ONTAP SMB Administration

Master the art of SMB client configuration and advanced ONTAP 9 features with our comprehensive ONTAP SMB Administration course, tailored for system administrators and enterprise architects.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Explain the CIFS and SMB protocol

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Configure SMB features in ONTAP 9 software

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Create and manage SMB shares and sessions

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Understand advanced SMB topics such as Group Policy and symlinks

Format

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

Audience

  • System administrators
  • Enterprise architects
  • Network engineers
  • IT professionals

Description

This course extends the SMB information that is discussed in the ONTAP Cluster Administration course. Learn how to configure the SMB client for NetApp ONTAP software. Also learn about advanced ONTAP 9 features that support the SMB protocol. This class may be delivered as a 2-day class by other NetApp partners, however Fast Lane is currently offering as a 1-day class.

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Course Outline

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Module 1: SMB Overview

  1. SMB basics

  2. Interfaces for managing ONTAP based systems

Module 2: SMB Setup

  1. SMB implementation

  2. Addendum: Create a FlexGroup volume

Module 3: SMB shares and sessions

  1. Share configuration

  2. Continuously available shares

  3. Client share access

  4. Session management

Module 4: Access Control

  1. Permissions

  2. Local authorization

  3. Additional access-control features

  4. Multiprotocol NAS in ONTAP software

  5. Addendum: Dynamic Access Control

Module 5: Advanced Topics

  1. Home shares

  2. Group Policy Objects

  3. Symlinks and wide links

  4. Addendum: Auditing

  5. Addendum: Opportunistic locks

  6. BranchCache

  7. Addendum: FlexCache volumes

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