Course Description
Welcome to the NetApp® Data ONTAP® 7-Mode Administration course. Data ONTAP 8 is the next generation data storage operating system from NetApp. Data ONTAP 8.1 builds on the stability and reliability of the Data ONTAP 8 operating system and provides new functionality that sets it apart from all of the competition. This five-day instructor-led course enables you to perform basic support and administrative functions on a NetApp storage system running the Data ONTAP system operating in 7-Mode.
Agenda
Who should attend
This course is intended for NetApp customers, partners and employees who provide basic support and perform administrative functions of the Data ONTAP 8.1 operating system.
Certifications
This course is part of the following Certifications:
NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)
Prerequisites
Students who attend this course should have a background in system administration for UNIX® or Microsoft® Windows® operating systems and/or Data ONTAP 7-Mode Fundamentals (WBT)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course you should be able to:
Identify the various components of a NetApp storage environment
Install and perform the setup configuration of Data ONTAP
Perform basic administration on a storage system
Explain and configure physical and logical storage
Identify and configure client protocols
State virtualization techniques available in Data ONTAP
Describe Snapshot copies and space consumption in Data ONTAP
Discuss backup methods available in Data ONTAP
Detailed Course Outline
Module 1 The NetApp Storage Environment
Identify the key features and functions of NetApp storage systems
Describe the advantages that a NetApp storage system provides
Distinguish between network-attached storage (NAS) and SAN topologies
Describe NetApp Unified Storage Architecture
Access the NetApp Support site to obtain software and hardware documentation
Module 2 WAFL Simplified
Describe how data is written to and read from WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) file system on a volume
Explain the WAFL file system concepts, including consistency points (CPs), RAID management, and storage levels
Describe how RAID is used to protect disk data
Explain how the WAFL file system processes write and read requests
Module 3 Basic Administration
Connect remotely to a FAS system by using the console and a remote host
Access NetApp System Manager to administrator a storage system
Execute commands by using the console, a remote host and NetApp System Manager
Use commands to analyze a FAS system
Configure and manage the NetApp AutoSupport tool for a FAS system
Module 4 Physical Storage
Describe Data ONTAP RAID technology
Identify a disk in a disk shelf based on its ID
Execute commands to determine a disk ID
Identify a hot-spark disk in a FAS system
Describe the effects of using multiple disk types
Create a 32-bit aggregate and a 64-bit aggregate
Execute aggregate commands in the Data ONTAP operating system
Calculate usable disk space
Module 5 Logical Storage
Explain the concepts related to volumes in the Data ONTAP operating system
Define and create a flexible volume
Execute vol commands
Define and create qtrees
Module 6 Administration Security
Restrict administrative access
Restrict console and NetApp System Manager access
Configure a client machine as an administration host to manage a storage system
Module 7 Networking
Identify the configuration of network settings and components in the Data ONTAP operating system
Explain and configure name resolution services
Configure routing tables in the Data ONTAP operating system
Define and create interface groups
Discuss the operation of virtual LANs (VLANs) and how to route them
Module 8 NFS
Explain NFS implementation in the Data ONTAP operating system
License NFS on a storage system
Explain the purpose and format of /etc/ exports
List and define the export specification options
Describe the use of the exportfs command
Mount an export on a UNIX host
Module 9 CIFS
Describe the CIFS environment
Configure the storage system to participate in the CIFS environment
Share a resource on the storage system
Map a drive from a client to the shared resource on the storage system
Module 10 NAS Management
List some security methods for protecting data
Explain and configure a security style setting for a volume and a qtree
Describe methods of tracking and restricting storage usage
Explain, create, and manage quotas
Explain and configure the Data ONTAP FPolicy file-screening policy
Module 11 SAN
Explain the purpose of a SAN
Identify supported SAN configurations
Distinguish between Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI protocols
Define a LUN and explain LUN attributes
Use the LUN setup command and NetApp System Manager to create iSCSI-attached LUNs
Access and manage a LUN from a Windows host
Define SnapDrive data management software and its feature
Module 12 Snapshot Copies
Describe the function of Snapshot copies
Explain the benefits of Snapshot copies
Identify and execute Snapshot commands
Create and delete Snapshot copies
Configure and modify Snapshot options
Explain the importance of the .snapshot directory
Describe how Snapshot technology allocates disk space for volumes and aggregates
Schedule Snapshot copies
Configure and manage the Snapshot copy reserve
Module 13 Space Management
List the storage efficiency techniques that are available within the Data ONTAP operating system
Identify the factors that impact space consumption in the Data ONTAP operating system
