Managing NAS and Performance on Clustered Data ONTAP
Skills Gained Define and describe NFS protocol versions Configure clustered ONTAP 9 for NFSv3,NFSv4,and NFSv4.1 with parallel NFS (pNFS) Configure Kerberos in a Linux and NetApp ONTAP 9 environment...
Configure clustered ONTAP 9 for NFSv3,NFSv4,and NFSv4.1 with parallel NFS (pNFS)
Configure Kerberos in a Linux and NetApp ONTAP 9 environment using Windows Active Directory authentication
Discuss performance management and troubleshooting for NetApp storage systems and clients
Explain the CIFS and SMB protocol
Demonstrate the Windows PowerShell CLI
Configure SMB features using ONTAP 9 software
Create and manage SMB shares and sessions
Secure SMB sessions
Configure ONTAP for multiprotocol data access
Discuss SMB advanced topics, such as opportunistic locks (oplocks), BranchCache, auditing, group policy, automatic home shares, symbolic links (symlinks), and widelinks
Understand how a storage system running ONTAP 9 functions
Identify the commands and tools to use to collect and monitor storage system performance
Interpret performance data and identify hindrances to storage system performance
Use system commands and features to enhance storage system performance and efficiency
Who Can Benefit
Professionals who manage NetApp storage systems and need a deeper understanding of protocols and performance in a clustered Data ONTAP environment.
Prerequisites
ONTAP Cluster Administration and Data Protection Bundle (CDOTDP9)
Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory
Familiarity with UNIX and Linux operating systems
Course Details
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
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