Fibre Channel SAN Storage Overview Tutorial Video

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The best place to start when explaining Storage Area Networks is with Fibre Channel, the original SAN protocol. Fibre Channel is still the most popular SAN protocol today, although iSCSI and Fibre Channel over Ethernet are also available.
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 105

@GokhanAlganatay 8 місяців тому

This is the most comprehensive and complete video I've ever watched until now. Thank you so much for your clear tutorial.

@Desincarnage 3 роки тому

Awesome video! The explanation is crystal clear. I'm a network tech and just got introduced to FC. I can see a lot of parallels with TCP/IP. I find it fascinating how it seems to have merged transport and routing into a single protocol using unique identifiers. Great stuff!

@kmohanaganesh 6 років тому

Best Explanation in a medium pace along with Quality presentation !!!! UKposts should rate this Video the bestest of its kind !!! Thanks

@unsealedabsurdfiles 5 років тому

Greetings from wales :) I don't normally comment on videos, but your video is brilliant. I'm a techie (14 years strong in the industry) but a little lacking on the FC side, what a brilliant video, technical enough to be extensive, but not too much.

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Thanks for the kind words!

@user-kg8nb7eo9g 5 років тому

Greatly explained and exactly what I needed for my labs!

@lightninginmyhands4878 4 роки тому

Came here for my Network+. More skimmed than watched the video thanks you your well-done slides. Thanks!

@mikemuniz9374 7 років тому

I've learned a lot. You are a good instructor sir. Thanks!

@rkarthik1991 6 років тому

Thanks a lot for this video..i had too much confusion in SAN Fabrics and now i am clear now....

@sushankreddy520 3 роки тому

Excellent teaching and we got best knowledge. Huge respect to you sir!!!!!keep going

@VarunKumar-yg8ij 4 роки тому

I worked on Fc from last 3 years...the way you lucid the information is great. Very clear explanation !!! Thanks Alot

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

Thanks Varun!

@MuhammadKhan-yl7mt 4 роки тому

CCNP DC is packed into this video. Amazingly good value. Thanks a million.

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

I'm glad to be of help thanks Muhammad!

@mallen8557 5 років тому

Much appreciated. Very clear and well-done. :)

@devkethavath6217 7 років тому

Great!! technical video on Fibre Channel basics. Very good explanation and easy to understand. Thanks!!!!!!

@MrKatdar 6 років тому

Thanks a lot. Understood the every bit of it easily.

@VenalesMiguel 6 років тому

Very well explained. Good video!

@vathsama 5 років тому

excellent video, keep up the good work!!!

@hansungpil 4 роки тому

probably the best introduction video to FC network in UKposts.

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

Thanks Sungpill!

@deborahrioba5419 6 років тому

Very comprehensive, thanks!!

@lokeshsutar5695 6 років тому

Awesome Explaination, waiting for Brocade switch configuration videos with this type of explaination.

@rajeshk6153 4 роки тому

Simply Awesome! Thanks

@sonalinaikade2160 6 років тому

Really good. Network concepts are really explained well and in understandable manner.

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Thanks Sonali!

@polivo0111 3 роки тому

Fantastic video! excellent instruction!

@gatovalentin1309 3 роки тому

Excellent explanation!

@ahmetcan4533 5 років тому

thank you for clear info

@Valiswat 5 років тому

Hello From Romania, Great tutorial, love the way you explained FC network rolls. Kind Regards

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Thanks Valeriu!

@johnvanwinkle4351 4 місяці тому

Thank you for the great information!

@ManOfChoice Рік тому

Scottish Legend... Great Stuff Neil.

@FGOKURULES 6 років тому

i'm feeling _FLOGI_ after learning this. Thank You

@BracliCreations 4 роки тому

The content was awesome. Thanks for creating the tutorial.

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

I'm glad to be of help Keith, thanks!

@AbdulSalam-lj2kv 2 роки тому

Excellent video, Thank you sir..

