This seminar is designed for those wanting to venture into the electrodynamic and mechanical features of this course. As a stand-alone complement to "Storage Networking Lab," this seminar is designed to educate hardware engineers and field personnel on how to properly design, test, and connect SAN devices and components to produce a working and reliable SAN. In this seminar you will gain a clear understanding of the electrical and optical operation for the many different SAN serial and serial-parallel link variants and the underlying technology that provides the basis for all SANs regardless of protocol. Line drivers and receivers will be explored. How to evaluate signal quality, recognize potentially harmful performance, design for specific objectives and how to correct inadequate designs will also be covered. We will also discuss methods for field diagnosis of common problems.

Course Outline
Introduction Basic Physical Architectures 1G, 2, 4G, 10G Transmission Schemes Speeds, lengths, isolation, safety Signal Properties Amplitude, jitter, eye diagrams, TIA Skew and Balance Error Detection and Recovery Synchronization and Elasticity Bandwidth Limits (Duplex, half duplex) Jitter Theory Deterministic (4 kinds) Random Separation of types Analog vs. digital Noise Issues Xtalk, system Serial Receivers - Basic Operation Transmission Media Copper, optical, wireless, parallel-serial options Optical Media Properties	Physical sizes Multi-mode/single mode Attenuation Modal bandwidth & instability RIN Copper Media Properties Physical size and construction Skew, attenuation, crosstalk ISI & equalization Characteristic impedance Copper Connectors External, internal, SCA-2 Optical Connectors SC, SG, MT-RJ, LC, MU Transmitters Optical (SW, LC, LW, various types) Copper (balanced, unbalanced) Receivers Optical, copper Copper Cable Assemblies Optical Cable Assemblies Media Connectors and Adapters Copper to copper Optical to optical Copper to optical (MIA, GBIC, SFP)	Port Bypass Circuits Hubs, Switches Interoperability Compliance Points System Interconnection Issues Simplex vs Duplex Architectures Copper Transmission Lines Balanced, unbalanced Termination, stubs, reflections Specifications and Measurements Copper media and cable assemblies Optical media and cable assemblies Transmitters Receivers Practical Measurement Issues Adapters Transfer functions Probes Triggering EMI Troubleshooting Standards
Who Should Attend
Hardware designers, system integrators, IC manufacturers, component engineers, quality engineers, field repair and troubleshooting personnel, and any person responsible for integrating the physical interface into a computing environment or specifying the hardware or testing for the components of the interface. Prerequisites: A strong interest in hardware. Course Length: 1 Day

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