Overview
Learn the basic administration tasks of a NetApp® ONTAP® 9.14 cluster.
Use the clustershell and NetApp ONTAP System Manager to manage cluster storage and network resources.
Discover how to configure basic data protection and data efficiency functions and common cluster maintenance tasks
Prerequisites
ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals, NAS and SAN Fundamentals elearning are required - this is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center
Delegates will learn how to
• 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
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
ONTAP licences
Policies and Schedules
Exercises
Deploying an ONTAP cluster
Exploring ONTAP management UIs
Configuring ONTAP Clusters
Module 3: 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
Module 4:Logical Storage Management
• Flexible volumes
• Moving storage resources
• FlexGroup volumes
• FlexCache volumes
Exercises
Managing data volumes
Creating a FlexGroup volume
Module 5: Storage Efficiency
• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Volume and file clones
Exercises
Managing storage efficiency
Managing FlexClone volumes
Module 6: Network Management
• ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• Logical network interfaces
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management
Exercises
Managing physical and logical network resources
Managing virtual network resources
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
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
Module 9: Data Protection
• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
Exercises
Managing Snapshot copies
Module 10: ONTAP Security
• Access control
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection
Exercises
Managing ONTAP Administrators
Module 11: Cluster maintenance
• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Upgrading your cluster
• Technical support
Exercises
Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor
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