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The Cisco® MDS 9000 SAN Intelligence Series, a set of video-on-demand (VoD) tutorials, help educate users about the intelligence built into all Cisco MDS 9000 multilayer directors and multilayer fabric switches. These tutorials help customers create efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solutions for:
• Storage-area network (SAN) consolidation
• Business continuity and disaster recovery
• SAN security
• Tiered application and service convergence
• SAN management
These VoD tutorials can be beneficial to:
• An end user
• A Cisco original storage manufacturer (OSM) or solution technology integrator (STI) partner sales representative, or system engineer or architect
• A reseller of one of the Cisco OSM or STI partners
• An internal Cisco sales or systems engineer
Information about the Cisco MDS 9000 SAN Intelligence Series is available to end-users and partners at:
The following VoD tutorials are currently available. Each tutorial takes from 45 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete, and you may take them in any order at your convenience. New VoD tutorials will be continuously added, so check the site for updates.
Intelligent Multilayer Storage Networking Solutions: Cisco MDS 9000 Overview
This PowerPoint presentation and video education session provides a complete overview of the intelligent and innovative technologies and solutions offered by the Cisco MDS 9000. This VoD is suggested as the first tutorial for users starting this series.
Presenter: Tom Nosella, director of engineering, Cisco Systems, Inc.
VSAN Tutorial
Virtual SANs (VSANs), developed and delivered only by Cisco Systems® in its Cisco MDS 9000 multilayer directors and switches, is now a storage-networking industry standard approved and supported by ANSI-T11. This PowerPoint presentation and video tutorial provides a complete overview of VSANs, including the technology itself and its application, with sections including Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR), multiprotocol support, and more.
Presenter: Tom Nosella, director of engineering, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Advanced SAN Security Solutions Using the Cisco MDS 9000
To comply with current regulations, SAN security has never been more critical. This PowerPoint presentation and video tutorial session provide a complete overview of critical, multiprotocol SAN security solutions delivered only in the Cisco MDS 9000. This session is a detailed technology education session.
Presenter: Tom Nosella, director of engineering, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Building iSCSI SAN Solutions Using the Cisco MDS 9000
This PowerPoint presentation and video tutorial provide a complete overview of Cisco MDS 9000 Small Computer System Interface over IP (iSCSI) solutions and how they can serve as an extension to your existing SAN for low-cost connectivity.
Presenter: Tom Nosella, director of engineering, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Network-Hosted Storage Applications for the Cisco MDS 9000
This PowerPoint presentation and video tutorial provide an overview of network-hosted storage virtualization offerings with IBM and Veritas for the Cisco MDS 9000.
Presenter: Jason Warner, senior technical marketing engineer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
