NCDA Boot Camp

Overview

For Network Professionals seeking the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (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.

Prerequisites

Introduction to NetApp Products (Web Based Training)

Course Outline

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. The hands-on course covers the required knowledge from the following courses:

• Data ONTAP CIFS Administration (CIFS)
• Data ONTAP NFS Administration (NFS)
• NetApp Protection Software Administration (NPSA)
• Data ONTAP SAN Administration (SAN)
• High Availability (HA)

Delegates will be able to:

• State the advantages, features, and functions of a NetApp storage system
• Identify the key features of NetApp product platforms and disk shelves
• Distinguish between SAN and NAS topologies
• Describe the basic functions of the Data ONTAP operating system
• Access the NOW (NetApp on the Web) Knowledgebase to obtain software and hardware documentation
• Implement NetApp HA solutions using Clustered Failover, SyncMirror, and MetroCluster to ensure continuous data availability in the enterprise and rapid recovery of data in the event of a disaster
• Learn to license, cable, configure, and test Clustered Failover, SyncMirror, and MetroCluster
• Learn how to administer NetApp clusters and perform appropriate takeover and giveback commands
• Use vol commands to create a SyncMirrored volume, split the volume, and join the volume
• Identify the appropriate CIFS server environment for your storage system to support Windows client users
• Configure the CIFS environment on a storage system by licensing CIFS, setting up CIFS, and configuring files and options
• Administer a storage system in a CIFS environment including creating and managing shares, users, groups and sessions
• Explain how to troubleshoot basic CIFS 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 controller for both Windows and UNIX hosts
• Explain FC and IP SAN multipathing options for Windows and UNIX operating systems
• Explain how to troubleshoot common SAN issues
• State the rules for exporting resources to hosts, subnets and netgroups
• Explain the /etc/ exports access options and how they relate to mount permissions
• Analyse NFS performance using sysstat and nfsstat commands
• Explain NFS protocol overview, NFS versions, and NFS Implementation criteria
• Configure and administer clients and servers in an NFS environment
• Collect and analyse data to assist with troubleshooting storage system hardware, operating system, network connections, NFS configuration files and options
• Explain the concept of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
• Set up and maintain SnapShots
• Plan and perform data recovery using SnapRestore
• Configure and administer Asynchronous and Synchronous SnapMirror
• Configure and administer SnapVault
• Configure and administer OSSV
• List best practices and perform troubleshooting of SnapMirror, SnapVault, and OSSV
• Use NDMP to archive data
• Configure and administer SnapLock and LockVault

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