Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration

Unlock the power of NetApp ONTAP 9 with our Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration course designed for IT professionals seeking efficient data management solutions and robust storage virtualization skills.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design and configure ONTAP clusters and storage components.

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Understand and manage storage virtual machines (SVMs) and FlexVol volumes.

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Implement IPspaces, broadcast domains, and networking with ONTAP 9.

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Gain proficiency in accessing and managing files across ONTAP clusters.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 2 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • NetApp customers
  • IT generalists
  • Academic alliance students
  • Storage administrators

Description

This two-day course provides a technical overview of the features and benefits of NetApp ONTAP 9 data-management software. The course enables you to explain the architecture and functionality of an ONTAP cluster. You will also be introduced to basic administration, configuration and management of an ONTAP cluster. Through hands-on exercises, you will learn how to create a cluster, aggregates, storage virtual machines (SVMs), LIFs, FlexVol volumes and Snapshot copies.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Clusters

  1. Cluster components

  2. ONTAP 9 software

  3. ONTAP storage architecture

  4. Cluster configurations

  5. ONTAP 9 software deployments

  6. Supported cluster configuration

  7. Create a cluster

Module 2: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Management

  1. Administrators

  2. Accessing the cluster

  3. Managing clusters

  4. System manager dashboard

  5. Configuring clusters

  6. Managing cluster access

  7. Predefined SVM roles

  8. Monitoring clusters

Module 3: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Networking

  1. Management and data networks

  2. Ports and logical interfaces

  3. IPspaces

  4. Network interfaces

Module 4: ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals: Storage Virtual Machines

  1. Data SVM

  2. FlexVol volumes

  3. Snapshot technology

  4. Volume efficiency

  5. Moving volumes

  6. Cloning volumes

  7. SVM setup workflow

  8. Configuring SVMs

Module 5: ONTAP NAS Fundamentals

  1. NAS

  2. SVM namespace

  3. NFS protocol

  4. SMB protocol

Module 6: ONTAP SAN Fundamentals

  1. SAN

  2. SCSI concepts

  3. IP SAN nodes and ports

  4. Implementing a SAN

  5. IP SAN target configuration

  6. IP SAN initiator configuration

  7. LUN access steps

Labs

  1. Navigating the NetApp OnCommand System Manager

  2. Updating administration settings

  3. Synchronize the system time

  4. Assign NTP server

  5. Networking ports

  6. IPspaces

  7. Network interfaces

  8. Components and features

  9. FlexVol volumes

  10. Volume move

  11. Creating and managing SVMs

  12. Explore ONTAP NAS configuration

  13. Explore SMB client configuration

  14. Explore NFS client configuration

  15. Explore ONTAP IP SAN configuration

  16. Explore iSCSI client configuration

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