Chapter 13. Designing Storage Networking Solutions

After completing this chapter, you will be able to

  • Review Cisco storage networking solutions

  • Design a storage networking architecture with internet protocol (IP) access

The Cisco storage networking solutions combine storage and networking technologies in an IP-enabled enterprise network. Storage networking allows interconnection, access, and sharing of stored data over IP, using a variety of media that includes Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and optical networks. These technologies provide interconnection and access for network-attached storage and storage-area network (SAN) environments.

This chapter describes how the Cisco storage networking architecture meets enterprise storage networking needs. ...

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