NetApp NCDA Bootcamp Part 1

Who Should Attend

Spend your time in a more flexible way and reduce your time away from the office: the 10-dayNCDA Bootcamp (NCDABC) has been split into two parts. Both parts have a duration of 5 days and can either be attended directly after each other or with time in between.

This course is for network professionals seeking the NCDA certification. The 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 Certifications:

• NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)

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

Course Content

During this Bootcamp the topics covered in the following courses will be discussed:

• Day 1 – 3 : Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF) *)
• Day 4 – 5 : CIFS Administration on Data ONTAP (CIFS), NFS Administration on Data ONTAP (NFS)

*) Modules 11 (SAN) and 16 (NDMP) will be covered in NCDA Bootcamp Part 2 (NCDABC2)

The NCDA certification is designed for data management administrators and anyone who needs to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management of NetApp products and solutions. Required exams to achieve this certification:

• Storage Networking (Exam 153)
• Data Protection Solutions (Exam 163)

Delegates will receive one exam voucher after attending the NCDA Bootcamp Part 1.

To finalize your preparation for the NCDA certification please refer to the NCDA Bootcamp Part 2 (NCDABC2).