In this workshop course, you learn how to connect Windows® and Linux® hosts via Fibre Channel (FC) and iSCSI protocols to NetApp® SANs.

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Define and describe SANs that use FC, FCoE, and iSCSI protocols
• Configure Windows Server 2012, Red Hat® 6.4, and Data ONTAP® systems for iSCSI connectivity
• Configure Windows Server 2012, Red Hat 6.4, and Data ONTAP systems for FC and FCoE connectivity
• Use FC and iSCSI protocols to create and access LUNs from Windows Server 2012 and Red Hat 6.4 systems Install and use SnapDrive® for Windows and SnapDrive for Linux software to create LUNs and Snapshot™ LUNs, to restore LUNs from Snapshot copies, and to remove LUNs
• Size, clone, back up, and recover LUNs on Windows Server 2012 and Red Hat 6.4 systems
• Troubleshoot SAN connectivity and performance issues

Professionals who implement SAN solutions that use NetApp storage systems.

• Certification as a NetApp Data Management Administrator

• Completion of the following courses:
-SAN Fundamentals on Data ONTAP WBT
-NetApp Portfolio: Exploring SAN Architectures and Configurations (SANARCH)
-Either !NA-D7ADM or Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2 Administration or !NA-CDOTDP

Module 1 SAN Concepts
• Describe the difference between SAN and NAS
• Explain the SCSI architecture model
• List the NetApp SAN technologies
• Define basic SAN terminology
• List the basic steps for implement a Data ONTAP SAN
• Describe the educational lab environment for this Course

Module 2 Windows IP Connectivity
• Describe multiple path implementation with iSCSI connectivity
• Configure network ports on Windows and NetApp systems
• Identify the node name on Windows and NetApp systems
• Implement and verify multiple path iSCSI connectivity between Windows and NetApp systems

Module 3 Windows LUN
• Discuss LUN access for Windows Server 2012
• Create a LUN by using wizards
• Explore techniques to configure a LUN for Windows Server 2012
• Explain how SnapDrive for Windows simplifies LUN management

Module 4 Linux IP
• Describe multiple path implementation with iSCSI connectivity for Red Hat and NetApp systems
• Configure network ports on Red Hat systems Identify the node name on Red Hat systems
• Set up and verify multiple path IP connectivity between Red Hat and NetApp systems

Module 5 Linux LUN Access
• Describe the steps that you take to allow a Red Hat initiator to access a LUN on a storage system
• Review the Data ONTAP LUN configuration steps
• Find and prepare a LUN on a Linux operating system
• Configure multipath I/O on Linux
• Create and protect LUNs by using SnapDrive for UNIX

Module 6 FC Architecture
• Describe the architecture of the FC topology
• Explain the FC initialization process
• Identity the layers in the FC protocol

Module 7 FC Fabrics
• Discuss fabric layouts
• Describe FC switch concepts
• Explain fabric services
• Describe routing in FC switches
• Examine zoning in FC switches

Module 8 Windows FC Connectivity
• Describe multiple path implementation with FC connectivity
• Configure FC ports on Windows and Data ONTAP storage systems
• Use commands and utilities to identify the worldwide node name (WWNN) and worldwide port name (WWPN) on Windows and Data ONTAP storage systems
• Use commands and utilities to examine FC switch Activity

Module 9 Unified Connect
• Describe NetApp Unified Connect
• Examine the FC over Ethernet (FCoE) enabling technologies
• Configure FCoE on a host, a switch, and a NetApp storage system
• Explain how to leverage older FC technologies with FCoE

Module 10 Linux FC
• Describe multiple path implementation with FC connectivity for Red Hat and NetApp systems
• Configure FC ports on Red Hat systems Identify the worldwide node name (WWNN) and worldwide port name (WWPN) on Red Hat systems
• Set up and verify multiple path FC connectivity between Red Hat and NetApp systems

Module 11 LUN Provisioning
• Describe how and when a LUN consumes space from its containing volume
• Discuss backup guarantees through NetApp Snapshot reserve
• Discuss the overwrite guarantee for space-reserved LUNs
• Analyze the default LUN configuration and two thinprovisioning Configurations

Module 12 Host Considerations
• Explore the disk structure of popular file systems
• Describe flow-control issues on a host
• Identify techniques for growing and shrinking a LUN
• Discuss copy offload capacities

Module 13 SAN Management
• Perform administrative tasks on FC target ports
• Perform administrative tasks on LUNs
• Discuss LUN protection schemes

Module 14 SAN Troubleshooting
• Explain how to diagnose a problem within a SAN environment
• Review diagnostic tools and techniques for NetApp
• Data ONTAP software