Floyd Thomas Email & Phone Number

White Plains, Md, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

➢ Experience in provisioning storage on EMC arrays such as CX and VNX using Unisphere and NavisecCLI.➢ Experience managing traditional and thin LUNs, Raid Groups, and storage pools.➢ Experience managing fibre channel (FC) and iSCSI host connectivity.➢ Experience with replication tools such as MirrorView, SAN Copy and SnapView.➢ Knowledge/experience managing a RecoverPoint array.➢ Experience with Flare upgrades and applying patches.➢ Have a knowledge in Disaster recovery testing and have participated in at least 3 DR tests.➢ Experience in managing a unified VNX array (NAS), in creating, file systems, CIFS Shares, NFS exports, and related activities using Unisphere manager.➢ Experience managing replication and deduplication using Unisphere manager.➢ SAN Fabrics➢ Experience managing a SAN Fabric with Brocade Connectrix 48K,8510 Director class SAN switches to include zoning, troubleshooting, and upgrading, using Connectrix Manager, Webtool, and CLI.➢ Experience / knowledge with HP LeftHand IPSAN solutions in managing Management Groups, Clusters, and storage nodes using HP LeftHand CMC (working experience is preferable).➢ Experience in provisioning local volumes, remote volumes, and manual/ scheduled snapshots using CMC.➢ Experience with reporting tools such as EMC Monitor and Reporting and HP CMC to include performance reporting, system analysis, and utilization.➢ Dell-Equallogic (Desired)➢ Experience managing an EqualLogic array to include provisioning storage, replication, diagnostics, and reporting.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed replication andde duplication using Unisphere manage EMC VNX.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

NetApp Cluster, Storage GRID, Snap, Snap Center, VMware 6.5, Cohesty, Brocade/Cisco switch, working Services Now create any action INC, CR or REQ tickets based on best practices recommendations.

Installs, configures, setup, and maintains FS and ISCSI storage arrays and storage related hardware and software in a managed services environment.

Mclean, Va, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

➢ Provision storage for use by Unix/Windows servers, ➢ Maintain storage hardware and software, including storage subsystems, administer fabric zoning. Hands-on experience with Brocade/Cisco SAN switches, also work with the following platform EMC,HP XP12000,Hitachi Data System, Dell, NetApp 6210 Series, Pure Storage (Working knowledge) Develop reports to indicate storage performance, capacity/forecast planning etc.➢ Solid understanding of storage networking fundamentals, concepts, and components, including storage subsystems, SCSI, Fibre Channel, switches, iSCSI, HBAs,, Cisco Routing and Switching install, configure, operate and troubleshoot,-Making Connections to Remote Sites via a WAN, Managing Network Device Security, Managing Cisco Device Configurations, Cisco IOS Images & Licenses, ➢ Proficient in EMC CLARiiON/VNX and VNX Monitoring and Report – Cisco DCNM, EMC Management Tools- EMC Control Center ECC/Storage Resource Management SRM, Centera, Brocade 48k/51k, Cisco MDS, NetApp 6210, , EM7Generation 3, EMC Navisphere/Unisphere, knowledge of replication technologies – BCV, SRDF, Recovery Point, SanCopy, SnapView, MirrorView PowerPath, SnapMirror, Snapstore, SnapVault➢ Evaluate and analyze new products and upgrades for appropriateness. ➢ Supervise and implement system upgrade strategies.➢ Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex solutions. Coordinates activities with other technical leads personnel.➢ Works closely with customers to meet storage and data recovery needs.➢ Reports operational status by gathering, prioritizing information; managing day to day task assignments to the team

Global, Us

Informs client management of appropriate developments in technical support products. Zone servers in a CISCO/Brocade SAN environment, allocate storage to windows and UNIX servers using EMC tools. Provide reports on storage utilization and uptime of the storage arrays and servers attached to SAN.  Evaluate products and upgrades for appropriateness.  Supervise and implements system upgrade strategies. Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex solutions. Coordinates activities with other technical personnel as appropriate. Develops and analyzes highly complex system standards, thresholds, and recommendations to maximize system performance Conducts capacity planning reviews with management and approves capacity plans formulated by less experienced personnel. Develops strategies to manage the frequency of appropriate support package/patch application. Monitors database maintenance and provides appropriate recommendations, when required. Develops strategies to manage the frequency of appropriate support package/patch application. Monitors database maintenance and provides appropriate recommendations, when required.  Coordinates with business development personnel on proposals and work estimates involving highly complex system administration projects and solutions.

 Worked with the Customer to troubleshooting performance issues with existing SAN system. Monitor performance of all application/databases /VMS that is running on the CX4/AX4-5/HDS 9960 storages arrays. Monitor all the CLARiiON/Brocade Switch’s onsite and offsite, check and view all the Events logs on the daily based. Work with DBAs/System Admin/Server Ops Group and resolve all storage problems.  Run a weekly SP Collect on all the CLARiiON Equipment also run a SAN Health Check on All the Brocade Switches

Washington, Dc, Us

 Worked with the Customer to troubleshooting performance issues with existing SAN system. Monitor performance of all application/databases /VMS that is running on the CX4/AX4-5/HDS 9960 storages arrays. Monitor all the CLARiiON/Brocade Switch’s onsite and offsite, check and view all the Events logs on the daily based. Work with DBAs/System Admin/Server Ops Group and resolve all storage problems.  Run a weekly SP Collect on all the CLARiiON Equipment also run a SAN Health Check on All the Brocade Switches Log on the EMC Powerlink/Brocade website for any updates and quick fix. Architected a monitoring solution via EMC Control Center (ECC) alerts/agents to monitor SAN environments. Supervised the installation and management of Emulex and Qlogic HBAs on HP-Unix, Windows, and VMware hosts Work as a storage team lead, reporting all communication issues immediately to the 1st and 2nd level support.

 SAN Administrator role for a variety of difficult assignments associated with the implementation, monitoring and maintenance of multiple SANs in a multi-datacenter environment. Analyzes system faults/performance, troubleshoots, and runs diagnostic tests to detect problems.