Describe how and when a volume consumes space from the aggregate that contains it
Explain how to guarantee writes for a file
Explain how the Data ONTAP operating system can provide space to a full volume
Identify the deduplication and compression techniques that are available in the Data ONTAP operating system
Module 14 High-Availability
Describe high-availability (HA) solutions
Discuss how HA increases the reliability of storage
Define HA controller configuration
Describe the three modes of HA operation with an HA pair
Analyze how HA affects clients protocols during failover and giveback operations
Module 15 Virtualization Solutions
Describe how to virtualize a storage controller by using MultiStore software
Configure MultiStore software
Assign client protocols on MultiStore software
Module 16 Backup and Recovery Methods
List the methods available to back up and recover data
Use ndmpcopy to process full and incremental data transfers
Discuss dump and restore
Describe, enable, and configure Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) on a storage system
Module 17 Data Collection Tools
Use the sysstat, stats, and statit commands
Describe the factors that affect RAID performance
Execute commands to collect data about write and read throughputs
Execute commands to verify the operation of hardware, software, and network components
Identify commands and options that are used to obtain configuration and status
Module 18 Data ONTAP Upgrades
Access the NetApp Support site for the following documents:
Data ONTAP Upgrade Guide
Data ONTAP Release Notes
Use a configuration worksheet to collect data for installation
Describe how to perform Data ONTAP software upgrades and reboots
Use the setup command to configure a storage system
Lab Exercises
Lab 1-1 Identify the exercise environment Lab 1-2 Explore the NetApp support site Lab 2-1 Explain how the Data ONTAP operating system writes data Lab 2-2 Explain how the Data ONTAP operating system reads data Lab 3-1 Log in to the exercise environment Lab 3-2 Install System Manager Lab 3-3 Add a storage system to NetApp System Manager Lab 3-4 Use the CLI to access a storage system Lab 3-5 Explore the Help command and privilege levels Lab 3-6 List the options on a storage system Lab 3-7 From the CLI, examine the system configuration of a storage system Lab 3-8 Use NetApp System Manager to configure DNS Lab 3-9 Use system manager to configure the AutoSupport tool Lab 4-1 Exploring the current disk configuration Lab 4-2 Understand the impact of disk scrub on a storage system Lab 4-3 Run the storage configuration wizard Lab 4-4 Use NetApp system manager to create a 64-bit aggregate Lab 4-5 Use the CLI to create a 64-bit aggregate Lab 4-6 Use the CLI to create a 32-bit aggregate and upgrade to 64-bit Lab 4-7 Cause a disk to fail Lab 4-8 Add disks to an aggregate Lab 5-1 Use system manager to create a volume Lab 5-2 Resize a volume Lab 5-3 Delete a volume Lab 5-4 Create qtrees Lab 5-5 Delete qtrees Lab 6-1 Create an administrative user account Lab 6-2 Use the CLI to configure administrative security Lab 6-3 Log in with a new user account Lab 7-1 Use the System Manager to configure network settings Lab 7-2 Use the CLI to configuration network settings Lab 7-3 Use the CLI to create a single-mode interface group Lab 7-4 Use the CLI to create a multimode interface group Lab 8-1 Use NetApp System Manager to license NFS Lab 8-2 Use NetApp System Manager to export a volume Lab 8-3 Use the CLI to export a volume Lab 8-4 Mount exports from an administration host Lab 9-1 Use NetApp System Manager to license CIFS service Lab 9-2 Use NetApp System Manager to configure CIFS service Lab 9-3 Create a window domain user Lab 9-4 Use the CLI and NetApp System Manager to view and create shares Lab 9-5 Create a new share with computer management Lab 9-6 Map shares to drive letters Lab 9-7 Modify user permissions Lab 9-8 Display CIFS sessions Lab 9-9 Configure SMB 2.0 protocol Lab 9-10 Terminate CIFS sessions Lab 10-1 Create and manage quotas Lab 10-2 Create a quota report Lab 10-3 Modify the /etc/quotas file and implement quota changes Lab 10-4 Use the CLI to create qtrees and quotas for the qtrees Lab 10-5 Create a native file-blocking policy Lab 11-1 License and start the iSCSI service Lab 11-2 Configure iSCSI on Windows Server 2008 R2 Lab 11-3 Use NetApp System Manager to create a LUN Lab 11-4 Use the CLI to create a LUN Lab 11-5 Access LUNs from Windows Server 2008 R2 Lab 11-6 Nondistributively move a volume that contains a LUN Lab 12-1 Use NetApp system manager to create a SnapShot copy Lab 12-2 Restore a windows file from a SnapShot copy Lab 12-3 Restore a Linux file from a SnapShot copy Lab 12-4 Use NetApp system manager to manage SnapShot copies Lab 12-5 Restore a file by using the windows previous version tool Lab 12-6 License and configure SnapRestore technology Lab 12-7 Revert a volume using SnapRestore technology to restore a volume Lab 12-8 Use SnapRestore technology to restore a file Lab 13-1 Explore volume space consumption Lab 13-2 Explore file space consumption Lab 13-3 Configure deduplication Lab 15-1 Create two MultiStore systems with separate IP aliases Lab 15-2 Create a CIFS share on a MultiStore system Lab 15-3 Create an iSCSI LUN on a MultiStore system Lab 16-1 Copy a volume by using the NDMPCOPY command Lab 17-1 Identify the commands that you can use to troubleshoot and solve problems Lab 17-2 Run the statit command on a storage system Lab 17-3 Run the stats command on a storage system