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Managing NAS and Performance on Clustered Data ONTAP
This course combines CIFS, NFS, and performance analysis topics into a single, in-depth one-week course. It provides the knowledge and skills that you need to administer CIFS version 1.x to 2.x and...
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$5,055 USD
Course Code
NA-NASPAD
Duration
5 days
Available Formats
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This course combines CIFS, NFS, and performance analysis topics into a single, in-depth one-week course. It provides the knowledge and skills that you need to administer CIFS version 1.x to 2.x and NFS versions 3, 4, and 4.1 in a clustered Data ONTAP� operating system. You also learn the skills you need to collect and analyze performance data from NetApp� storage systems.
Skills Gained
- By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe CIFS and NFS protocols
- Describe configuration in the clustered Data ONTAP operating system
- Use the Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit to write PowerShell scripts
- Use Data ONTAP operating system to configure home directories
- Review performance management for CIFS and NFS environments
- Explain troubleshooting techniques for NetApp storage systems and for clients who use the CIFS and NFS protocols
- Describe how data flows through the network and protocol layers of clustered Data ONTAP
- Define performance-related terms and describe basic methodologies
- Identify the methods that can be used to monitor and analyze storage system performance
- Explain how methods and tools can be used to collect performance data
- Use command output to analyze system performance
- Use command output from case studies to identify performance bottlenecks
- Implement configuration for recommended practices for resiliency and performance
- Locate resources and information that help you maximize system performance
Who Can Benefit
- Professionals who manage NetApp storage systems and need a deeper understanding of protocols and performance in a clustered Data ONTAP environment.
Prerequisites
- The courses below are recommended before attending the Manage NAS and Performance on clustered Data ONTAP class.
- Clustered Data ONTAP Administration
- Hands-on experience with Data ONTAP
- (three to six months)
Course Details
Managing NAS and Performance on Clustered Data ONTAP
- Module 1 How a NetApp Storage System Works
- Describe the layers within the Data ONTAP architecture
- List the advantages that are provided by the ability of WAFL to optimize writes
- Explain the purpose of NVRAM
- Diagram the flow of read and write requests through the network and protocol layers of Data ONTAP
- Describe the benefits that RAID provides
- Module 2 Performance Overview
- Define performance-related terms, such as baseline, bottleneck, Littles law, and latency
- Describe baseline performance guidelines and methodologies as they relate to NetApp storage systems
- Module 3 Clustered Storage System Workloads and Bottlenecks
- Gather information about the workload of an existing storage system
- Identify the storage system components that can affect performancebecome bottlenecks
- Module 4 Cluster Performance Monitoring and Analysis
- Describe the performance analysis tools and commands that are commonly used for cluster health checks
- Identify the key performance commands and describe the command output that they produce
- Explain how to use NetApp tools for performance measurement
- Describe the benefits of using the AutoSupport support tool for performance analysis
- Module 5 OnCommand Management Tools
- List the three categories of performance tools
- Explain the features and functions of Insight Perform
- Explain the features and functions of OnCommand Balance
- Use OnCommand management tools to view performance data
- Module 6 Storage QoS
- Discuss how the Storage Quality of Service (QoS) feature works in a clustered Data ONTAP environment
- Identify the commands that are used to manage policy groups
- Monitor workload performance
- Module 7 NFS Overview
