SAN-NETAPPS

Storage fundamentals
Components of storage
Storage protocols and topologies
Design considerations
Fibre channel basics and how it works in san
Difference between SAN & NAS
DAS/NAS/SAN explanation
Multipathing softwares
Architecture of a storage subsystem
Storage Management Softwares
Accessing storage (SAN/NAS) from windows & unix systems
How san works in real time environment
Virtualization
Information lifecycle management (ILM)
Business continuity mangement.
Fiber Channels-Brocade and CISCO
Introduction to fiber chanel
FC theory fundamentls
FC layers & valid port types
FC Topologies & Terminology
Fiber connectors & fc well-known adresses.
Brocade & CISCO Switch Management.
Introdcution to harware & sotware products
Installation of new switches
Firmware downloads and configuration uploads.
User account and password behaviours
Fabric-wide settings vs. Local switch settings.
Zoning & types of zoning
Creating device alias.
Device and fabric manger mangement
Generating show tech reports(switch logs)
Switch networking
Data protection
Disaster recovery solutions
Global mirrorning
Metro mirroring
Introduction to Netapp Storage Environment
The key features and functions of Netapp Storage Systems
Distinguish between nas and san
Netapp unified storage architecture
Netapp support site
Basic administration
How to connect to a netapp (console and remote)
Netapp system manager
Running commands on console, from remote host and system manager
Configure autosupport for FAS systems
Physical storage
Data ontap raid technology
Diskshelfs and disks
Aggregates
Volumes
Volume concepts
Root volumes, flexible voumes
Using cli and system manager for volume administration
Qtrees
WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout)
Wafl file system concepts
Data read and write mechanism on a wafl file system
Consistency points (CPS), raid management and storage levels
Security administration
Configure security for administrtive access to storage
Manage user logins
Role-based access control (RBAC)
Manage users and groups
Data ontap 8.0 security
Networking
Configuration of network settings in data ontap
Name resolution services (DNS & NIS) concepts and configuration
Network interface configuration
Interface group configuration and management
Virtual lans (V-LAN) and routing
NFS (Network File System)
NFS concepts
Configure nfs through cli and system manager
NFS exports
Client side configuration for mounting
NFS troubleshooting
CIFS
CIFS concepts
Configuring CIFS through cli and system manager
Sharing resources on storage and mapping on clients
CIFS troubleshooting
Managing CIFS security
NAS management
Security methods for protecting data
Multiprotocol access
Security style settings for volumes and qtrees
Methods for tracking and restricting storage usage
Create and manage quotas
Data ontap fpolicy file-screening policy
SAN
San fundamentals
San protocols (FC, FCOE and ISCSI)
Initiator and target
Nodes and ports
ISCSI setup
Creating luns using cli and system manager
Accessing luns from servers
SAN management techniques
Troubleshooting access issues in san environment
Snapshot copies
Concepts snapshot copies
Taking a snapshot copy
Snapshot copies and inodes
Managing inodes
Snapshot copy reserve
Scheduling snapshot copies
Restoring snapshot copies
Restoring files (original and new location)
Flexclone volumes
Flexclone technology concepts
Setting up FLEXCLONE volumes using CLI and system manager
Splitting volumes
Space usage
Introduction to other storage products
Introduction to EMC CLARIION, DMX and VMAX
Introduction to Hitachi and hp storage prdocuts
Difference between operation of NETAPP storage and other storage
Brocade & CISCO switch management.
Introdcution to harware & sotware products
Installation of new switches
Firmware downloads and configuration uploads.
User account and password behaviours
Fabric-wide settings vs. Local switch settings.
Zoning & types of zoning
Creating device alias.
Device and fabric manger mangement
Generating show tech reports (switch logs) Switch networking