Learn how to perform the basic administration tasks of a NetApp® ONTAP® 9.18 cluster. Use clustershell and NetApp ONTAP System Manager to manage cluster storage and network resources. Discover how to configure basic data protection and data efficiency functions and common cluster maintenance tasks.

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following: 

• Define ONTAP cluster components
• 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 both networking and storage resources
• Create and configure a storage VM
• Create, manage, and protect NetApp FlexVol® volumes
• Implement storage efficiency features
• Manage ONTAP administrator access 
• Manage NetApp storage systems

Role

Administrator, architect, and operator

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

This course includes the following modules, lessons, and exercises:

Module 1:  ONTAP 9 clusters

Lessons
• ONTAP deployment options
• ONTAP cluster
• Storage VMs
• Software-defined storage

 
Module 2: Cluster setup

Lessons
• Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
• Setting up a cluster
• Administration interfaces
• ONTAP licenses
• Policies and schedules

Exercises
• Deploying an ONTAP cluster
• Exploring ONTAP management UIs

 
Module 3: Physical storage management

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

Exercises
• Managing physical storage
• Exploring RAID-TEC
• Testing high availability

Module 4: Logical storage management

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

Exercises
• Managing FlexVol volumes
• Creating a FlexGroup volume

Module 5: Storage efficiency

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

Exercises
• Managing storage efficiency
• Managing FlexClone volumes

Module 6: Network management

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

Exercises
• Managing physical and logical network resources
• Managing virtual network resources

  
Module 7: Client access

Lessons
• 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
• SAN protocol access
• Use SAN protocols to access data

Exercises
• Monitoring with ONTAP File System Analytics
• Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
• Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
• Configuring NVMe in a storage VM 

Module 8: Data protection

Lessons
• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
 
Exercises
Managing Snapshot copies

Module 9: ONTAP security

• Administrator access control
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Exercises
• Managing ONTAP administrators
• Messaging administrative users

Module 10: Cluster maintenance

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

Exercises
• Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor
• Examining ONTAP logs