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Europe
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
North America
United States
04-10-2010 - 15-10-2010
Sunnyvale, CA
11-10-2010 - 22-10-2010
Herndon/Reston, VA
25-10-2010 - 05-11-2010
Dallas, TX
08-11-2010 - 19-11-2010
Los Angeles / El Segundo, CA
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Who Should Attend
Network Professionals seeking the NCDA certification. This course is also valuable 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 a NetApp storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system.
Certifications
This course is part of the following certification(s):
Prerequisites
- Introduction to NetApp Products (web based training)
Recommended: Storage Foundation (SAN)
Course Objectives
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Describe the basic functions of the Data ONTAP operating system
- Access the NOW™ (NetApp on the Web) Knowledgebase 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 NetApp Management Console
- Describe ReplicatorX 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
Course Content
This 10-day boot camp will prepare you to pass all the NetApp exams required to achieve the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA) certification.
During this Bootcamp the topics covered in the following courses will be discussed:
- Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF)
- CIFS Administration on Data ONTAP (CIFS)
- NFS Administration on Data ONTAP (NFS)
- SAN Administration on Data ONTAP (SAN)
- NetApp Protection Software Administrator (NPSA)
Planning
- Day 1 – 3 : Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF)
- Day 4 – 5 : CIFS Administration on Data ONTAP (CIFS), NFS Administration on Data ONTAP (NFS)
- Day 6 – 8 : SAN Administration on Data ONTAP (SAN)
- Day 8 – 10 : NetApp Protection Software Administrator (NPSA)
Exams
The NCDA certification is for data management administrators and anyone who needs to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management of NetApp products and solutions. Exams for the NCDA certification:
- Exam NS0-153: Storage Networking
- Exam NS0-163: Data Protection Solutions
Delegates will receive two exam vouchers after attending the NCDA Bootcamp.
Classroom training
Duration: 10 days
Price (VAT excl.):
The Netherlands:
9,000.- €
Belgium:
9,000.- €
NetApp Training Units:
120 NTU