NetApp™ ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP 9.6)

On this accelerated ONTAP Cluster Administration course, you’ll learn the basic administration tasks of a NetApp® ONTAP® 9.12 cluster. You use the clustershell and NetApp ONTAP System Manager to manage cluster storage and network resources. The course explains the configuration of basic data protection and data efficiency functions and common cluster maintenance tasks.

In just 3 days, you’ll learn how to define ONTAP cluster components . You’ll also learn how to:

• Describe the role of a storage VM (storage virtual machine, also known as SVM) in the NetApp storage architecture
• Configure an ONTAP cluster
• Configure and manage storage resources
• Configure and manage networking resources
• Create and configure a storage VM
• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Manage ONTAP administrator access and user accounts
• Maintain NetApp storage systems

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the NetApp exam, and achieve your ONTAP Cluster Administration certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Administrator, architect, and operators

• Module 1: Define ONTAP cluster components
• ONTAP deployment options
• The ONTAP cluster
• Storage VMs
• Software-defined storage

• Module 2: Cluster setup
• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a cluster
• Administration interfaces
• Exercises:
  • Exploring ONTAP management UIs

• Module 3: Cluster management
• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and schedules
• Exercises:
  • Managing ONTAP clusters
  • Managing ONTAP administrators
  • Configuring multi-admin verification

• Module 4: Network management
• NetApp ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management
• Exercises:
  • Managing physical and logical network resources
  • Managing virtual network resources

• Module 5: Physical storage management
• Drives, RAID, and aggregates
• Advanced Disk Partitioning
• Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
• FabricPool aggregates
• Exercises:
  • Managing physical storage
  • Exploring RAID-TEC
  • Creating a Flash Pool aggregate
  • Creating a FabricPool aggregate

• Module 6: Logical storage management
• Flexible volumes
• FlexGroup volumes
• FlexCache volumes
• Moving storage resources
• Exercises:
  • Managing data volumes
  • Creating a FlexGroup volume

• Module 7: Data access
• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use object protocols to access data
• Exercises:
  • Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
  • Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
  • Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
  • Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
  • Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
  • Managing NAS storage VMs

• Module 8: Data protection
• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection
• Exercises:
  • Managing Snapshot copies
  • Encrypting a volume
  • Enabling anti-ransomware protection

• Module 9: Storage efficiency
• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones
• Exercises:
  • Managing storage efficiency
  • Managing FlexClone volumes

• Module 10: Cluster maintenance
• Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
• Backing up and restoring your cluster configuration
• Upgrading your cluster
• Recommended practices for performance
• Technical support
• Exercises:
  • Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

ONTAP Cluster Administration exam

• Duration: 2 hours
• Number of questions: 60

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals (web-based training [WBT])
• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals (WBT) • ONTAP SAN Fundamentals (WBT)

Your accelerated course includes:

• Accommodation *
• Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
• On-site exams **
• Exam vouchers **
• Practice tests **
• Certification Guarantee ***
• Courseware
• Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
• 24-hour lab access
• Digital courseware **

* For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts.
*** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Seven reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

• Two options of training. Choose between residential classroom-based, or online courses
• You'll be certified fast. With us, you’ll be trained in record time
• Our course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams**, accommodation* and meals*. No hidden extras.
• Pass the first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We’re confident you’ll pass your course the first time. But if not, come back within a year and only pay for accommodation, exams and incidental costs
• You’ll learn more. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9 am – 5 pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day of quality learning time, with your instructor
• You’ll learn faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
• You’ll be studying with the best. We’ve been named in the Training Industry’s “Top 20 IT Training Companies of the Year” every year since 2010. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified over 135,000 professionals

*For residential training only. Doesn't apply for online courses
**Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts

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