Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA)
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COURSE INFORMATION
Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA) Overview:
Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA) hands-on, 2-day course introduces you to the concepts found in both Data ONTAP 7-mode and Clustered Data ONTAP. Some of the concepts covered are:
- How to create aggregates
- Virtual interfaces
- Snapshots
- Volumes
- qtrees
- Storage virtual machines (SVM) or virtual server (vServer)
Who Should Attend:
- NetApp Customers
- IT Generalists
- Academic Alliance Students
Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA) Prerequisites:
Before attending this course, you must take:
- Storage Fundamentals web-based training
- Introduction to NetApp Classes web-based training
Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA) Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
- Explain features of the Data ONTAP operating system
- Use the CLI and OnCommand System Manager to identify storage components
- Configure storage systems and storage virtual machines (SVMs) for NAS and SAN client access
- Create FlexVol volumes, qtrees, and LUNs
- Manage Snapshot copies and FlexClone software
- Manage volume move and storage efficiency
Follow On Courses:
- Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)
- Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 Administration (DCADM)
Basic NetApp Configuration and Administration (BNCA) Outline:
Module 1: Getting Started with Data ONTAP
- Basic storage concepts such as aggregates, RAID groups, volumes, qtrees, and LUNs
- Data ONTAP features such as Snapshot copies, unified storage, and storage efficiency
- Similarities and differences between the 7-Mode and clustered Data ONTAP operating systems
- Use the CLI and GUI for administrative purposes
Module 2: Hardware Basics
- NetApp storage system hardware platforms and the types of disks that they support
- Hardware components of NetApp storage controllers
- Identify hardware components in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode and the clustered Data ONTAP operating system using OnCommand System Manager or the CLI
- Module 2 Labs:
- Enter Commands in the Data ONTAP CLI
- Add a 7-Mode storage system to System Manager
- Add a cluster to System Manager
- Configure the SNMP public community name for clustered Data ONTAP
- Use System Manager to investigate hardware components
- Use CLI commands to investigate hardware components
Module 3: Creating and Managing Aggregates
- Aggregates and RAID groups
- Create aggregates in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Create aggregates in the clustered Data ONTAP operating system
- Aggregate management
- Module 3 Labs:
- Create an aggregate on a 7-Mode storage system
- Creating an aggregate in clustered Data ONTAP
- Configure the prerequisites for client access
- Configure CIFS setup for a 7-Mode storage system
- Enable the NFS protocol
- Configure multiprotocol access on a 7-Mode storage system
- Create a volume in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Create qtrees on a 7-Mode storage system
- Create shares for CIFS clients on a 7-Mode storage system
- Export volumes and qtrees in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Client-side task – map a drive to a 7-Mode from a Windows client
- Client-side task – mount volumes on a storage system from a Linux client
- Create a Vserver
- Configure data LIFs and CIFS setup
- Set up the Vserver management LIF
- Add host records in DNS for the SVM
- Enable the NFS protocol for a Data ONTAP cluster
- Set up name mapping for multiprotocol access
Module 4: Managing NAS Client Access
- Configure NAS client access in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Configure data storage virtual machines (SVMs) for NAS client access in clustered Data ONTAP
- Create FlexVol volumes and qtrees
- Module 4 Labs:
- Create volumes on the vServer
- Create qtrees
- Mount volumes and qtrees into the vServer namespace
- Create CIFS shares
- Change volume security styles
- Manage export policies
- Client-side task – map a drive to a share from a Windows client
- Client-side task – mount from a Linux client
- Enable iSCSI in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode
- Create volumes and qtrees that is suitable as containers for LUNs
- Configure SnapDrive Transport Protocol Settings
Module 5: Managing SAN Client Connections
- SAN protocol implementation in Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode and the clustered Data ONTAP operating system
- Create iSCSI-attached LUNs using OnCommand System Manager
- Create and format iSCSI-attached LUNs using NetApp SnapDrive for Windows
- Access and manage a LUN from a Windows host
- Module 5 Labs:
- Use the SnapDrive Management tool to establish iSCSI sessions
- Use SnapDrive to create a LUN on a Data ONTAP storage system
- Add the iSCSI protocol to be allowed on the SVM
- Create an iSCSI data LIF
- Start the iSCSI service on the Vserver
- Create volumes and qtrees that are suitable as containers for LUNs
- Configure SnapDrive for Windows Transport protocol settings
- Establish an iSCSI session with the SnapDrive iSCSI management tool
- Use SnapDrive to create a LUN on a clustered Data ONTAP SVM
Module 6: Managing Volumes
- Relationship between space guarantees, volumes, and aggregates
- Thin provisioning and explain how it is used
- Deduplication and describe the benefits that it provides
- Set quotas using OnCommand System Manager
- Module 6 Labs:
- Enable storage efficiency for a FlexVol volume in 7-Mode Data ONTAP
- Run a deduplication operation in 7-Mode Data ONTAP
- Configure storage efficiency policies in clustered Data ONTAP
- Enable storage efficiency on Flexvol volumes in clustered Data ONTAP
- Run a deduplication operation in clustered Data ONTAP manually
- Assign multiple aggregates to a Vserver
- Move FlexVol volumes
Module 7: Managing Snapshot Copies
- Function of Snapshot copies
- Create and delete a Snapshot copy
- Create Snapshot policies in the clustered Data ONTAP operating system
- Restore a volume from a Snapshot copy
- Create FlexClone volume clones that are backed by Snapshot copies
- Module 7 Labs:
- Create Snapshot copies of a volume on the Data ONTAP storage system CLI
- Create Snapshot copies of a volume on the clustered Data ONTAP CLI
- Create Snapshot copies using OnCommand System Manager
- Schedule Snapshot copies in 7-Mode and clustered Data ONTAP
- Restore a volume from a Snapshot copy in 7-Mode Data ONTAP
- Restore a volume from a Snapshot copy in clustered Data ONTAP
- Create a FlexClone volume clone on a 7-Mode storage system
- Create a FlexClone volume clone on a clustered Data ONTAP SVM
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