@saifulaffendy8237 3 роки тому

Great explanation 👍

@MusicByJC 5 років тому

Nice video. You seem to hit the right level of information, coupled with a presentation speed that worked for me. I watch a lot of technical videos and too many times I give up on a video because they either get to far down in the weeds when it isn't necessary or they are too slow to get the information I want and I get distracted and lose interest. Good job.

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Glad to be of help thanks :-)

@Jamerican284 5 років тому

Forget good video .. in my opinion, this is a GREAT instructional video that is well broken down and easy to understand. Work at a storage company as a contractor at the moment and have an internal interview in 30 mins for a full time position. This is great! Post more storage videos if you can. Cheers!

@Flackbox 5 років тому

I'm glad to be of help Ray, I hope you get the job!

@Squarebreaker 5 років тому

great video, thanks!

@Sureshsftwtech 2 роки тому

Thanks for clear information

@AjayYadav-en4hz 6 років тому

very well explained ,,, thanks

@Upasana461 6 років тому

Great Video .. Helped a lot .Thanks Much

@tonygaurav 6 років тому

Thanks buddy plz prepare more videos....

@tanusoam858 5 років тому

Brilliant explanation!!!!! thank you very much!

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Thanks Tanu :-)

@squishfouce 2 роки тому

Great video, very informative and educational! A couple of questions: 1) Why did you use redundant switches in the FC fabric? Wouldn't 1 switch in each fibre channel network suffice for redundancy? 2) If you were to increase the number of host/controller FC ports to 4, could you run networks A&C on one switch and B&D on the other assuming you correctly configured your zones for each switch? 3) If the storage controllers are in active-active, is ALUA able to utilize all 4 paths? (in your example) Thanks in advanced, subscribed, and again a very informative and helpful video!

@Maharaj150390 5 років тому

Thank you so much. Its helped. :)

@shiringood 6 років тому

Thank you very for the wonderful video. Much appreciated ..!

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Glad I could help thanks Shirin!

@patrickthompson-stagingare15 Рік тому

thank you... i am grateful.

@shubhankarshende 7 років тому

very well explained..

@MrEricE 6 років тому

Excellent!

@justindawson55 2 роки тому

Great video to fall sleep to.

@arunarun-tv2wt 7 років тому

excellent and simple

@AshokChelli 6 років тому

Thanks ... A good video

@amirhossein9956 Рік тому

It was perfect especially its document

@ziadfawzi 3 місяці тому

Thank you so much.

@Abdelghani-nu7uw 2 місяці тому

amazing! thank you

@verletandroid382 3 роки тому

Excellent video & explanation

@Flackbox 3 роки тому

Thank you!

@rohitmanocha6897 2 роки тому

Awesome Video

@rdbkzn3818 4 роки тому

Thanks so much for the explanation.

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

Thanks Denis, I'm happy to help!

@ashokec17 2 роки тому

very informative

@matmatician7 4 роки тому

Thank you for for the extremely clear and easy to follow presentation!! This is what UKposts was made for!!! Outstanding work!

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

Thanks for the kind words Matt!

@gouthamch6502 5 років тому

Excellent explanation

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Thanks Goutham!

@mohitdudeja2627 4 роки тому

Great Video

@othmanothman365 4 роки тому

Thanks a lot

@thecrash7641 5 років тому

Can someone please answer me. Do the interfaces in the FC switch have FCIDs ?? Like how router interfaces have IPs.. Or are FCID only associated with servers and storage nodes ??

@suhas3477 3 роки тому

good information

@razadaza9651 5 років тому

Bloody good stuff!

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Thanks Raza :-)

@manzoor5554 3 роки тому

Good Explanation..done...

@Flackbox 3 роки тому

Thanks Manzoor!