- Define NFS
- List use cases for NFS
- Differentiate between NFS protocol versions
- Discuss the two implementations of Data ONTAPNetAppModule 8 NFS Version 3Discuss NFS version 3 (NFSv3) features
- Describe Data ONTAP support for NFSv3
- Explain use cases for NFSv3
- Configure Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode to use the NFSv3 protocol
- Configure clustered Data ONTAP to use the NFSv3 protocol
- Describe NFSv3 securityModule 9 NFS Version 4
- Discuss NFS version 4 (NFSv4) features
- Describe Data ONTAP support for NFSv4
- Explain use cases for NFSv4
- Configure Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode to use the NFSv4 protocol
- Configure clustered Data ONTAP to use the NFSv4 protocol
- Describe NFSv4 security2NetAppModule 10 NFS Version 4.1
- Discuss NFS version 4.1 (NFSv4.1) and parallel NFS (pNFS) features
- Describe Data ONTAP support for NFSv4.1 and pNFS
- Explain use cases for NFSv4.1 and pNFS
- Configure clustered Data ONTAP to use the NFSv4.1 protocol
- Configure a Linux host to use the NFSv4.1 protocolModule 11 Performance and Basic Troubleshooting
- Discuss the factors that influence NFS performance
- List the tools that are used to capture NFS performance statistics
- Recognize areas in which issues might arise
- Explain the interactions between CIFS and NFS name mapping
- Describe basic NFS troubleshooting between storage systems, the Linux client, and the network
- Discuss troubleshooting NFS locks and leasesModule 12 CIFS Overview
- Differentiate between CIFS protocol versions
- List the CIFS supported environments
- Explain how CIFS authenticates resources in a workgroup environment and a domain environment
- Discuss the two implementations of Data ONTAPModule 13 SMB Setup
- Configure workgroup authentication for a storage system with Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Set up a storage system with clustered Data ONTAP for Windows domain authentication
- Configure Windows domain authentication for a storage system with Data ONTAP operating in 7-ModeModule 14 Shares and Sessions
- List the default shares
- Display all shares that are available on the storage system
- Configure a client machine to access any share
- Define sparse files and set their attributes
- Identify the CIFS sessions that are established by accessing a share on the storage system
- Add, modify, and delete sharesModule 15 Access Control
- Use the CLI, OnCommand System Manager, or Microsoft tools to add, delete, and modify the access permissions of shares
- Use Microsoft tools to add, delete, and modify the access permissions of files and folders
- Use access-based enumeration
- Create local users
- Create local groups
- Determine and verify user mappings for CIFS users that access NTFS and UNIX volumes or qtrees
- Configure file policies2NetAppModule 16 Advanced Topics
- Discuss opportunistic locks (oplocks) implementation within the Data ONTAP operating system
- Describe metacache support for Clustered Data ONTAP
- Explain support for BranchCache
- Configure auditing
- Set up home directory shares
- Describe group policy object implementation within the Data ONTAP operating system
- Configure CIFS security settings
- Implement symbolic links and widelinksModule 17 PowerShell and the Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit
- Describe Microsoft PowerShell
- Configure a Microsoft Windows host to work with the Data ONTAP Software Development Kit (SDK)
- Explain how the Data ONTAP SDK can be used to script storage features
- List the methods of using PowerShell
- Explain how to create simple scripts
- Redirect output results to log files
- Use PowerShell to make Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) callsModule 18 Performance and Basic Troubleshooting
- Discuss the factors that influence CIFS performance
- List the tools that are used to capture CIFS performance statistics
- Recognize areas in which issues might arise
- Describe basic CIFS troubleshooting between storage systems, a Windows client, the authentication mechanism, and the network
