In this course, you learn the basic administration tasks of a NetApp® ONTAP® 9.11 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

• 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 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

NetApp Customers, Partners & Employees

ONTAP NAS, SAN and Cluster Fundamental elearning is required.  This is available free of charge via the NetApp Learning Center.  Please contact us if further support is required..

Module 0 - Welcome

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

Module 3: Cluster management
• Access control
• ONTAP licensing
• Policies and schedules

Module 4:Network management

• NetApp ONTAP network review
• Network ports
• Network traffic segregation
• LIFs
• Nondisruptive LIF configuration
• Network security
• Routing management

Module 5:Physical storage management

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

Module 6: Logical storage management

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

Module 7: Data access

• Use NAS protocols to access data
• Use SAN protocols to access data
• Use object protocols to access data

Module 8: Data protection

• Manage Snapshot copies
• Restore data from a Snapshot copy
• Back up and replicate data
• Compliance
• Storage encryption
• Ransomware protection

Module 9: Storage efficiency

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication and compression
• Flash efficiency
• Logical space reporting
• Volume and file clones

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
• Documentation

Module 11:Course review and postclass assessment

The following are suggested follow on courses..

• OT-DPA - ONTAP Data Protection Administration  
• OT-SANI - ONTAP SAN Implementation  
• OT-SMB - ONTAP SMB Administration

This course supports part of the following NetApp certifications:

•  NetApp Certified Storage Installation Engineer (NCSIE)
•  NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA)