ONTAP Cluster Administration

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

• ONTAP deployment options
• The ONTAP cluster
• Storage VMs
• Software-defined storage

Module 2: Cluster Setup

• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a cluster
• Administration interfaces

Exercises

Exploring ONTAP management UIs

Module 3: Cluster Management
• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and schedules

Exercises

Managing ONTAP clusters
Managing ONTAP administrators
Configuring multi-admin verification

Module 4:Network management

• NetApp ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management

Exercises

Managing physical and logical network resources
Managing virtual network resources

Module 5:Physical Storage Management

• Drives, RAID, and aggregates
• Advanced Disk Partitioning
• Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
• FabricPool aggregates

Exercises

Managing physical storage
Exploring RAID-TEC
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
Creating a FabricPool aggregate

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC
• Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
• Creating a FabricPool aggregate

Exercises

Managing data volumes
Creating a FlexGroup volume

Module 7: Data Access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use object protocols to access data

Exercises

Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
Managing NAS storage VMs

Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises

Managing Snapshot copies
Encrypting a volume
Enabling anti-ransomware protection

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones

Exercises

Managing storage efficiency
Managing FlexClone volumes

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Recommended practices for performance
• Technical support

Exercises

Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor