NetApp ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.6) – 3 day – ILT

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

• ONTAP deployment options
• The cluster
• SVMs
• ONTAP select learning resources
• NetApp cloud volumes learning resources

Module 2: Cluster Setup

• Supported FAS and AFF configurations
• Cluster setup
• Administration interfaces
• OnCommand System Manager: Guided cluster setup

Module 3: Cluster Management

• Manage access control
• Cluster node date and time
• ONTAP software licenses
• Manage jobs and schedules

Module 4: Network Management

• NetApp ONTAP Network Review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Routing management
• Failover group commands
• Routing management commands
• BGP and VIP LIFs

Module 5: Physical Storage Management

• Drives, RAID and aggregates
• Advanced drive portioning
• Flash cache and flash pool features
• FabricPool aggregates
• FabricPool in OnCommand System Manager

Module 6: Logical Storage Management

• Flexible volumes
• Provisioning storage resources
• Moving storage resources
• FlexGroup and FlexCache volumes
• Autobalance aggregate

Module 7: Data Access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• NVMe and NVMe/FC

Module 8: Data Protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Backup and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Secure purge and secure boot

Module 9: Storage Efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Volume and file clones
• Inline deduplication status
• Inline data compaction

Module 10: Cluster Maintenance

• Data collection, monitoring and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Performance recommended practices
• Technical support
• Documentation
• ONTAP software upgrades

Module 11: Course Review

Labs:

• Exploring ONTAP Management UIs
• Managing ONTAP clusters and administrators
• Managing physical and logical network resources
• Managing virtual network resources
• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC and creating a flash pool
• Managing data volumes
• Configuring NAS protocols in an SVM
• Configuring iSCSI in an SVM
• Managing Snapshot copies
• Encrypting a volume
• Managing storage efficiency
• Managing FlexClone volumes
• Bonus Exercise: creating a FlexGroup volume
• Installing and configuring Config Advisor

• Manage ONTAP administrators
• Configure and manage storage resources
• Configure and manage networking resources
• Create and configure a storage virtual machine (SVM)
• Create and manage FlexVol volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Create protocol servers within an SVM
• Configure basic data protection features
• Perform administrative and preventive maintenance tasks