ONTAP SAN Administration (SANADM) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

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
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  • Knowledge check
  • Module Summary