Networked Storage Concepts and Protocols

At this part of site, we are published "Networked Storage Concepts and Protocols" book from Mark Lippitt, and Erik Smith.

Original variant you can find at: http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/technical-documentation/h4331-networked-storage-cncpts-prtcls-sol-gde.pdf

#	Article Title
1	1 Introduction
2	1.1 Channels versus networks versus SANs
3	1.1.1 Channels
4	1.1.2 Networks
5	1.1.3 Fibre Channel: Channels with network characteristics
6	1.1.4 Storage area networks (SANs)
7	1.1.4.1 FC SANs
8	1.1.4.2 Fabric
9	1.1.4.3 FCIP
10	1.1.4.4 Meta SAN
11	1.1.4.5 iSCSI SANs
12	1.1.4.6 Multiprotocol SANs
13	1.1.4.7 iFCP
14	1.2.2.1 Distance topology
15	1.2.2.2 Capacity topology
16	1.2.2.3 Consolidation topology
17	1.2.2.4 Combined topologies
18	1.2.3.1 Traffic types
19	1.2.3.2 Methodology 1: Balanced fabrics
20	1.2.3.3 Methodology 2: Mirrored fabrics
21	1.2.3.4 Methodology 3: Logical fabric segregation
22	1.2.3.5 Methodology 4: Business unit fabrics
23	1.1.5 I/O convergence with FCoE
24	1.1.5.1 History
25	1.1.5.2 Benefits
26	1.2 Physical versus logical topologies
27	1.2.1 Physical topology
28	1.2.1.1 Core/edge
29	1.2.2 Logical topology
30	1.2.3 Combing physical and logical topologies
31	2 Fabric Design Considerations
32	2.1 Fabric design considerations and recommendations
33	2.1.1 Fabric design considerations
34	2.1.1.1 Accessibility
35	2.1.1.2 Availability
36	2.1.1.3 Consolidation
37	2.1.1.4 Flexibility
38	2.1.1.5 Scalability
39	2.1.1.6 Security
40	2.1.1.7 Supportability
41	2.1.2 Common fabric topologies
42	2.1.2.1 Simple Fibre Channel SAN topologies
43	2.1.2.2 Single switch fabric