Managing NAS and Performance on Clustered Data ONTAP

Managing NAS and Performance on Clustered Data ONTAP

• Module 1: NFS Overview
• Data fabric layers
• NFS
• NFS protocol versions
• NFSv2 and NFSv3
• Ancillary protocols
• NFSv4
• ONTAP 9 NFS enhancements
• ONTAP 9 configuration
• SVM with Infinite Volume
• Module 2: NFS Version 3
• Capabilities
• Features
• Client support
• NFSv3 implementation
• NFSv3 export policy
• Export policies and volumes
• Access cache
• Mounts
• User authentication
• Accounts
• Auxiliary GIDs
• ANON setting
• UNIX permissions
• Module 3: NFS Version 4
• Features
• NFSv4 connection
• Mount process
• Referrals
• Delegation and usage
• NFSv4 Implementation
• Security
• RPCSEC_GSS
• Key distribution center
• Kerberos authentication
• Access control lists
• ACE permissions
• NFSv4 infrastructure
• UID and GID
• Snapshot directories
• Module 4: NFS Version 4.1
• Connection
• Reliable callbacks
• Sessions
• Layouts
• pNFS
• pNFS vs. referrals
• ONTAP 9 support
• NFSv4.1 implementation
• pNFS status
• Module 5: Performance and Basic Troubleshooting
• Performance management
• Performance issues
• Factors that affect NFS performance
• RAID factors
• NFS data collection
• Performance and statistic collector (Perfstat)
• Recommended statistics
• The SIO utility
• Multiprotocol
• Security style interaction
• UNIX user access
• Storage system configuration
• Linux client troubleshooting
• NFS troubleshooting
• Network troubleshooting
• Check access command
• Module 6: SMB Overview
• Data fabric
• Data fabric layers
• CIFS and SMB protocols
• NT LAN manager
• Kerberos authentication
• Active Directory
• Workgroup environments
• NetApp PowerShell toolkit
• Module 7: SMB Setup
• SMB implementation
• Licensing CIFS
• SVM for SMB access
• FlexVol volumes
• DNS entries for the SVM
• SMB share access
• Module 8: SMB Shares and Sessions
• SMB share
• Creating a share
• Client access
• SMB automatic referrals
• SMB sessions
• Session administration
• SMB encryption
• Offline folders
• Offloaded data transfer
• Module 9: Access Control
• Share permission administration
• Access-based enumeration
• Dynamic access control
• File blocking policies
• Local users
• Workgroup authentication
• Multiprotocol access
• Module 10: Advanced Topics
• Microsoft opportunistic Lock (oplock) features
• Automatic home share
• Group policy object (GPO)
• Symlinks
• Widelinks
• Module 11: BranchCache
• Versions
• BranchCache environment configurations
• ONTAP 9 BranchCache
• BranchCache installation on Windows Servers
• BranchCache configuration on Windows clients
• Module 12: Auditing
• Auditing concepts
• Terminology
• ONTAP 9 auditing process
• Implement auditing
• Output file format
• Module 13: How a NetApp Storage System Works
• NetApp FAS system architecture
• ONTAP architecture layers
• Data access
• NVRAM
• Module 14: Performance Analysis Tools
• Performance terminology
• Performance guidelines and methodologies
• Analysis tools and commands
• Output commands
• Tools for performance measurement
• AutoSupport tools
• Perfstat
• OnCommand Insight
• Module 15: OnCommand Performance Manager
• Features
• Dashboard
• Performance troubleshooting
• Events
• User defined thresholds
• Module 16: CPU and Memory Performance
• CPU performance bottlenecks
• Resolving bottlenecks
• Memory performance bottlenecks
• Resolving bottlenecks
• Module 17: WAFL Performance
• WAFL functions
• Inodes
• WAFL readahead
• Resolving WAFL issues
• Best practices
• Module 18: Disk I/O Performance
• Disk subsystem hardware and software
• Subsystem bottlenecks
• Analyzing bottlenecks with Statit
• Resolving bottlenecks
• RAID-DP technology
• Module 19: Flash Cache and Flash Pool Performance
• Virtual Storage tier
• Flash pool
• Flash cache
• Automatic workload analyzer
• Cache performance issues
• Module 20: Cluster Interconnect Performance
• Cluster interconnect uses
• Switchless and switched configurations
• Cluster interconnect bottlenecks
• Bottleneck resolutions
• Module 21: Storage QoS
• Managing system performance with QoS
• QoS policies
• Reactive storage QoS
• Proactive storage QoS
• Monitoring commands
• Module 22: NAS Performance
• NAS functions
• Bottlenecks
• NAS protocol traffic
• Monitoring NFS usage commands
• Monitoring SMB usage commands
• Bottleneck resolutions
• Module 23: SAN Performance
• SAN overview
• Protocols
• FCoE
• iSCSI
• SAN LIFs
• SAN performance issues
• SAN multipathing
• SAN load balancing
• I/O misalignment
• Queue depth
• Module 24: Using What You Learned
• Performance overview
• Performance tools
• Windows monitoring and analysis
• Linux monitoring and analysis
• VMware monitoring and analysis
• Slow application performance
• Using performance manager
• Best practices
• Labs
• Adding a cluster
• Configuring a storage virtual machine for NFSv3
• Configuring a storage virtual machine for NFSv4
• Configuring a storage virtual machine for NFSv4.1
• Configure clustered ONTAP for NFS active directory authentication
• Configuring Windows for NFS active directory authentication
• Configuring Linux for NFS active directory authentication
• Installing NetApp PowerShell Toolkit and configure for use
• Creating a Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) and configure it for SMB access
• Creating an SMB share, connect to the share from your Windows client, and manage SMB sessions
• Creating a domain user, restrict share-level permissions
• Creating a local user group and give share-level permissions
• Creating a multiprotocol configuration and enable a root Linux user to be mapped to the Windows domain administrator
• Configuring home directories and symbolic links on the SVM
• Identifying cluster components
• Analyzing performance statistics
• OnCommand performance manager thresholds, events and alerts
• Identifying and resolving storage controller performance issues
• WAFL performance monitoring and analysis
• Identifying and resolving disk I/O bottlenecks
• Exploring cache performance
• Cluster interconnect performance
• Workload management with storage QoS
• NAS performance
• SAN protocol performance