Configuring and Monitoring NetApp E-Series and EF-Series Storage Systems
(CMESERIES)
In this course, you learn how to configure a new E-Series or EF-Series storage system and establish connectivity with a SAN. You use the SANtricity® storage management (v11.25) software and CLI to manage the E-Series and EF-Series controllers. You also use SANtricity storage management software features to restore data. Additionally, you learn how to support and monitor E-Series and EF-Series storage systems by performing various troubleshooting tasks, such as evaluating support data and using the built-in tools to identify storage system errors
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Identify E-Series and EF-Series product hardware
- Cable and connect E-Series or EF-Series systems to a fabric
- Install the SANtricity client on a storage management station
- Configure an E-Series or EF-Series storage system
- Create usable storage space on an E-Series or EF-Series storage system
- Evaluate customers’ needs and suggest storage configurations that meet those needs
- Use SANtricity features to restore lost data
- Check E-Series or EF-Series storage system status
- Upgrade and maintain SANtricity and E-Series or EF-Series code levels
- Use the AutoSupport feature
- View and use support data that provides information about E-Series or EF-Series storage systems
- Diagnose management connection issues
- Resolve storage system host-side issues
- Resolve drive failures
- Use SANtricity tools to service E-Series or EF-Series storage systems
Prerequisites
Basic Windows or Linux administrative experience
Target Audience
- This course is designed for Professional Services workers who are NetApp employees, NetApp partners, or NetApp customers.
- This course is part of the following Certifications:
- NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – SAN Specialist, E-Series (NCIE SAN E-SERIES)
Course Content
Module 1: Storage-Management Software
- SANtricity Storage Manager setup instructions
- Configuration workflow
- Installation options and packages
- Management client
- Event monitor
- Management agent
- Utilities
- Managing E-Series and EF-Series storage systems
- SANtricity Storage Manager
- Ethernet connection (out-of-band) management
- Ethernet management connections
- Host I/O connection
- Access volume
- SYMbol protocol
- SANtricity plug-ins, APIs and providers
- Configuring management connectivity
- IP addresses
- Adding storage array
- Using the SANtricity UI
- Navigating
- SMclient UI
- Enterprise management window
- Array management window
- Adding storage systems
- Using the CLI
- Script editor
- SMcli program
- SMcli interactive mode
Module 2: Multipath Failover
- Functions
- HBA settings
- I_T nexus
- SCSI I_T_L communication nexus
- Redundant paths
- Zoning
- Failover and failback
- Multipath driver failover mechanisms
- ALUA functionality
- Target Port group support
- Load balancing
Module 3: Logical Configuration
- Configuration process
- Application characteristics
- Disk pools or traditional RAID volumes
- Volume groups and disk pools
- Disk considerations
- Volume groups
- SANtricity RAID levels
- SANtricity Performance
- Creating a volume group
- IOPS segment-size guidelines
- Data assurance feature
- Hot spare disks
- Dynamic disk pool
- Disk failure
- Thin volumes
- Host mapping
- I/O processes
- Host groups
- Storage partitions
- LUN masking
- Disk encryption
Module 4: Storage Cache
- Purpose
- E-Series cache settings
- Cache flushing
- Power failure response
- Battery backup unit
- SANtricity SSD read cache
- Best practices
Module 5: Data Protection with SANtricity features
- Data protection key considerations
- E-Series data protection
- Snapshot
- Considerations
- Group repository
- Data recovery
- Zero downtime backup
- SANtricity volume copy
- Restrictions
- Considerations
- SANtricity mirroring
- Types
- Connections
- Features
- Synchronous mirroring
- Asynchronous mirroring
Module 6: Monitoring the Storage System
- SANtricity monitoring tools
- Storage system status
- Event monitor
- Alert configuration
- SNMP traps
- Event log
- AutoSupport feature
- Recovery Guru
- Support data
- Media scan
- Performance monitor
Module 7: Upgrading Storage-System Software
- Firmware
- NVSRAM
- Firmware inventory
- Package files
- Storage management client upgrade
- ESM firmware
- Host protocol
Module 8: Troubleshooting Storage Issues
- Troubleshooting methodology
- Host and switches
- Data gathering
- Host and fabric switch logs
- I/O communication path
- I/O host connections
- Unresponsive storage
- Controller IPs
- Partially down status
- Configurations conflicts
- Ethernet management connectivity
- Simplex and duplex configurations
- Cache errors
- Drive-side components
- SAS ports
- Rapid reconstruction
- Disk failure
Labs:
- Installing SANtricity storage manager software
- Exploring the SANtricity management windows
- Configuring management connections
- Using the SANtricity CLI commands
- Determining multipath settings
- Exploring the IMT and hardware universe
- Video: creating volume groups and volumes
- Creating volume groups and volumes
- Creating disk pools and volumes
- Defining hosts and mapping and mounting volumes
- Testing I/O host connectivity
- Testing performance based on volume cache settings
- Testing performance based on cache block size
- Using the SANtricity Snapshot feature
- Using the SANtricity volume copy feature
- Configuring and using the asynchronous mirror feature
- Configuring alerts and viewing event log entries
- Examining information used to troubleshoot the storage system
- Using the CLI to monitor the storage system
- Upgrading system software
- Observing controller status
- Observing cache and battery attributes
- Examining and troubleshooting disk and drive channel conditions
- Completing the final assessment
