Detailed Course Outline
Module 1: SAN Concepts
- NetApp SAN
- SAN Protocols
- SAN Terminology
- Implementing SAN
- Designing and Planning a SAN Solution
Module 2: IP SAN Architecture
- IP SAN Architecture
- iSCSI Protocol
- Implementing IP SAN on Data ONTAP
- Scaling IP SAN In clustered Data ONTAP
Module 3: Windows IP Connectivity
- Windows iSCSI Configuration
- Windows iSCSI Implementation
Module 4: Windows LUN
- LUN Access Overview
- Windows Setup
- Volume Management
- SnapDrive for Windows
Module 5: Linux IP Connectivity
- Linux iSCSI Configuration
Module 6: Linux LUN
- LUN Access Review
- Linux Setup
- Volume Management
Module 7: FC SAN Architecture
- FC SAN Architecture
- FC SAN Connections
- FC Protocol
Module 8: FC SAN Fabrics
- Fabric Design
- FC Initialization
- Switch Concepts
- FC Zoning
- Scaling FC SAN in clustered Data ONTAP
Module 9: Windows FC Connectivity
- Windows FC Connectivity
- Data ONTAP 7-Mode CF Modes
- Windows Configuration
- Discovery and Provisioning
Module 10: Unified Connect
- Unified Connect
- FCoE-Enabling Technologies
- End-to-End FCoE Configuration
- FC-to-FCoE Connectivity
Module 11: Linux FC
- Linux FC Configuration
- SnapDrive for Unix
Module 12: LUN Provisioning
- LUN Provisioning
- LUN Overwrite Reservations
- SAN Provisioning Options
- HOST-Side Space Management
- Keeping LUNs Online
Module 13: Host Considerations
- Common Disk Structures
- Multipathing
- Clustered Data ONTAP Path Changes
- Selective LUN Mapping in Clustered Data ONTAP 8.3
- Queue Depth
Module 14: SAN Management
- Port and Logical Interface Management
- LUN Management
- LUN Mobility
- Copy Offload
- LUN Cloning
- Protecting a LUN
- Removing a LUN
Module 15: SAN Troubleshooting
- SAN Troubleshooting
- Data ONTAP Troubleshooting
- NetApp Data Center Tools
Appendix A: Windows Miscellaneous
- Windows Server 2012 CLI
- Windows Server 2012 Server Core
- Dynamic disks
Appendix B: Brocade Configuration
- Fabric OS
- Management IP address configuration
- Setting configuration
- Zone configuration
Appendix C: Cisco Configuration
- NX-OS
- Initial configuration
- Port configuration
- Zone configuration
Appendix D: Scalable SAN Failover
- SAN architecture
- SAN operations
- CLAM quorum
- Epsilon administration
Appendix E: SAN Migration
- Foreign LUN import
New Features Addendum: ONTAP 9.1
- ONTAP 9 introduction
- ONTAP 9.1 highlights
- 12-node SAN clusters
- Simply anywhere
- OTNAP select
- OnCommand management portfolio
- SAN management enhancements
- All Flash FAS
- SnapCenter 2.0
- 9.1 hardware refresh
Labs
- Verify the cluster from the CLI
- Verify the cluster from OnCommand System Manager
- Use the NetApp OnCommand System Manager to create a data aggregate
- Use the NetApp OnCommand System Manager to create a subnet for an SVM
- Use the NetApp OnCommand System Manager to create an SVM for iSCSI
- Set up Multipath I/O on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Install the host utilities kit on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Configure iSCSI sessions on Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
- Confirm iSCSI sessions on the data ONTAP operating system
- Create a local administrative account for NetApp software
- Install NetApp SnapDrive for Windows on Microsoft Windows Server 2012
- Create a Window iSCSI disk with SnapDrive for Windows
- Verify the Linux configuration
- Install the NetApp Linux host utilities on your Linux system
- Configure the iSCSI software initiator for Linux
- Confirm the iSCSI connections
- Enable the Linux native multipathing
- Create iSCSI-attached LUNs for Linux
- Discover iSCSI-attached LUNs for Linux
- Prepare an individual LUN and mount it on Linux
- Configure an LVM2 logical volume
- Review key FC concepts
- Investigate the initial switch configuration
- Configure FC HBAs on a storage system
- Configure an SVM for FC connectivity
- Install QLogic FC tool on Windows 2012 R2 system
- Enable FC HBA ports on a Windows 2012 R2 system
- Assign aliases to WWPNs on a storage system
- Provide LUN access by using the CLI
- Create a Windows volume by using FC-attached NetApp LUNs
- Create a VLAN on the switch
- Configure a target FCoE port on the switch
- Configure an initiator FC port on the switch
- Set up one-to-one zone mapping between the initiator and target port
- Install SnapDrive for Linux
- Create a LUN by using SnapDrive for Linux
- Use SnapDrive for Unix to recover data
- Create an FC-attached LUN with system manager
- Create a Snapshot copy of a LUN
- Observe the effects of writing to a LUN
- Observe the effects of deleting data from a LUN
- Observe the effects of overwriting to a LUN
- Observe the effects of setting a Snapshot automatic deletion policy
- Review the key host considerations
- Examine FC HBA port configuration
- Expand and shrink a LUN
- Clone a LUN for Windows
- Copy and move a LUN
- Remove a LUN from Windows
- Reset the storage HBAS to initiator mode
- Download nSANity
- Examine nSANity commands
- Collect system data
- Viewing nSANity files