1. ONTAP 9 clusters
- ONTAP deployment options
- ONTAP cluster
- Storage VMs
- Software-defined storage
2. Cluster setup
- Supported ONTAP cluster configurations
- Setting up a cluster
- Administration interfaces
- ONTAP licenses
- Policies and schedules
Lab: Deploying an ONTAP cluster
Lab: Exploring ONTAP management UIs
Lab: Configuring ONTAP clusters
3. Physical storage management
- Drives, RAID, and aggregates
- Advanced Disk Partitioning
- Flash Cache and Flash Pool features
- FabricPool aggregates
Lab: Managing physical storage
Lab: Exploring RAID-TEC
4. Logical storage management
- Flexible volumes
- Moving storage resources
- FlexGroup volumes
- FlexCache volumes
Lab: Managing data volumes
Lab: Creating a FlexGroup volume
5. Storage efficiency
- Thin provisioning
- Deduplication and compression
- Flash efficiency
- Volume and file clones
Lab: Managing storage efficiency
Lab: Managing FlexClone volumes
6. Network management
- ONTAP network review
- Network ports
- Network traffic segregation
- Logical network interfaces
- Nondisruptive LIF configuration
- Network security
- Routing management
Lab: Managing physical and logical network resources
Lab: Managing virtual network resources
7. NAS data access
- Use NAS protocols to access data
- Use the NFS protocol to access data
- Use the SMB protocol to access data
- Use the S3 protocol to access data
Lab: Monitoring with ONTAP File System Analytics
Lab: Configuring the NFS protocol in a storage VM
Lab: Configuring the SMB protocol in a storage VM
Lab: Configuring the S3 protocol in a storage VM
8. SAN data access
- Use SAN protocols to access data
- Use the iSCSI protocol to access data
- Use the FC protocol to access data
- Use the NVMe protocol to access data
Lab: Configuring iSCSI in a storage VM
Lab: Configuring NVMe in a storage VM
9. Data protection
- Manage Snapshot copies
- Restore data from a Snapshot copy
- Back up and replicate data
- Compliance
Lab: Managing Snapshot copies
10. ONTAP security
- Access control
- Storage encryption
- Ransomware protection
Lab: Managing ONTAP administrators
11. Cluster maintenance
- Data collection, monitoring, and automation tools
- Upgrading your cluster
- Technical support
Lab: Installing and configuring Active IQ Config Advisor