overhead. This course examines the EMC CLARiiON, EMC Symmetrix, the Direct Matrix architecture, the Navisphere Manager GUI, EMC Celerra, EMC Connectrix, EMC Centera, NetWorker, ControlCenter, local replication solutions, and remote replication. This course helps to prepare the learner for the E20-001 Information Storage and Management Exam.
Target AudienceStorage architects, administrators, or managers; CIOs or project managers; or recent additions to information and storage management teams
Expected Duration (hours)1.5
Lesson Objectives EMC Storage Products
Identify the main components of the EMC CLARiiON architecture Identify the advantages that EMC CLARiiON CX4 has over traditional mid-tier storage architecture Identify the main components of the Symmetrix Direct Matrix architecture Use Navisphere Manager to configure NTP Use the Storage Provisioning Wizard to create a traditional LUN Use Navisphere Manager to configure SnapView Snapshots Use the EMC Navisphere Manager Recognize how to monitor and manage FC switches in a fabric Recognize the features of EMC Connectrix Recognize the features of EMC Celerra Identify the features of Centera Identify the features of EMC PowerPath Recognize EMC storage products and technologies Recognize how EMC storage products work Course Number:
dt_ismt_a04_it_enus Back to ListMentoring E20-001 Information Storage and Management (Storage Technology Foundations)
Overview/DescriptionSkillSoft Mentors are available to help students with their studies for exam E20-001 Information Storage and Management (Storage Technology Foundations). You can reach them by entering a Mentored Chat Room or by using the E-mail My Mentor service.
Target AudienceIndividuals who are studying the associated SkillSoft content in preparation for, or to become familiar with, the skills and competencies being measured by the actual certification exam.
PrerequisitesFamiliarity with the exam objectives listed below and skills and competencies being measured in the associated certification exam.
Expected Duration (hours)0.0
Lesson Objectives Mentoring E20-001 Information Storage and Management (Storage Technology Foundations)
Introduction to Storage Technology Storage Systems Architecture Networked Storage Business Continuity Monitoring and Managing the Data Center Securing Storage and Storage Virtualization Course Number:
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