ONTAP Cluster Administration (NEP_OT-CLU-A ) course. NetApp. Also remote

Description

You use the clustershell and NetApp ONTAP System Manager to manage cluster storage and network resources. The course explains the configuration of basic data protection and data efficiency functions and common cluster maintenance tasks.

Objectives

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

• Define NetApp 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 storage resources
• Configure and manage networking 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
• Maintain NetApp storage systems

Audience

• Administrator
• Architect
• Operator

Prerequisites

ONTAP Cluster, NAS and SAN Fundamentals elearning is required. 

This is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center. 

Programme

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

Exercises

Exploring ONTAP management UIs

Module 3: Cluster Management
• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and schedules

Exercises

Managing ONTAP clusters
Managing ONTAP administrators
Configuring multi-admin verification

Module 4:Network management

• NetApp ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management

Exercises

Managing physical and logical network resources
Managing virtual network resources

Module 5: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
Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
Creating a FabricPool aggregate

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC
• Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
• Creating a FabricPool aggregate

Exercises

Managing data volumes
Creating a FlexGroup volume

Module 7: Data Access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use object protocols to access data

Exercises

Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
Managing NAS storage VMs

Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises

Managing Snapshot copies
Encrypting a volume
Enabling anti-ransomware protection

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones

Exercises

Managing storage efficiency
Managing FlexClone volumes

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Recommended practices for performance
• Technical support

Exercises

Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor

Follow on courses

The following are suggested follow on courses..

• OT-DPA - ONTAP Data Protection Administration
• OT-SANI - ONTAP SAN Implementation  
• OT-SMB - ONTAP SMB Administration