Data ONTAP GX Fundamentals (DOTGX)

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Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

The Data ONTAP GX Fundamentals course is a comprehensive, though not exhaustive, learning object designed to teach the basics of Data ONTAP GX. At the end of this course, the student will know the evolution of Data ONTAP GX, dating back to the 1980s, understand the benefits of this product, be able to explain the architecture and functionality of the product, and be able to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot Data ONTAP GX clusters

Who Should Attend:

This instructor led course is for customers who perform basic support and administrative functions on a NetApp® storage system running the Data ONTAP GX operating system software.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the major principles associated with Data ONTAP GX
• Describe how an N-blade and a D-blade interact with each other
• Describe how a replicated database (RDB) application communicates among the members in its ring
• Describe the difference between an mroot volume and a virtual server root volume
• Create a cluster made up of multiple nodes
• Create an aggregate
• Create two virtual servers, two additional volumes in each, and two three-volume name spaces
• Configure an active-active relationship between a pair of nodes
• Configure network interfaces for a virtual server
• Create an NFS export and a CIFS share
• Move a volume from one node to another
• Create a SnapShot policy for a volume
• Create two load sharing (LS) mirrors of a volume, and manually replicate them
• Create two disaster recovery (DR) mirrors of a volume, and manually replicate them
• Promote a mirror to be a read-write volume
• Diagnose a VLDB crash and recover from it
• Upgrade the CFE (firmware) on a node
• Upgrade the Data ONTAP GX software on two nodes with no down time

Prerequisites:

Students should have taken Data ONTAP Fundamentals (DOTF) or Data ONTAP Overview.

Course Outline:

• Major principles associated with Data ONTAP GX
• N-blade and a D-blade interactions
• Replicated database (RDB) application communication
• Difference between an mroot volume and a virtual server root volume
• Clusters made up of multiple nodes
• Aggregates
• Virtual servers, additional volumes, and two three-volume name spaces
• Active-active relationships between pairs of nodes
• Network interfaces for a virtual server
• NFS export and CIFS share
• Moving a volume from one node to another
• SnapShot policy for a volume
• Load sharing (LS) mirrors
• Disaster recovery (DR) mirrors
• Promoting a mirror to be a read-write volume
• Diagnosing a VLDB crash and recovering from it
• Upgrading the CFE (firmware) on a node
• Upgrading the Data ONTAP GX software on two nodes with no down time