This document outlines topics covered in an information storage and management course including data centers, storage systems, networking protocols, operating systems, storage area network management, host to storage implementation, and VMware configuration and management. Specific topics discussed include intelligent storage, fibre channel SANs, NAS, backup and replication, cloud computing, Unix commands, Linux systems, fabric virtualization, zoning, port virtualization, and installing and managing virtual machines.

1. 1) Information and Storage Management v2:
- Introduction to information Storage
- Data Center Environment
- Intelligent Storage System
- Fibre Channel Storage Area Network
- IP SAN and FCoE
- Network-Attached Storage (NAS).
- Object-Based and Unified Storage.
- Introduction to business Continuity.
- Backup and Archive.
- Local Replication.
- Remote Replication.
- Cloud Computing.
- Securing the Storage Infrastructure.
- Managing the Storage Infrastructure.
2) Operating Systems:
- Unix Operating System.
- Unix File Systems.
- Unix File Commands.
- Unix User commands.
- Unix Shells.
- System Network and Status commands.
- Logical Volume Manager.
- Linux Systems.
3) SAN Management:
- SAN Management Overview.
- B-Series Switch Tools.
- MDS-Series Switch Tools.
- Fabric Virtualization.
- Zoning and Storage.
- Merging Fibre Channel.
- Managing IP SANs

2. - Port Virtualization.
- IT transformation.
4) Host to Storage SAN Implementation:
- Validation.
- Host Configuration.
- B-Series SAN configuration.
- Volume Access.
- Multipathing.
- Logical Volume Management.
- Post Implementation.
- IT Transformation.
5) VMware Install, Configure, Manage version 6
- Software-Defined Data Center.
- Creating Virtual Machines.
- vCenter Server.
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Networks.
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage.
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Storage.
- Virtual Machine Management.
- Resource Management and Monitoring.
- vSphere HA and vSphere Fault Tolerance.
- Host Scalability.
- vSphere Update Manager and Host Maintenance.
- Installing vSphere Components.