Netapp Storage Online Training

SAN-NETAPP

→ Storage fundamentals

• Components of storage
• Storage protocols and topologies
• Design considerations
• Fibre channel basics and how it works in san
• Difference between SAN & NAS
• DAS/NAS/SAN explanation
• Multipathing softwares
• Architecture of a storage subsystem
• Storage Management Softwares
• Accessing storage (SAN/NAS) from windows & unix systems
• How san works in real time environment
• Virtualization
• Information lifecycle management (ILM)
• Business continuity mangement.

→ Fiber Channels-Brocade and CISCO

• Introduction to fiber chanel
• FC theory fundamentls
• FC layers & valid port types
• FC Topologies & Terminology
• Fiber connectors & fc well-known adresses.

→ Brocade & CISCO Switch Management.

• Introdcution to harware & sotware products
• Installation of new switches
• Firmware downloads and configuration uploads.
• User  account and password behaviours
• Fabric-wide settings vs. Local switch settings.
• Zoning & types of zoning
• Creating device alias.
• Device and fabric manger mangement
• Generating show tech reports(switch logs)
• Switch networking

→ Data protection

• Disaster recovery solutions
• Global mirrorning
• Metro mirroring 

→ Introduction to Netapp Storage Environment

• The key features and functions of Netapp Storage Systems
• Distinguish between nas and san
• Netapp unified storage architecture
• Netapp support site

→ Basic administration

• How to connect to a netapp (console and remote)
• Netapp system manager
• Running commands on console, from remote host and system manager
• Configure autosupport for FAS systems

→ Physical storage

• Data ontap raid technology
• Diskshelfs and disks
• Aggregates

→ Volumes

• Volume concepts
• Root volumes, flexible voumes
• Using cli and system manager for volume administration
• Qtrees

→ WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout)

• Wafl file system concepts
• Data read and write mechanism on a wafl file system
• Consistency points (CPS), raid management and storage levels

→ Security administration

• Configure security for administrtive access to storage
• Manage user logins
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Manage users and groups
• Data ontap 8.0 security

→ Networking

• Configuration of network settings in data ontap
• Name resolution services (DNS & NIS) concepts and configuration
• Network interface configuration
• Interface group configuration and management
• Virtual lans (V-LAN) and routing

→ NFS (Network File System)

• NFS concepts
• Configure nfs through cli and system manager
• NFS exports
• Client side configuration for mounting
• NFS troubleshooting

→ CIFS

• CIFS concepts
• Configuring CIFS through cli and system manager
• Sharing resources on storage and mapping on clients
• CIFS troubleshooting
• Managing CIFS security

→ NAS management

• Security methods for protecting data
• Multiprotocol access
• Security style settings for volumes and qtrees
• Methods for tracking and restricting storage usage
• Create and manage quotas
• Data ontap fpolicy file-screening policy

→ SAN

• San fundamentals
• San protocols (FC, FCOE and ISCSI)
• Initiator and target
• Nodes and ports
• ISCSI setup
• Creating luns using cli and system manager
• Accessing luns from servers
• SAN management techniques
• Troubleshooting access issues in san environment

→ Snapshot copies

• Concepts snapshot copies
• Taking a snapshot copy
• Snapshot copies and inodes
• Managing inodes
• Snapshot copy reserve
• Scheduling snapshot copies
• Restoring snapshot copies
• Restoring files (original and new location)

→ Flexclone volumes

• Flexclone technology concepts
• Setting up FLEXCLONE volumes using CLI and system manager
• Splitting volumes
• Space usage

→ Introduction to other storage products

• Introduction to EMC CLARIION, DMX and VMAX
• Introduction to Hitachi and hp storage prdocuts
• Difference between operation of NETAPP storage and other storage

→ Brocade & CISCO switch management.

• Introdcution to harware & sotware products
• Installation of new switches
• Firmware downloads and configuration uploads.
• User  account and password behaviours
• Fabric-wide settings vs. Local switch settings.
• Zoning & types of zoning
• Creating device alias.
• Device and fabric manger mangement
• Generating show tech reports (switch logs) Switch networking