Introduction to Architecture

Data ONTAP 7-Mode and C-mode Administration

Module 1: The NetApp Storage Environment

• Identify the key features and functions of NetApp storage systems
• Describe the advantages that a NetApp storage system provides
• Distinguish between network-attached storage (NAS) and SAN topologies
• Describe NetApp Unified Storage Architecture
• Access the NetApp Support site to obtain software and hardware documentation

Module 2: WAFL Simplified

• Describe how data is written to and read from WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) file system
• on a volume
• Explain the WAFL file system concepts, including consistency points (CPs), RAID management,
• and storage levels
• Describe how RAID is used to protect disk data
• Explain how the WAFL file system processes write and read requests

Module 3: Basic Administration

• Connect remotely to a FAS system by using the console and a remote host
• Access NetApp System Manager to administrator a storage system
• Execute commands by using the console, a remote host and NetApp System Manager
• Use commands to analyze a FAS system
• Configure and manage the NetApp AutoSupport tool for a FAS system

Module 4: Physical Storage

• Describe Data ONTAP RAID technology
• Identify a disk in a disk shelf based on its ID
• Execute commands to determine a disk ID
• Identify a hot-spark disk in a FAS system
• Describe the effects of using multiple disk types
• Create a 32-bit aggregate and a 64-bit aggregate
• Execute aggregate commands in the Data ONTAP operating system
• Calculate usable disk space

Module 5: Logical Storage

• Explain the concepts related to volumes in the Data ONTAP operating system
• Define and create a flexible volume
• Execute vol commands
• Define and create qtrees

Module 6: Administration Security

• Restrict administrative access
• Restrict console and NetApp System Manager access
• Configure a client machine as an administration host to manage a storage system

Module 7: Networking

• Identify the configuration of network settings and components in the Data ONTAP operating system
• Explain and configure name resolution services
• Configure routing tables in the Data ONTAP operating system
• Define and create interface groups
• Discuss the operation of virtual LANs (VLANs) and how to route them

Module 8: NFS

• Explain NFS implementation in the Data ONTAP operating system
• License NFS on a storage system
• Explain the purpose and format of /etc/ exports
• List and define the export specification options
• Describe the use of the exportfs command
• Mount an export on a UNIX host

Module 9: CIFS

• Describe the CIFS environment
• Configure the storage system to participate in the CIFS environment
• Share a resource on the storage system
• Map a drive from a client to the shared resource on the storage system

Module 10: NAS Management

• List some security methods for protecting data
• Explain and configure a security style setting for a volume and a qtree
• Describe methods of tracking and restricting storage usage
• Explain, create, and manage quotas
• Explain and configure the Data ONTAP FPolicy file-screening policy

Module 11: SAN

• Explain the purpose of a SAN
• Identify supported SAN configurations
• Distinguish between Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI protocols
• Define a LUN and explain LUN attributes
• Use the LUN setup command and NetApp System Manager to create iSCSI-attached LUNs
• Access and manage a LUN from a Windows host
• Define SnapDrive data management software and its feature

Module 12: Snapshot Copies

• Describe the function of Snapshot copies
• Explain the benefits of Snapshot copies
• Identify and execute Snapshot commands
• Create and delete Snapshot copies
• Configure and modify Snapshot options
• Explain the importance of the .snapshot directory
• Describe how Snapshot technology allocates disk space for volumes and aggregates
• Schedule Snapshot copies
• Configure and manage the Snapshot copy reserve

Module 13: Space Management

• List the storage efficiency techniques that are available within the Data ONTAP operating system
• Identify the factors that impact space consumption in the Data ONTAP operating system
• Describe how and when a volume consumes space from the aggregate that contains it
• Explain how to guarantee writes for a file
• Explain how the Data ONTAP operating system can provide space to a full volume
• Identify the deduplication and compression techniques that are available in the Data ONTAP operating system

Module 14: High-Availability

• Describe high-availability (HA) solutions
• Discuss how HA increases the reliability of storage
• Define HA controller configuration
• Describe the three modes of HA operation with an HA pair
• Analyze how HA affects clients protocols during failover and giveback operations

Module 15: Virtualization Solutions

• Describe how to virtualize a storage controller by using MultiStore software
• Configure MultiStore software
• Assign client protocols on MultiStore software

Module 16: Backup and Recovery Methods

• List the methods available to back up and recover data
• Use ndmpcopy to process full and incremental data transfers
• Discuss dump and restore
• Describe, enable, and configure Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) on a storage system

Module 17: Data Collection Tools

• Use the sysstat, stats, and statit commands
• Describe the factors that affect RAID performance
• Execute commands to collect data about write and read throughputs
• Execute commands to verify the operation of hardware, software, and network components
• Identify commands and options that are used to obtain configuration and status

Module 18: Data ONTAP Upgrades

• Access the NetApp Support site for the following documents:
• Use a configuration worksheet to collect data for installation
• Describe how to perform Data ONTAP software upgrades and reboots
• Use the setup command to configure a storage system

Data ONTAP Upgrade Guide

Data ONTAP Release Notes