Who should attend
SAN Storage Administrators using NetApp ONTAP Storage Systems
Prerequisites
A working knowledge of ONTAP 9 and storage-area networking or take the following course ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (CDOTDP9)
ONTAP Fundamentals (WBT)
ONTAP SAN Fundamentals (WBT)
ONTAP Administration (WBT)
Course Objectives
This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:
- Discuss SAN architecture
- Describe SAN configuration and LUN provisioning
- Discuss iSCSI features and recommendations
- Discuss FC and FCoE features and recommendations
- Discuss ONTAP availability strategies and data protection for LUNs
- Describe SAN performance considerations and SAN-specific manageability features
- Describe NVMe architecture and explain NVMe integration into ONTAP software
- Describe Foreign LUN Import
Outline: ONTAP SAN Administration (SANADM)
Module 1: ONTAP SAN Fundamentals
- SAN architecture
- Implementing iSCSI, FC and FCoE SAN in ONATP
- Interoperability matrix tool
- SAN scalability and maximums
Module 2: ONTAP SAN Resource Provisioning
- IP SAN configurations
- FC SAN configurations
- LUN provisioning
Module 3: SAN Host Integration
- Host utilities
- AIX
- ESX
- HPE UX
- Linux
- MS Windows
- Zoning considerations
- Cisco switches
- Brocade switches
Module 4: ONTAP iSCSI Administration
- iSCSI SVM creation workflow
- iSCSI, FC and FCoE recommended guidelines
- iSCSI features
Module 5: ONTAP FC and FCoE Administration
- FC and FCoE LUN creation overview
- FCoE overview
- FCoE configuration
Module 6: SAN Availability and Data Protection
- High Availability and Host Multipathing
- LUN and volume configuration options
- Data protection in SAN environments
- Fast failover
Module 7: Management of ONTAP SAN Environments
- LUN mobility
- Copy offloading
- SAN performance recommendations
- Quality of service(QoS)
- Balanced placement
- Performance capacity
Module 8: NVMe-oF for High Performance and Scalable Network Storage
- NVMe
- NVMe over Frabrics (NVMe-oF)
- NVMe integration into ONTAP
- NVMe setup and configuration
Module 9: SAN Migration with Foreign LUN Import
- Foreign LUN import overview
- Import process
- Requirements
- Preparation
- Tools and utilities
Labs:
- Configuring initial setting: subnet, aggregates and SVMs
- Creating LUNs
- Integrating hosts
- Connecting iSCSI LUNs
- Managing FC and FCoE configurations
- Reviewing multipathing information
- Moving LUNs and volumes
