ONTAP Cluster Administration
Course code
NEP_OT-CLU-A
Duration
3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours
Course Overview
Objectives
Prerequisites
Course Outline
Course Overview
In this course, you learn the basic administration tasks of a NetApp® ONTAP® 9.12 cluster. You use the clustershell and NetApp ONTAP System Manager to manage cluster storage and network resources. The course explains the configuration of basic data protection and data efficiency functions and common cluster maintenance tasks.
Training Units: 36
Objectives
• Define ONTAP cluster components
• Describe the role of a storage VM (storage virtual machine, also known as SVM) in the NetApp storage architecture
• Configure an ONTAP cluster
• Configure and manage storage resources
• Configure and manage networking resources
• Create and configure a storage VM
• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Manage ONTAP administrator access and user accounts
• Maintain NetApp storage systems
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
ONTAP Cluster, NAS and SAN Fundamentals elearning is required.
This is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center.
Audience
- Administrator
- Architect
- Operator
Course Outline
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
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ONTAP Cluster Administration
Course code:
NEP_OT-CLU-A
Duration:
3 Days, 24 Acad. Hours
