• An individual who will administrator a NetApp storage system with Data ONTAP GX operating system software installed.

• Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (WBT or ILT)
• Basic knowledge of networking
• Basic knowledge of UNI

At the end of this course you should be able to:

• Describe the major principles associated with Data ONTAP GX.
• Describe how an N-blade and a Dblade 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 namespaces.
• 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 Common Firmware.
• Environment on a node.
• Upgrade the Data ONTAP GX software on two nodes with no downtime.
   

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.