ONTAP AFX Administration

Systems administrator and technical support engineer

• Define AFX cluster components

• Understand the role of a storage VM in the NetApp storage architecture

• Configure an AFX cluster

• Configure and manage both networking and storage resources

• Create and configure a storage VM

• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® and FlexGroup volumes

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

Module 1: AFX clusters

Lessons

• AFX cluster

• ONTAP hybrid multicloud

• AFX cluster components

• Storage VMs

• Administration interfaces

Exercises

Exploring ONTAP management UIs

Module 2: AFX network management

Lessons

• AFX network review

• Network ports

• Network traffic segregation

• Logical network interfaces

• Nondisruptive LIF configuration

Exercises

• Managing physical and logical network resources

• Managing virtual network resources

Module 3: AFX storage management

Lessons

• Physical storage layer

• Logical storage layer

• FlexGroup volumes

• FlexCache volumes

Exercises

• Configuring a storage VM

• Managing data volumes

Module 4: NAS data access

Lessons

• 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

• Maximizing I/O throughput

Exercises

• Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM

• Maximizing NAS I/O

Module 5: Data management

Lessons

• Administrator access control

• Manage Snapshot copies

• Storage efficiency

• Back up and replicate data

Exercises

• Managing ONTAP administrators

• Managing Snapshot copies

• Fundamental knowledge of storage systems

• AFX Fundamentals via NetApp Learning Services

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals via NetApp Learning Services