[NCSA] NC*SA Meeting - Monday, April 9th - iSCSI Protocol Analysis and Tools (with live demo)

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The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is Monday, April 9th, 2007. Details
about the meeting are provided in this note.  We hope to see you there!

                     NC*SA General Meeting
                7:00 pm Monday, April 9, 2007
                 Location: MCNC, Building #3
                          Durham, NCe


Topic: iSCSI Protocol Analysis and Tools (with live demo)

Speaker: Neeraj Kuppam, Engineering Program Manager, Network Appliance

NCSA Sponsors:  EqualLogic - http://www.equallogic.com
                Network Appliance - http://www.netapp.com
                MCNC - http://www.mcnc.org
                TriLUG - http://www.trilug.org

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Abstract:

The presentation will start with a quick introduction of the iSCSI
protocol and NetApp's iSCSI products. The primary focus will be on
troubleshooting common problems observed in iSCSI SANs by capturing and
analyzing iSCSI packet traces.

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Biography:

Neeraj Kuppam is an Engineering Program Manager at NetApp. He started
at NetApp in the iSCSI development group. He is also the co-chairman of
the SNIA IP Storage Technical Working Group which creates industry
standards like the iSCSI Mgmt API (IMA). He is a cricket enthusiast
and plays for the Triangle Cricket Club in Cary, NC.

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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing
food and drink for the evening.  If you have any questions please
contact the Steering Committee at:

 ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org

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Directions to the meeting are available on the web at
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/directions.html