Detailed Course Outline
NetApp Introduction
- Networked Storage
- Unified Storage and NetApp Cloud ONTAP
- Clustered Data ONTAP
Lab: Check and Setup cDOT
VMware Overview
- ESXi 6.0
- vCenter 6.0
- What’s New in vSphere 6.0 Platform
- ESXi 5.x/vCenter 5.x/vSphere 5.x
Lab: VMware, vCenter Networking
NetApp VMware Integration
- Software Defined Datacenter
- Virtual Storage Console
- VAAI
- VASA
NetApp DS Networking FC
- Storage Protocol Selection
- IP SAN Architecture
- VMFS Datastores
- iSCSI
- FC/FCoE
VM Datastore Networking iSCSI and NFS
- Ethernet Best Practices
- Common Best Practices
- iSCSI Best Practices
- 5.4 NFS4.1 datatores
Lab: iSCSI Configuration
Lab: NFS Storage & NFS VAAI Plugin
Lab: Configuring NFSv4.1 datastores
VM Data
- VMFS Alignment
- VSC Non-Disruptive VM Alignment
- VMware Converter
- User/Application Data
- RDMs vs VMFS Disks
- Storage Efficiency with Deduplication & Cloning
- FT new features
Lab: Alignment –VSC 6.0 and cDOT 8.3
Multitenancy
- Principles of Multitenancy and Cloud Computing
- Availability
- Security
- Performance
- Management Separation
Lab: Snapshots - vSphere 6.0, VSC 6.0 and cDOT 8.3
HA
- Planned Events
- 8.2 vMotion
- Storage vMotion
- Non-disruptive Volume and LIF Migrations
- Unplanned Events
- VMware HA
- VMware FT
- NetApp HA
- MetroCluster
Lab: SnapMirror
Lab: VMware HA
DR and Backup
- Planning Service Levels
- VMware Snapshots
- NetApp Snapshots
- SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructure
- Site Recovery Manager
- SnapCreator Framework
Lab: Backup with VSC
Performance and Troubleshooting
- Performance Factors
- Networking Performance
- ESXi Host Performance
- VM and Guest OS Considerations
- VM to virtualized storage performance
Lab: Explore and Manage Alerts