ONTAP Cluster Administration

This class is intended for the following participants:

- Administrator

- Architect

- Operator

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

• 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 both networking and storage resources
• Create and configure a storage VM
• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Manage ONTAP administrator access
• Manage NetApp storage systems

This course includes the following modules, lessons, and exercises:

Module 1:  ONTAP 9 clusters

Lessons of Module 1

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

Module 2: Cluster setup

Lessons of Module 2

• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a cluster
• Administration interfaces
• ONTAP licenses
• Policies and schedules

Exercises of Module 2

• Deploying an ONTAP cluster
• Exploring ONTAP management UIs

Module 3: Physical storage management

Lessons of Module 3

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

Exercises of Module 3

• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC
• Testing high availability

Module 4: Logical storage management

Lessons of Module 4

• Flexible volumes
• Moving storage resources
• FlexGroup volumes
• FlexCache volumes

Exercises of Module 4

• Managing FlexVol volumes
• Creating a FlexGroup volume

Module 5: Storage efficiency

Lessons of Module 5

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Volume and file clones

Exercises of Module 5

• Managing storage efficiency
• Managing FlexClone volumes

Module 6: Network management

Lessons of Module 6

• ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• Logical network interfaces
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration

Exercises of Module 6

• Managing physical and logical network resources
• Managing virtual network resources

Module 7: Client access

Lessons of Module 7

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use the NFS protocol to access data
• Use the SMB protocol to access data
• Use the S3 protocol to access data
• SAN protocol access
• Use SAN protocols to access data

Exercises of Module 7

• Monitoring with ONTAP File System Analytics
• Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
• Configuring NVMe in a storage VM

Module 8: Data protection

Lessons of Module 8

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data

Exercises of Module 8

• Managing Snapshot copies

Module 9: ONTAP security

Lessons of Module 9

• Administrator access control
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises of Module 9

• Managing ONTAP administrators
• Messaging administrative users

Module 10: Cluster maintenance

Lessons of Module 10

• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Upgrading your cluster
• Technical support

Exercises of Module 10

• Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor
• Examining ONTAP logs

Participants should have knowledge of:

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals (web-based training [WBT]) or ONTAP Cluster Foundation (ILT)
• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals (WBT)
• ONTAP SAN Fundamentals (WBT)

• None

• None