Storage Networking World Convention

This is a convention I went to from April 16^th-19^th, 2007.

Talks

IP Storage Protocols: iSCSI

John Hufferd, Brocade Inc.

• PDU - Protocol Data Unit
• TOE - TCP/IP Over Ethernet
• iSNS - Internet Storage Network Server

• iSCSI Boot
  • Static
    • Bios must support it
    • May be an adapter
  • DHCP
    • More flexible
  • PXE Boot
    • Everything can be done in software

• Spoke with Todd Burkey of Xiotech, who works with storage communications over InfiniBand.

Storage Grid: Relevance and Overview

Abbot Schindler, Hewlett Packard

• FAN - File Area Network

PCI Express, Infiniband, and Storage

Ron Emerick, Sun Microsystems
Paul Millard, Xyratex

• Fibrechannel over Ethernet
• PCIe - External connections
• PCIe IOV - IO Virtualization