The following course is a prerequisite to the advanced boot camp:

• Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF)

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you have attended the instructor-led DOTF course or have the equivalent practical experience with the NetApp ONTAP operating system before attending this advanced boot camp. The web-based version of DOTF will not provide sufficient preparation for those seeking NCDA certification upon completion of this course.

The objectives of the course are as follows:

• Describe the different server environments
• Identify the appropriate server environment for your storage system to support Windows client users
• Configure the CIFS environment on a storage system by licensing CIFS, setting up CIFS, and configuring files and options
• Administer a storage system in a CIFS environment including creating and managing shares, users, groups and sessions
• Explain how to troubleshoot basic CIFS problems
• Explain NFS protocol overview, NFS versions and NFS Implementation criteria
• Configure and administer client and server in an NFS environment
• State the rules for exporting resources to hosts, subnets, and netgroups
• Explain the /etc/ exports access options and how they relate to mount permissions
• Analyze NFS performance using sysstat, nfsstat, and other commands
• Collect and analyze data to assist with troubleshooting storage system hardware, operating systems, network connections, NFS configuration files and options
• Define the characteristics of a SAN environment and how LUNs relate to the storage system
• Describe the components of FC and IP SANs
• Describe size planning requirements for LUNs
• Create and manage LUNs on a storage controller for both Windows and UNX hosts
• Explain FC and IP SAN multipathing options for Windows and UNIX operating systems
• Explain how to troubleshoot common SAN issues
• Explain the concept of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
• Set up and maintain snapshots
• Plan and perform data recovery using SnapRestore
• Configure and administer Asychronous and Synchronous SnapMirror
• Configure and administer SnapVault
• Configure and administer OSSV
• List best practices and perform troubleshooting of SnapMirror, SnapVault and OSSV
• Use NDMP to archive data
• Configure and administer SnapLock and LockVault
• Define High Availability and Network Appliance solutions: active-active configuration, SyncMirror, Stretch MetroCluster, and Fiber-Attached MetroCluster
• Create a SyncMirror aggregate
• Articulate best practices when deploying active-active configurations
• Configure MetroCluster
• Configure SyncMirror