ONTAP NFS Administration

This class is intended for the following participants:

- Systems Administrators

- Storage Administrators

- Enterprise Architects

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

• Describe the core features and functionality of the NFS protocol
• Identify and use the interfaces for managing ONTAP software
• Set up and configure NFS in the ONTAP environment
• Illustrate the workflow to access NFS files and folders
• Administer and manage both NFSv3 and NFSv4 protocols
• Configure ONTAP software to enable multiprotocol data access
• Monitor and manage NFS operations

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

Module 1: Getting started

Lessons of Module 1

• Introduction to NFS
• NFS access flow
• Authentication and authorization
• Basic storage VM configuration
• Interfaces for managing ONTAP based systems

Exercises of Module 1

• Configuring a storage VM

Module 2: Log in to Linux client

Lessons  of Module 2

• UNIX user concepts
• User authentication mechanisms

Exercises  of Module 2

• Logging in to Linux client

Module 3: Mount NFS volume

Lessons  of Module 3

• NFS service and networking
• Volumes, qtrees, and namespaces
• Export policies, DNS, and NIS

Exercises  of Module 3

• Configuring networking and NFS service
• Creating volumes and junction paths
• Creating export policies and rules for volumes

Module 4: Access files and folders

Lessons  of Module 4

• UNIX user authorization concepts

Exercises  of Module 4

• Applying permissions and accessing files

Module 5: Advanced NFS configuration

Lessons  of Module 5

• Managing NFSv4 configuration
• Centralized name services
• File locking
• AUTH_SYS extended groups
• NFSv4 ACLs

Exercises  of Module 5

• Managing NFSv4

Module 6: Multiprotocol configuration

Lessons  of Module 6

• Multiprotocol configuration
• Name mapping

Exercises  of Module 6

• Configuring a storage VM for multiprotocol access

Appendix: Monitoring and managing NFS

Lessons of Appendix

• Monitor NFS active clients
• Collecting NFS statistics and data

Exercises of Appendix

• Monitoring NFS performance

Participants should have knowledge of:

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals
• ONTAP Cluster Administration
• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals
• Working knowledge of UNIX and Linux operating systems of NFS

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