SAS Topology Discovery Tutorial

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What to Expect

In large Storage Area Networks (SANs) disks will be added and removed during operation. Efficient discovery is essential to maintain performance during the hot insertion or removal of disks. This webinar describes the topology discovery application for a SAN using a Serial Attached SCSI expander network. It analyzes the discovery performance benefit of self-configuring expanders as compared with non-self configuring ones.

This webinar will:

• Introduce storage devices, their evolution and the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) standard
• Describe the SAS Architecture and topology
• Explain the process of topology discovery
• Examine the two principle methods of discovery: external management client and self configuring expander
• Analyze discovery performance of these two methods

About the Presenters

Gautam Mehandru, Applications Engineer, Enterprise and Storage Division, PMC-Sierra

Gautam Mehandru is a SAS Applications Engineer in the Enterprise and Storage Division. He is responsible for supporting the maxSAS&trade product family. Mr. Mehandru joined the Product Development Group in 2001 and focused primarily on high-speed digital design. Among other products, he was involved in the development of PMC-Sierra's market leading SAS Expander technology prior to joining the Applications Group.

Mr. Mehandru graduated, with Distinction, from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada and holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Truong Nguyen, Firmware Design Engineer, Software Development Group, PMC-Sierra

Truong Nguyen is a Firmware Design Engineer in the Enterprise and Storage Division. He has designed and implemented a large portion of the firmware in PMC SXP24/36 SAS expanders. In addition, he also designed and implemented the proprietary Topology Discovery algorithm implemented in the PMC-Sierra SXP 24 and 36 SAS expanders.

Truong Nguyen holds a Bachelor's degree of Applied Science with Honours in Computer Engineering and a Master's degree of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Who Should Attend

Design engineers, system architects, product line managers, engineering management and marketing managers of data storage systems and equipment.

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