PowerScale Administration

Prerequisite Knowledge

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must understand:

• PowerScale Concepts (Course ID: ES131STG01028)
• PowerScale Implementation
• Networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS and routing

Audience

• This course is intended for Dell Technologies partner and customer personnel involved with the administration of PowerScale solutions.

Course Outline

The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives. The following focus areas are included in this course:

Module 1 – NAS, PowerScale, and OneFS

• NAS
• PowerScale Hardware
• OneFS Management Interfaces
• Common Cluster Operations
• OneFS Directory Structure

Module 2 – Networking

• Authentication Providers
• Access Zones
• Groupnets
• Subnets – SmartConnect Zones
• IP Address Pools

Module 3 – Configuring Identity Management and Authorization

• Role-Based Access Control
• User Identity Management
• Authorization

Module 4 – Configuring Client Access to Data

• OneFS Caching
• Configuring SMB Shares
• Configuring NFS Exports
• Configuring S3 Buckets

Module 5 – Foundations of Data Protection and Layout

• File Striping
• Data Protection
• Protection Management
• Data Layout

Module 6 – Configuring Storage Pools

• Storage Pools
• File Pools
• SmartPools
• CloudPools

Module 7 – Configuring Data Services

• File Filtering
• SmartQuotas
• Deduplication (SmartDedupe)
• SnapshotIQ
• SyncIQ
• SmartLock

Module 8 – Monitoring Tools

• PowerScale HealthCheck
• DataIQv1
• InsightIQ
• isi statistics