At the end of this NetApp Configuration and Administration course, you will be able to:

• List the steps to create and configure a cluster
• Identify the methods to manage a cluster
• Describe IPspaces, broadcast domains, and subnets
• Describe SVM benefits, components, and features
• Describe FlexVol volumes and efficiency features
• Describe methods to access files in a cluster

Module 1: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Clusters

• Cluster components
• ONTAP 9 software
  • Cluster
  • Nodes
  • High-Availability pairs
  • Networks
  • Ports and logical interfaces
• ONTAP storage architecture
  • Physical Storage
  • Aggregates
  • Logical storage
  • SVM with FlexVol volumes
• Cluster configurations
• ONTAP 9 software deployments
  • All-Flash FAS and FAS
  • FlexPod solution
  • FlexArray virtualization
  • ONTAP Select
  • NetApp Private Storage (NPS)
  • ONTAP Cloud
• Supported cluster configuration
  • Single node
  • 2-note switchless
  • Multimode switched
  • MetroCluster
• Create a cluster

Module 2: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Management

• Administrators
  • Cluster administrators
  • SVM administrators
• Accessing the cluster
  • Command-line interface (CLI)
  • OnCommand System Manager
• Managing clusters
• Clustershell
• System manager dashboard
• OnCommand Management portfolio
• Configuring clusters
• Managing cluster access
  • User accounts
  • Access method
  • User role
• Predefined SVM roles
• Monitoring clusters
  • AutoSupport
  • OnCommand portfolio

Module 3: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Networking

• Management and data networks
• Ports and logical interfaces
  • Physical ports
  • Interface groups
  • VLANs
  • Network ports
• IPspaces
  • Components
  • Broadcast domains
  • Subnets
• Network interfaces
  • Data LIFs

Module 4: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Storage Virtual Machines

• Data SVM
  • Benefits
  • Considerations
  • SVM with FlexVol volumes
  • FlexGroup volume
  • Root volume
  • Administration
• FlexVol volumes
• Snapshot technology
• Volume efficiency
  • Deduplication
  • Data compression
  • Inline data compaction
• Moving volumes
• Cloning volumes
• SVM setup workflow
• Editing an SVM
• Configuring SVMs

Module 5: ONTAP NAS Fundamentals

• NAS
  • Overview
  • FlexVol volume
  • Controlling file access
• SVM namespace
  • Root volume and junctions
  • Namespace architecture
  • Namespace protection
• NFS protocol
  • Overview
  • Configure NFS file access
  • UNIX file permissions
• SMB protocol
  • Overview
  • Configure SMB file access

Module 6: ONTAP SAN Fundamentals

• SAN
  • Overview
  • Protocols: FC, iSCSI FCoE
• SCSI concepts
• LUN
• IP SAN nodes and ports
• Implementing a SAN
  • Steps
  • Interoperability matrix tool
  • Host utilities
• IP SAN
  • Architecture
  • Configurations
• IP SAN target configuration
• IP SAN initiator configuration
• LUN access steps
  • Preparation
  • Thick provisioning
  • Thin provisioning
  • Configuration decision
  • Create a LUN
  • Initiator group
  • Map a LUN
  • Verification
• Window multipath driver overview

Labs:

• Navigating the NetApp OnCommand System Manager
• Updating NetApp On-command System Manager administration settings
• Synchronize the system time for Windows domain
• Assign an NTP server to the cluster
• Networking ports
• IPspaces
• Network interfaces
• Components and features
• FlexVol volumes
• Volume move
• Creating and managing SVMs
• Explore ONTAP NAS configuration
• Explore SMB client configuration
• Explore the NFS client configuration
• Explore ONTAP IP SAN configuration
• Explore the iSCSI client configuration

• NetApp customers
• IT generalists
• Academic alliance students

• Basic knowledge of storage networking.