Enterprise Storage Solutions Flashcards
3 types of storage
DAS (Direct Attached Storage)
NAS (Network Attached Storage)
SAN (Storage Area Network)
3 types of storage interfaces
iSCSI
FibreChannel
FibreChannel over Ethernet
What is
iSNS
DCB
MPIO
Internet Storage Name Service
Datacenter Bridging
Multipath I/O
protocolls for NAS
SMB (Server Message Block)
CIFS (Common Interface File System)
NFS (Network File System)
What is HBA ?
Host Bus Adapter
to enable communication via Ethernet or Fibre Channel
Fibre Channel Components
A SAN
A computer with an HBA Card (Initiator)
A Fibre Channel switch
Fibre Channel layouts
Arbitrated Loop (ring, no switches) Point-to-Point (direct Connection, no switches) Switched fabric
Components of iSCSI SAN
IP Network
iSCSI targets
iSCSI initiators
iSCSI qualified name (IQN)
Components of iSNS
iSNS Server
iSNS Client
iSNS Database
(iSNS protocol)
What protocols does iSNS Support ?
iSCSI
Fibre Channel
iSNS Functions
name Service
Discovery Domain and login control Service
state change notification Service
Mapping information to an iSNS database
Add iSNS Server via PS
Set-WmiInstance -Namespace root\wmi -Class WT_iSNSServer -Arguments
@{ServerName=”iSNS-server-name”}
view iSNS server Settings via PS
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\wmi -Class WT_iSNSServer
delete an iSNS Server via PS
Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\wmi -Class WT_iSNSServer -Filter “ServerName =’iSNS
-server-name’” | Remove-WmiInstance
What protocolls does DCB support ?
Ethernet
Fibre Channel
InfiniBand
iSCSI
Features of DCB
Congestion notification
Priority-based flow Control
Enhanced transmission selection
Data Center Bridging Capabilities eXchange (DCBX)
Install DCB via PS
Install-WindowsFeature “Data-Center-Bridging”
PS-Modules for Managing QoS functionality
NetQos
DcbQos
NetAdapter
How many path can MPIO handle ?
up to 32
Enable SMB 1.x audit logging
Set-SmbServerConfiguration -AuditSmb1Access $true
disable SMB 1.x
Set-SMBServerConfiguration -EnableSMB1Protocol $false
What version of SMB offers support for storage of SQL Server databases and Hyper-V virtual machines ?
SMB 3.0 and above
What version of SMB offers the Scale-Out File Server Feature ?
SMB 3.02 and above
Which OS offers SMB 3.0 ?
Windows 8 and Server 2012
Which OS offers SMB 3.02 ?
Windows 8.1 and Server 2912R2
Which OS offers SMB 3.11 ?
Windows 10 and Server2016
What is “Preauthentication integrity”, and which SMB version offers it ?
Secure Hash Algorithm 512 (SHA-512), SMB3.11
Which Version aof SMB offers AES-128-CCM encryption ?
SMB 3.02
Which Version of SMB offers AES-128-GCM encryption ?
SMB 3.11
What is “Cluster dialect fencing” ?
Support for rolling upgrades : using SMB 3.02 until all Servers are upgraded, then SMB 3.11
cmdlets for SMBShare management
new-SmbShare
get-SmbShare
set-SmbShare
remove-SmbShare
get-SmbSession
get-SmbOpenFile
get-SmbBandwithLimit
set-SmbBandWidthLimit
SMB files share Profils offered by the New Share Wizard
Quick
- permissions
- access-based enumeration (ABE)
- share caching
- encrypted data Access
Advanced
- options of “Quick”
- folder owners
- Default data classification
- quotas
Applications
- settings for Hyper-V, databases, …
- no ABE
- no Caching
- no data classification
- no quotas
3 categories for SMB-traffic that can be set with
Set-SMBBandwithLimit
Default (e.g. file Shares)
VirtualMachine (e.g. running a virtual harddrive on a
SMB-share)
LiveMigration
install NFS on the server
Add-WindowsFeature FS-NFS-Service
-IncludeManagementTools
create an NFS file share
New-NfsShare -Name Share1 -Path d:\shares\share1
Authentication for an NFS share
- Kerberos v5 authentication
- No Server authentication
Options for NFS share profile
- quick
- advanced
cmdlet for NFS shares
new-NfsShare
remove NfsShare
get-NfsShare
get-NfsSharePermission
get-NfsClientConfiguration
get-NfsClientGroup
