Who should attend
This course is intended for customers.
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of:
- Networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS and routing
- An introduction to storage such as NAS/SAN differences and basic storage principles and features
- Installation process of an Isilon cluster.
Students should have completed the following EMC courses:
- Isilon Fundamentals (e-learning)
- Isilon Installation and Initial Configuration (e-learning)
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the overall Isilon cluster architecture
- Explain the cluster layout and different types of access
- Navigate the details of file access
- Configure cluster features
- Utilize the tools to perform cluster monitoring
Course Content
The course prepares students to perform Isilon cluster administration. Topics include the configuration of basic and advanced SmartConnect, SMB and NFS client access; FTP, HTTP configurations; data protection/replication in single and multi-cluster implementations, archive deployment, snapshots and replication, SNMP integration, data protection and caching, analytics and monitoring, auditing and the job engine. This training consists of 8 modules.