NetApps Course Content


Module 1: Introduction to Windows and Linux & Storage terminology
  • Introduction to windows and Linux platform
  • File system types, shares, permissions overview
  • Relationship between different OS's, Storage.
  • Introduction to NAS & SAN, Differences, advantages and Disadvantages.
Module 2: The NetApp Storage Environment
  • Introduction to Netapp Storage systems
  • Key features and functions of NetApp storage systems
  • Advantages that a NetApp storage system provides
  • Difference between network -attached storage (NAS) and SAN topologies
  • Netapp Storage architecture and timeline
  • Different software's/products from Netapp and their purpose
  • Access the Net Support site to obtain software and hardware documentation

Module 3: WAFL Overview

  • Introduction to WAFL File system.
  • overview of WAFL file system and how it read/write data
  • Explain the WAFL file system concepts, including consistency points (CPs), RAID
  • management, and storage levels
  • Describe how RAID is used to protect disk data

Module 4: Basic Hardware Overview & Administration
  • Netapp Hardware overview and parts, architecture
  • Connecting to Netapp filer by using console/remote host
  • Access Netapp system manager to administer filer
  • Execute commands by using the console, a remote host and NetApp System Manager
  • Different types of command that useful.
  • Configure and manage the NetApp Auto Support feature/options.
  • Different filer level options to configure

Module 5: Physical Storage
  • RAID Technology
  • Different types of Disks that supported by Netapp, overview
  • Hardware overview in detail
  • Commands related to disks, spare pool, assignment of disks, identifying disks,
  • Overview of hierarchy of storage Aggregate, volumes, Qtrees etc.

Module 6: Logical Storage
  • How storage allocation works/what we allocate from storage boxes.
  • Concept of Volumes, Qtrees, LUNs
  • Creation, changing status, offline, destroy volumes
  • Different commands at volume level, qtree, LUN level

Module 7: 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 8: Networking
  • Configuration of network settings and components in the Data ONTAP operating system
  • Explain and configure services like DNS, NIS, WINS, etc.
  • Configure routing tables in the Data ONTAP operating system
  • Discussion on important configuration files of storage.
  • Define and create interface groups
  • Discuss the operation of virtual LANs (VLANs) and how to route them

Module 9: NFS

  • NFS introduction, Overview, working procedure
  • NFS implementation in Netapp
  • 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
  • Troubleshooting problems/issues.

Module 10: CIFS
  • Introduction and Overview of CIFS protocol, usage, importance in NAS environment.
  • Configure the storage system to participate in the CIFS environment
  • Creating CIFS shares and sharing to client/end user
  • Permissions overview and how it works
  • Different CIFS options to configure based on requirement
  • Different ways of mapping and using share at end user side.
  • Different CIFS configuration files
  • how access from AD works

Module 11: Both CIFS & NFS share configuration
  • Why we need a share to be available in both Windows & Linux
  • configuring filer to make use of shares in both environment
  • Mapping of windows and Linux users
  • overview of configuration files like usermap, passwd and NIS
  • NIS Configuration, Overview of maps
  • mapping between windows and Linux account with different options.
  • Different CIFS options to configure

Module 12: 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 13: SAN

• Explain the purpose of a SAN
• SAN Configuration
• Different protocols used and differentiate them
• Define a LUN and explain LUN attributes.
• Creating different types of LUNs with different options and mapping to client (different OSs)
• troubleshooting SAN connectivity (iSCSI, FC)
• Accessing and managing a LUN from a windows hosts
Multipath concept from client and Netapp end

Module 14: Snapshot Copies

• Describe the function of Snapshot copies
• Benefits of snapshot copies
• Snapshot commands
• Create and delete Snapshot copies
• Configure and modify Snapshot options
• Describe how Snapshot technology allocates disk space for volumes and aggregates.
• Schedule Snapshot copies
Creating clones with snapshots and split clone volumes

Module 15: Space Managment

• 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
• Concept of Thin & Thick provision
• Different types of Allocations and capacity management.
Identify the De-duplication and compression techniques that are available in the Data
ONTAP operating system

Module 16: High-Availability & Cluster

• Describe high-availability (HA) solutions
• Discuss how HA increases the reliability of storage
• Define HA controller configuration
• Concept of Failover and Giveback
Analyze how HA affects clients protocols during failover and giveback operations
 
Module 17: Snapmirror, Snapvault Overview

• Replication overview
• Snapmirror, Snapvault overview and working procedure
• Difference between Snapmirror and Snapvault
• Configuring Snapmirror/Snapvault
• creating SM/SV relationships
• Difference between VSM and QSM
• Troubleshooting and re-directing, updating, re-sync overview
Restoring volumes/snapshot

Module 18: Data Collection Tools

• Use the sysstat, stats, and statit commands
• Overview of tracert, perfstat, nSanity collection
• 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 19: Snapdrive
• Overview of Snapdrive Product
• Creating LUNs, Managing LUNs, Sessions, connecting LUNs
• creating different mount points
Services related to snapdrive

Module 20: Snapmanager for SQL

• Overview of backup process for Databases
Overview of Snapmanager Product from Netapp for SQL, Oracle, SAP, Exchange
• Environment
• Discussion on working procedure of Snapmanager product
• Configuring Snapmanager for SQL and scheduling jobs
• Backup process and Restoration Process
Module 21: Snapcreator Overview

ModuleServices related to Snapmanager and troubleshooting backup failures

Module 22: Upgrades

• How to upgrade Data ONTAP version on filer
• How to upgrade firmware
How to upgrade Snapmanger, Snapdrive

Module 23: Alert Monitoring
 
pulling reports, checking and acknowledging alerts
• Overview of DFM
• Configuring Alerts in DFM

Module 24: Performance Issues & Troubleshooting

Module 25: Cluster Mode Basics

Module 26: Filer Setup and CIFS setup

• Discussing how to setup a new filer
• Different configuration files and their importance.

Module 27: Real time alloc tions
• how allocations in real time
• how Change management works
Different types of allocations for SQL, Oracle, Apps, LUNs etc..

Module 28: Brocade and Cisco Zoning concepts

Module 29: Real time Discussions.