ONTAP Cluster Administration (ONTAP9ADM) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP 9 Clusters

  • 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
  • ONTAP licenses
  • Policies and schedules

Module 3: Physical storage management

  • Drives, RAID, and aggregates
  • Advanced Disk Partitioning
  • Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
  • FabricPool aggregates

Module 4: Logical storage management

  • Flexible volumes
  • Moving storage resources
  • FlexGroup volumes
  • FlexCache volumes

Module 5: Storage efficiency

  • Thin provisioning
  • Deduplication and compression
  • Flash efficiency
  • Volume and file clones

Module 6:Network management

  • ONTAP network review
  • Network ports
  • Network traffic segregation
  • Logical network interfaces
  • Nondisruptive LIF configuration
  • Routing management

Module 7: NAS Data Access

  • Use NAS protocols to access data
  • Use the NFS protocol to access data
  • Use the SMB protocol to access data
  • Use the S3 protocol to access data

Module 8:SAN data access

  • Use SAN protocols to access data
  • Use the iSCSI protocol to access data
  • Use the FC protocol to access data
  • Use the NVMe protocol to access data

Module 9:Data protection

  • Manage Snapshot copies
  • Restore data from a Snapshot copy
  • Back up and replicate data
  • Compliance

Module 10:ONTAP security

  • Access control
  • Storage encryption
  • Ransomware protection

Module 11:Cluster maintenance

  • Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
  • Upgrading your cluster
  • Technical support