@Rickety3263 3 роки тому

Automagically! 😅❤️

@user-tf9lx9iy1s 6 років тому

thanks for the video. san is a very complicate technology

@BrotherDevious 4 роки тому

Very useful, thanks! A couple of queries, if you don't mind :-) i) how are non-optimised paths 3 & 4 from Server 1 to LUN-S1 (@26:08) actually paths at all, when they both go to CTRL2, which isn't connected to LUN-S1? ii) You state (@13:37) that the host's FCID is made up of the switch's domain ID and port number, but in the next screen @13:43), NETAPP-CTRL1 is connected to port 8 of FC-Switch-2 but has an FCID of 0xcf2000, and SERVER1 is connected to port 5 of FC-Switch-2 but has an FCID of 0xef1000. Neither of those FCIDs seem to have a relationship with their respective port numbers; am I missing something here? Thanks in advance!

@Flackbox 4 роки тому

i) The controllers have a separate connection to each other which gives connectivity to LUNs on different controllers. ii) 0xcf2000 is a made up address as an example. HTH, Neil

@strandvaskeren 3 роки тому

Question: At 25:00 you show a diagram where Server 1 has different paths through the fibre channel to get to LUN-S1 but if CTRL1 loses power, what good is it for Server 1 that it can reach CTRL 2 when CTRL 2 can't provide the LUN-S1 that Server 1 needs? Is it possible for CTRL 1 and CTRL 2 to somehow synchronize and provide redundancy for each other?

@Flackbox 3 роки тому

Hi Strandvaskeren, sorry for the delay in reply. Yes CTRL 1 and CTRL 2 are configured as a High Availability pair, they have connections to each others disk shelves. HTH, Neil

@GTOGregory 5 років тому

So, a server cannot be directly fiber cabled into a storage device? YES/NO?

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Hi Gregory, yes it can but it's not a scalable solution - you'd need a separate physical port on your storage for every server (2 ports for redundancy). HTH, Neil

@imranatique9841 6 років тому

networking connect stroage puls read with

@gamesplayerDJ 5 років тому

What will happen if one of the switch on either fabric A or B failed? Thanks!

@Flackbox 5 років тому

Hi Games Player, if a path goes down then the client will fail over to the best alternative path. If Fabric A goes down, the path via Fabric B is still available, and vice versa. HTH, Neil

@gamesplayerDJ 5 років тому

@@Flackbox Thank you for the quick reply!

@thedanyesful 3 роки тому

Can you go into the comparison between TCP and FC protocols a little further? Just saying 'its built into the protocol that FC never loses data' is not really useful. Maybe you're saying that FC ensures data integrity at the data-link layer or the network layer instead of at the transport layer?

@Flackbox 3 роки тому

Hi thedanyes, for lower level detail of how Fibre Channel is lossless beyond the scope of an Overview video you can Google for 'how is Fibre Channel lossless' and find several great articles. HTH, Neil

@MyGardenForYou 6 років тому

Very long video! Video must be short, brief and practical not just long story.

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Thanks for the feedback! I'm sure there's some 3 minute sales and marketing style videos on Fibre Channel here which may be what you're looking for. This is a 30 minute video aimed at IT engineers who want a solid technical overview of how Fibre Channel works.

@MyGardenForYou 6 років тому

Thanks for your reply, please try to understand that there are many books which have long and solid information but what I mean to said that the videos must be with the practical demonstration about the subject. Do you have any video in which you have practically demonstrated in real time? How to configure with step by step the SAN configuration and with trouble shooting steps or even just the configuration? If you have please let me know and one thing please also note that no pilot can be a real pilot even if he just reads hundred of books until he flies the airplane in real time, thanks again.

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Yep, please take a look at my courses at learn.flackbox.com for dozens of lab demos. Could you let me know where I can find your videos too please? Will check them out and give you feedback. Thanks, Neil

@rkarthik1991 6 років тому

Thanks a lot for this video..i had too much confusion in SAN Fabrics and now i am clear now....

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Thanks Karthik!

@VenalesMiguel 6 років тому

Very well explained. Good video!

@Flackbox 6 років тому

Thanks Miguel!