Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp (ANCDABC)

Network Professionals seeking the NCDA certification.

This course is also valuable for those who need to perform in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for environments using any of the following enterprise storage solutions: CIFS, NFS, FCP, iSCSI protocols on a NetApp storage appliance running the Data ONTAP operating system.

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

Data ONTAP Fundamentals

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. This class will run extended hours. It is recommended to bring a laptop for evening homework.

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
  
• Articulate best practices when deploying active-active configurations
  

This 5-day intensive, advanced boot camp will prepare you for all required NetApp exams to achieve the NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA) certification, assuming you have met the prerequisites.

The hands-on course covers the required knowledge from the following courses:

• Data ONTAP CIFS Administration (CIFS)
  
• Data ONTAP NFS Administration (NFS)
  
• NetApp Protection Software Administration (NPSA)
  
• Data ONTAP SAN Administration (SAN)
  
• High Availability (HA)