ONTAP SAN Administration (SANADM)

Course Content

Fundamentals Review

• ONTAP SAN Fundamentals Review
• SAN scalability and maximums
• Learning Activity: Discover and inventory SAN environment (new)
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Resource Provisioning

• Prescribed SAN Configurations
• LUN Provisioning
• Learning Activity: Create thin and thick provisioned LUNs
• Learning Activity: Create a non-space reserved LUN, Fill it up and force it to go offline, recover it KB 10103315
• Learning Activity: Create a space reserved LUN and fill it up, observe sizes.
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

ONTAP SVM Administration

• SAN connectivity
• Block protocol features
• SVM management
• Learning Activity: Create and map LUNs and Namespaces
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary
• NVMe setup and configuration
• Learning Activity: Create an NVMe SVM and Namespace?
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

ONTAP Availability and Data Protection

• HA and host multipathing
• Data Protection
• Fast Failover
• Learning Activity: Display LUN paths, set up SnapMirror relationship?
• SnapCenter
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Managing ONTAP SAN Environments

• LUN Mobility (vol move, LUN move, LUN copy, SLM)
• Copy Offload
• Performance (QOS, balanced placement, performance capacity)
• Learning Activity: Perform a LUN move
• Learning Activity: Resize a LUN
• LUN copy/promotion
• OnDemand engine
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Appendix A: SAN Migration Using Foreign LUN Import (FLI)

• Foreign LUN Import overview
• FLI use cases
• <Learning Activity: description>
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Prerequisites

Learners should have a working knowledge of ONTAP 9 and storage area networking. Completion of ONTAP Fundamentals, ONTAP SAN Fundamentals, and ONTAP Administration courses, or equivalent, is required.

Who Should Attend

SAN storage administrators

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Module 1: SAN Fundamentals Review

Module Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Discuss SAN architecture

Module Topics:

• ONTAP SAN Fundamentals Review:
  • SAN terms (host, node, port, protocols)
  • ONTAP terms (SVM, aggr, volume, LUN, and LIF)
• SAN scalability and maximums
  • SAN Config Guide
  • HWU
  • TR-4080
  • Node count
  • Max SVMs, Volumes, LUNs, LIFs/port
• Learning Activity: Discover and inventory SAN environment (new)
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Module 2: Resource Provisioning

Module Duration: 01:00

Exercise Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Describe SAN configurations
• Explain LUN provisioning

Module Topics:

• Prescribed SAN Configurations
  • AFF SAN Optimized Configurations
  • Application Aware Data Management (Appams)
• LUN Provisioning
  • LUN Types (thin vs thick)
  • Volume options (snapshot autodelete, vol autosize, method)
  • Space Reservation and guarantee
  • Strategies to keep LUNs online
  • Provisioning LUNs from CLI
  • Provisioning LUNs from System Manager
• Learning Activity: Create thin and thick provisioned LUNs
• Learning Activity: Create a non-space reserved LUN, Fill it up and force it to go offline, recover it KB 10103315
• Learning Activity: Create a space reserved LUN and fill it up, observe sizes.
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Module 3: ONTAP SVM Administration

Module Duration: 01:00

Exercise Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Discuss SAN recommended guidelines
• Describe ONTAP block protocol features in ONTAP

Module Topics:

• SAN connectivity
• Block protocol features
• SVM management
• Learning Activity: Create and map LUNs and Namespaces
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary
• NVMe setup and configuration
• Learning Activity: Create an NVMe SVM and Namespace?
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Module 4: ONTAP Availability and Data Protection

Module Duration: 01:00

Exercise Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Discuss ONTAP availability strategies
• Describe data protection for LUNs

Module Topics:

• HA and host multipathing
  • failover
  • ALUA
  • SLM
  • Direct and indirect I/O
• Data Protection
  • consistency
  • snapshots
  • consistency groups
  • clones
• Fast Failover
• Learning Activity: Display LUN paths, set up SnapMirror relationship?
• SnapCenter
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Module 5: Managing ONTAP SAN Environments

Module Duration: 01:00

Exercise Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Discuss SAN-specific manageability features
• Describe SAN performance considerations
• Explain Volume and LUN sizing

Module Topics:

• LUN Mobility (vol move, LUN move, LUN copy, SLM)
• Copy Offload
• Performance (QOS, balanced placement, performance capacity)
• Learning Activity: Perform a LUN move
• Learning Activity: Resize a LUN
• LUN copy/promotion
• OnDemand engine
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary

Appendix A: SAN Migration Using Foreign LUN Import (FLI)

Module Duration: 01:00

Exercise Duration: 01:00

Module Objectives:

• Describe Foreign LUN Import
• Explain FLI use cases

Module Topics:

• Foreign LUN Import overview
• FLI use cases
• <Learning Activity: description>
• Knowledge check
• Module Summary