Data ONTAP SAN Implementation (SANIMP)


These courses below will help you prepare for the 3 day SAN Implementation course. You will need to have a NetApp Support ID to access these programs. If you are interested in viewing the web-based training, please send an email with your contact information to info@fastlaneus.com or call (919) 674-3100 to receive the link to the program.

SAN Fundamentals on Data ONTAP (Cost - FREE)
By the end of this three hour course, you should be able to:
  • Define the characteristics of a SAN and explain how LUNs relate to the Data ONTAP storage system
  • Describe the components of FC, FCoE, and IP SANs
  • Create and manage LUNs on NetApp storage systems
  • Develop a plan that addresses LUN sizing requirements and backup maintenance processes
  • Explain the multipathing options that are available for FC and iSCSI
  • Describe the features and components of a scalable SAN
  • Identify the most frequently occurring problems that are associated with SAN environments and explain how you troubleshoot the problems

SAN Implementation—Switch Configuration (Cost - FREE)
By the end of this one hour course, you should be able to:
  • Identify the steps to configure a Brocade or Cisco Fibre Channel (FC) SAN switch
  • Identify the steps to configure a Cisco iSCSI (IP SAN) switch

NetApp Unified Connect Technical Overview and Implementation (Cost - FREE)
By the end of this two hour course, you should be able to:
  • Define Unified Connect, available only from NetApp
  • List the benefits of converged Ethernet and explain the basics of Data Center Bridging (DCB) and FCoE
  • Identify the steps involved in the host-side and target-side implementation of converged Ethernet using Cisco and Brocade switches
  • Configure a converged network adapter and unified target adapters for additional IP-based protocols
  • Describe how a traditional Fibre Channel initiator can be mapped to a FCoE NetApp target

If you are interested in viewing the web-based training, please send an email with your contact information to info@fastlaneus.com or call (919) 674-3100 to receive the link to the program.