Configuring and Monitoring NetApp E-Series and EF-Series Storage Systems (CMESERIES)

In this course, you learn how to recommend configurations based on a pre-deployment assessment for a new NetApp E-Series or EF-Series storage system. In the deployment phase, you use both the NetApp SANtricity® storage management (v11.30) and system management software to create the configuration, perform administrative tasks and employ data protection features. During post-deployment, you use SANtricity system management software to collect storage system information for trend analysis, troubleshooting, performance monitoring and tuning.

Module 1: Introduction to E-Series and EF-Series Storage

• E-Series and EF-Series storage products
• Data-protection features
• NetApp SANtricity Storage Manager functionality
• Available plug-ins, APIs and providers

Module 2: E-Series and EF-Series Functionality

• Configuration and theory of operation concepts
• Controller cache and battery functionality
• Data Assurance (DA) feature functionality
• Media scan functionality
• Drive security feature implementation
• Path-management concepts

Module 3: configuration Concepts and Initial Setup

• Storage system configuration tools and resources
• NetApp SANtricity simulator functionality and usage
• Host-side configuration concepts
• Disk-side configuration concepts
• General disk pool and volume group configuration concepts
• Storage system initial setup steps

Module 4: Volume Group Administration

• Volume group concepts
• Create volume groups and volumes
• General volume group system administration tasks
• Manage volume group disks

Module 5: Dynamic Disk Pool Administration

• Disk pool concepts
• Create disk pools and volumes
• Disk pool system administration tasks
• Manage disk pool disks

Module 6: SSD Cache Administration

• SSD Cache concepts
• Create a solid-state drive (SSD) cache
• Assign and unassign an SSD cache
• SSD cache administration

Module 7: Snapshot Administration

• SANtricity Snapshot features
• SANtricity Snapshot image administrative tasks
• Initiate the Snapshot process
• Snapshot volume administration
• Snapshot consistency group administration

Module 8: Volume Copy Administration

• Volume copy function
• Volume copy administration
• Volume copy work flow steps

Module 9: Mirroring Administration

• Mirroring technology
• Use cases
• Synchronous mirroring features
• Synchronous mirroring administration
• Asynchronous mirroring features
• Asynchronous mirroring administration
• SANtricity feature considerations

Module 10: Data Collection and Monitoring

• Data collection and monitoring resources
• Storage array component information
• AutoSupport feature configuration
• Storage array operability and state files
• Performance metrics for different objects

Module 11: General Administrative Tasks

• General tasks
• Alerts management
• Storage array, controller and drive tasks
• Managing upgrades

Labs:

• Installing SANtricity storage manager software
• Adding a storage array to the EMW management domain
• Exploring system manager
• Exploring E-Series and EF-Series information resources
• Install the SANtricity simulator
• Using the Setup Wizard to configure the storage array
• Creating volume group configurations
• Managing volumes in volume groups
• Managing hot spares
• Creating volume groups from the command line
• Deleting a volume group configuration
• Creating disk pool configurations
• Managing volumes in disk pools
• Managing failed drives
• Using the command line to create disk pools
• Creating and SSD cache drive
• Creating and preparing disk pool volumes for I/O
• Creating a Snapshot environment
• Rolling back a file system
• Creating a Snapshot volume
• Mounting and accessing a Snapshot volume
• Perform an online volume copy operation
• Perform an offline volume copy operation
• Creating a mirroring environment
• Creating a synchronous mirror relationship
• Creating an asynchronous mirror relationship
• Data collection
• Taking a controller offline for servicing
• Upgrading a storage array