All About San

All About SAN . A storage area network (SAN) or storage network is a computer network which provides access to data storage. The Fibre Channel SAN connects servers to storage via Fibre Channel switches. AAS contains many scripts and shortcuts to assist you in setting up your Brocade and Cisco fiber switches. Written for storage switch specialists by a storage switch specialist. The author, Terry Huckleberry, has been automating switch configurations for over twenty years.

AAS guides users through the following tasks:

• Create device aliases from input
• Create zones from device alias inputs
• Create zoneset from zone input
• Create port channels
• NTP (Network Time Protocol
• VSAN configuration
• Configure and label all utilized ports
• Enable FIPS
• Configure port security through auto learning
• Learn about Network Infrastructure Design Considerations