ONTAP Cluster Administration

Administrator, architect, and 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 and user accounts
• Manage NetApp storage systems

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

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

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Module 1: ONTAP 9 clusters

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

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Module 2: Cluster setup

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

Exercises

• Deploying an ONTAP cluster
• Exploring ONTAP management UIs

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Module 3: Physical storage management

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

Exercises

• Exploring RAID-TEC

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Module 4: Logical storage management

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

Exercises

• Managing data volumes
• Creating a FlexGroup volume

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Module 5: Storage efficiency

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

Exercises

• Managing storage efficiency
• Managing FlexClone volumes

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Module 6: Network management

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

Exercises

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

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Module 7: NAS data access

• 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

Exercises

• 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

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Module 8: SAN data access

• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use the iSCSI protocol to access data
• Use the FC protocol to access data
• Use the NVMe protocol to access data

Exercises

• Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
• Configuring NVMe in a storage VM

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Module 9: Data protection

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

Exercises

• Managing Snapshot copies

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Module 10: ONTAP security

• Access control
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises:

• Managing ONTAP administrators

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Module 11: Cluster maintenance

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

Exercises

• Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor