Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)

Networking, Storage

Learn about Data ONTAP® 7G and the cutting-edge Data ONTAP 8.0.x 7-Mode by exploring basic administration of a storage system running Data ONTAP 7-Mode. By diving deeper into administrative techniques, you will acquire the knowledge to become a successful storage administrator.

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  • Module 1 NetApp Storage Environment
    1. Identify the key features and functions of NetApp storage systems
    2. Describe the advantages that a NetApp storage system provides
    3. Distinguish between network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) topologies
    4. Describe NetApp unified storage architecture
    5. Access the NetApp Support site to obtain software and hardware documentation
  • Module 2 Basic Administration
    1. Connect remotely to a FAS system by using the console and a remote host
    2. Access NetApp System Manager to administer a storage system
    3. Execute commands by using the console, a remote host, and NetApp System Manager
    4. Use commands to analyze a FAS system
    5. Configure and manage the NetApp AutoSupport™ support tool for a FAS system
  • Module 3 Physical Storage
    1. Describe Data ONTAP RAID technology
    2. Identify a disk in a disk shelf based on its ID
    3. Execute commands to determine a disk ID
    4. Identify a hot-spare disk in a FAS system
    5. Describe the effects of using multiple disk types
    6. Create a 32-bit and a 64-bit aggregate
    7. Execute aggregate commands in the Data ONTAP operating system
    8. Calculate usable disk space
  • Module 4 Logical Storage
    1. Explain the concepts related to volume in the Data ONTAP operating system
    2. Define and create a flexible volume
    3. Execute vol commands
    4. Define and create qtrees
  • Module 5 WAFL Simplified
    1. Describe how data is written to and read from a WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) file system on a volume
    2. Explain the WAFL file system concepts, including consistency points (CPs), RAID management, and storage levels
    3. Describe how RAID is used to protect disk data
    4. Explain how the WAFL file system processes write and read requests
  • Module 6 Administration Security
    1. Restrict administrative access
    2. Restrict console and NetApp System Manager access
    3. Configure a client machine as an administration host to manage a storage system
  • Module 7 Networking
    1. Identify the configuration of network settings and components in the Data ONTAP operating system
    2. Explain and configure name resolution services
    3. Configure routing tables in the Data ONTAP operating system
    4. Define and create interface groups
    5. Discuss the operation of virtual LANs (VLANs) and how to route them
  • Module 8 NFS
    1. Explain NFS implementation in the Data ONTAP operating system
    2. License NFS on a storage system
    3. Explain the purpose and format of /etc/exports
    4. List and define the export specification options
    5. Describe the use of the exportfs command
    6. Mount an export on a UNIX host
  • Module 9 CIFS
    1. Describe the CIFS environment
    2. Configure the storage system to participate in the CIFS environment
    3. Share a resource on the storage system
    4. Map a drive from a client to the shared resource on the storage system
  • Module 10 NAS Management
    1. List some security methods for protecting data
    2. Explain and configure a security style setting for a volume and a qtree
    3. Describe methods of tracking and restricting storage usage
    4. Explain, create, and manage quotas
    5. Explain and configure the Data ONTAP FPolicy file-screening policy
  • Module 11 SAN
    1. Explain the purpose of a SAN
    2. Identify supported SAN configurations
    3. Distinguish between Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI protocols
    4. Define a LUN and explain LUN attributes
    5. Use the lun setup command and NetApp System Manager to create iSCSI-attached LUNs
    6. Access and manage a LUN from a Windows host
    7. Define SnapDrive data management software and its features
  • Module 12 Snapshot Copies
    1. Describe the function of Snapshot copies
    2. Explain the benefits of Snapshot copies
    3. Identify and execute Snapshot commands
    4. Create and delete Snapshot copies
    5. Configure and modify Snapshot options
    6. Explain the importance of the .snapshot directory
    7. Describe how Snapshot technology allocates disk space for volumes and aggregates
    8. Schedule Snapshot copies
    9. Configure and manage the Snapshot copy reserve
  • Module 13 Space Management
    1. List storage efficiency techniques available within the Data ONTAP operating system
    2. State factors that impact space consumption in the Data ONTAP operating system
    3. Describe how and when a volume consumes space from its containing aggregate
    4. Explain how to guarantee writes for a file
    5. Discuss how the Data ONTAP operating system can provide more space to a full volume
    6. State deduplication and compression techniques available in the Data ONTAP operating system
  • Module 14 High Availability
    1. Describe high-availability (HA) solutions
    2. Discuss how high availability increases the reliability of storage
    3. Define HA controller configuration
    4. Describe the three modes of HA operation with an HA pair
    5. Analyze how high availability affects client protocols during failover and giveback operations
  • Module 15 Virtualization Solutions
    1. List the virtualization vendors that the Data ONTAP operating system supports
    2. Illustrate virtualization solutions
    3. Describe how to virtualize a storage controller using MultiStore software
    4. Configure MultiStore software
    5. Assign client protocols on MultiStore software
  • Module 16 Backup and Recovery Methods
    1. List the methods available to back up and recover data
    2. Use ndmpcopy to process full and incremental data transfers
    3. Discuss dump and restore
    4. Describe, enable, and configure Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) on a storage system
  • Module 17 Data Collection Tools
    1. Use the sysstat, stats, and statit commands
    2. Describe the factors that affect RAID performance
    3. Execute commands to collect data about write and reads throughputs
    4. Execute commands to verify the operation of hardware, software, and network components
    5. Identify commands and options used to obtain configuration and status
  • Module 18 Data ONTAP Upgrades
    1. Access the NetApp Support site for the following documents:
    2. Data ONTAP Upgrade Guide
    3. Data ONTAP Release Notes
    4. Collect data for installation using a configuration worksheet
    5. Describe how to perform Data ONTAP software upgrades and reboots
    6. Configure a storage system using the setup command
  • Module 19 Final Words
Prerequisites:
Introduction to Data ONTAP by way of any Data ONTAP fundamentals webbased training course.
Schedule:
5 days (9:00-17:00)
Price per person:
4 000.00 € (4 840.00 € incl. 21% VAT)
Training Partner:
Fast Lane
Language:
English

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