- Discuss troubleshooting SMB 3.0 locksLab Exercises
- Lab 2-1 Identify the exercise environment
- Lab 2-2 Log in to the exercise environment
- Lab 2-3 Add a cluster to OnCommand System Manager
- Lab 2-4 Configure SNMP public community name
- Lab 2-5 Identify clustered Data ONTAP components
- Lab 2-6 Set the clustered Data ONTAP command line system timeout value (optional)
- Lab 3-1 Examine the statistics catalog commands
- Lab 3-2 Examine the statistics start and statistics show commands
- Lab 3-3 Defining workload characteristics
- Lab 4-1 Perform initial health checks on the cluster
- Lab 4-2 Baseline performance monitoring from the cluster shell
- Lab 4-3 Performance monitoring from the cluster shell
- Lab 4-4 Unlock diag userid
- Lab 4-5 Using the performance and statistics collector (Perfstat)
- Lab 6-1 Reactively limit thoughput to a workload by associating the workload with QoS policy group
- Lab 6-2 Proactively monitor workload performance by associating a workload with a QoS policy group
- Lab 6-3 Isolate a tenant workload by associating the workload with a QoS policy group
- Lab 7-1 Identify the exercise environment
- Lab 7-2 Log in to the exercise environment
- Lab 7-3 Install OnCommand System Manager in the exercise environment
- Lab 7-4 Add a cluster to OnCommand System Manager
- Lab 7-5 Configure SNMP public community name
- Lab 8-1 Create a data aggregate
- Lab 8-2 Add the NFS license to a cluster
- Lab 8-3 Create a Vserver
- Lab 8-4 Create a UNIX group and user
- Lab 8-5 Define a new export policy and rule
- Lab 8-6 Allocate an aggregate as a resource for a Vserver
- Lab 8-7 Create the Vserver's namespace
- Lab 8-8 Mount the Vserver's namespace
- Lab 8-9 Explore file permissions
- Lab 9-1 Configure a Vserver with a new storage and LIF
- Lab 9-2 Enable NFSv4 features on a Vserver and client
- Lab 9-3 Explore an NFSv4 export on a client
- Lab 9-4 Explore NFSv4 ACLs
- Lab 10-1 Configure a Vserver for NFSv4.1
- Lab 10-2 Explore an NFSv4.1 export on a client
- Lab 10-3 Analyze the effects of a volume move operation on pNFS
- Lab 12-1 Identify the exercise environment
- Lab 12-2 Log in to the exercise environment
- Lab 12-3 Install NetApp OnCommand System Manager in the exercise environment
- Lab 12-4 Add a cluster to OnCommand System Manager
- Lab 12-5 Configure SNMP public community name
- Lab 13-1 Create an aggregate
- Lab 13-2 Configure the prerequisites for the CIFS services
- Lab 13-3 Add the CIFS license to a cluster
- Lab 13-4 Create a Vserver for CIFS
- Lab 13-5 Verify the CIFS server configuration
- Lab 13-6 Configure DNS for a data LIF
- Lab 14-1 Allocate an aggregate as a resource for a Vserver
- Lab 14-2 Create the Vservers namespace
- Lab 14-3 Create CIFS shares for the Vservers volumes
- Lab 14-4 Mount the Vservers shares
- Lab 14-5 Verify an SMB session using Computer Management
- Lab 14-6 Verify an SMB session using Data ONTAP CLI and PowerShell
- Lab 14-7 Explore the copy-offload feature
- Lab 14-8 Investigate the auto location feature
- Lab 15-1 Create a domain group
- Lab 15-2 Create a domain user
- Lab 15-3 Explore share-level permissions with domain user authenication
- Lab 15-4 Configure local users authenication
- Lab 15-5 Implement a native file blocking policy
- Lab 15-6 Set up a multiprotocol configuration
- Lab 15-7 Create an export policy rule
- Lab 15-8 Configure a Vserver for NFS access
- Lab 15-9 Use multiple protocols to access a volume
- Lab 16-1 Configure BranchCache in Data ONTAP
- Lab 16-2 Configure BranchCache in Windows
- Lab 16-3 Configure home directories
- Lab 16-4 Test the home directories with different users
- Lab 16-5 Implement event auditing
- Lab 16-6 Use symbolic links
- Lab 16-7 Implement a widelink on the Vserver
- Lab 17-8 Implement a widelink on a remote server
- Lab 17-1 Set up the Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit
- Lab 17-2 Explore the toolkit help
- Lab 17-3 Use PowerShell to connect to the cluster
- Lab 17-4 Use PowerShell to create a Vserver
- Lab 17-5 Use PowerShell to configure a CIFS server
- Lab 17-6 Use PowerShell to create a share
- Lab 17-7 Work with PowerShell ISE
