ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.6)

$2,700 USD

Course Code ONTAPCA

Duration 3 days

Available Formats Classroom, Virtual

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This three-day, instructor-led course uses lecture and hands-on exercises to teach the basic administration tasks of an ONTAP 9.6 cluster. You use the cluster shell and ONTAP System Manager to manage storage and network resources. ONTAP Cluster Administration is an intermediate course in a comprehensive learning path for NetApp customers, partners, and employees. This course is generally taught with the two-day ONTAP Data Protection course.

Skills Gained

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

Who Can Benefit

Network Engineers
Channel Partners
System Engineers
NetApp Customers

Prerequisites

ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals WBT
ONTAP NAS Fundamentals WBT
ONTAP SAN Fundamentals WBT

Course Details

Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NCDA)

Follow On Courses

ONTAP Data Protection Administration (ONTAP 9.6) (DATAPROT9)
Data ONTAP SAN Implementation (SANIMP)
ONTAP SMB Administration (CIFSAD)
ONTAP NFS Administration (NFSAD)

Outline: ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.6) (ONTAP9ADM)

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

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Will I get access to content after I complete a course?

You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.

Good Course. We covered a lot of material in a short amount of time. This course had useful labs that built upon each other.

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Concise and good to follow along. Although it is a lot to take in under a short period of time.

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