IBM N series Bootcamp (IBMNBC)

This course is designed for those who need to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for environments using any of the following enterprise storage solutions: CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI protocols on an IBM N Series storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system.

Introduction to N Series Products Web Based Training

On completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Describe the basic functions of the Data ONTAP operating system
• Access the IBM Support site to obtain software and hardware documentation
• Set up console access for a storage system
• Configure a storage system with the setup command
• Access FilerView and the command line to manage a storage system
• Configure and manage the AutoSupport service for a FAS storage system
• Define and create virtual interfaces (vifs) and VLANs
• Describe Data ONTAP RAID technology
• Calculate usable disk space of disks
• Define and create an aggregate and volume
• Define FlexClone volume
• Configure, create and restore Snapshot copies
• Describe the WAFL file system, including consistency points, tetris creation, RAID management, and storage levels
• Collect performance data
• Use FlexShare
• Configure an Active-Active configuration
• Describe the different CIFS environments
• Identify the appropriate server environment for your storage system to support Windows client users
• Configure the CIFS environment on a storage system by licensing CIFS
• Configure files and options on the storage system
• Administer a storage system in a CIFS environment including creating and managing shares, users, groups, and sessions
• Configure a multiprotocol environment
• Understand group policy objects and file blocking
• Review approaches to harden security for a storage system in a CIFS environment
• Collect CIFS performance statistics with storage system commands and tools
• Explain how to troubleshoot basic CIFS problems
• Explain NFS protocol overview, NFS versions, and NFS implementation criteria
• Configure NFS protocol and options on the storage system
• Configure the storage system to export resources to clients
• Configure access permissions and options
• Configure the clients to mount resources from the storage system
• Administer exported resources to targets
• Monitor the usage of exported resources
• Create quota reports based on resource usage
• State the rules for exporting resources to hosts, subnets, and netgroups
• Explain the /etc/exports access options and how they relate to mount permissions
• Review approaches to harden security for a storage system in an NFS environment
• Collect NFS performance statistics with storage system commands and tools
• Troubleshoot basic NFS problems
• Define the characteristics of a SAN environment and how LUNs relate to the storage system
• Describe the components of FC and IP SANs
• Describe size planning requirements for LUNs
• Create and manage LUNs on a storage system from both Windows and UNIX hosts
• Explain both FC and IP SAN multipathing options for both Windows and native Solaris™ 10 operating system
• Explain the most common problems associated with a SAN environment and how to troubleshoot these problems
• Set up and maintain Snapshot™ copies
• Revert a file system to a previous version using SnapRestore
• Describe SnapMirror, SnapVault, and Open Systems SnapVault features and functions
• Process basic backup and restore operations with SnapMirror, SnapVault, and Open Systems SnapVault
• Troubleshoot common issues and optimize mirror solution performance
• Describe functionality for the Protection Manager and the Provisioning Manager application that run in the IBM N Series Management Console
• Describe SnapMirror for Open Systems® features, operating concepts and components and how they work together to provide reliable system-wide data consistency for data migration, replication and disaster recovery
• Protect your data with SnapLock

• Day 1 – 3 : IBM N series Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTFN)
• Day 4 – 5 : IBM N series Data ONTAP CIFS Administration (CIFSN), IBM N series Data ONTAP NFS Administration (NFSN)
• Day 6 – 8 : IBM N series Data ONTAP SAN Administration (SANN)
• Day 8 – 10 : IBM N series Data ONTAP Protection Software Administrator (NPSAN)