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Overview
| Course code | SSD01GB | Delivery type | Classroom
(Hands-on labs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 2.5 days | Course type | Public or Private on-site |
| List price | Set by Partner |
Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) is designed to provide a super-scalar, clustered scale out NAS offering to manage vast repositories of information in enterprise environments requiring very large capacities, high levels of performance, and high availability. The system supports multiple petabytes of storage and billions of files in a single file system (Global Name Space). Data access to the system from client computers is provided using industry standard network file protocols including NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and FTP. In addition, the system supports traditional NAS features and functions like snapshots, quotas (user, group, and fileset level), synchronous and asynchronous replication of data, integration with user directory servers (such as Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP, and Samba PDC), TSM integration, and automated Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) across internal storage pools as well as external TSM storage pools (HSM).
This course will introduce the participants to SONAS and educate them on how to configure and use the product in a file services environment. The course will consist of theory sessions followed by hands-on exercises where participants will have to opportunity to experiment with the functions of the product.
Pre-requisites
This course is a hands-on technical training class and requires technical skills. Participants should have an advanced understanding of storage and networking technologies, especially in the Network Attached Storage (File Services) area. A good knowledge of Windows and/or Linux is also recommended.
Objective
- Describe the hardware and software components of SONAS
- Describe the configuration options of SONAS
- Describe the SONAS concepts
- Use the GUI and CLI to configure SONA
- Create NFS/CIFS/HTTP/FTP shares for use by clients.
- Configure and maintain NSD storage as part of GPFS
- Create and maintain file systems on SONAS
- Describe and manage authentication mechanisms and access control list configurations
- Create file system snapshots and synchronous mirroring
- Create and maintain ILM/HSM policies
- Create and maintain TSM Backups
- Create and maintain asynchronous replication
- Monitor the system and do basic troubleshooting
Key topics
Day 1
- (00:30) Welcome
- (01:30) Unit 1: SONAS overview
- (00:45) Unit 2: SONAS hardware configurations
- (00:15) Unit 3: Lab setup overview
- (00:30) Lab 1: Lab access
- (00:45) Unit 4: SONAS CLI overview
- (00:45) Unit 5: SONAS GUI overview
- (00:30) Lab 2: Access and verify the virtual SONAS environment
- (00:45) Lab 3: GUI introduction and Health Center
- (01:00) Unit 6: SONAS file access
- (01:00) Lab 4: Export protocols and verify NFS, CIFS, HTTP, and FTP access
Day 2
- (01:00) Unit 7: SONAS authentication and user mapping
- (01:00) Lab 5: Access rights and ACL management on Windows client
- (01:15) Unit 8: SONAS storage concepts
- (01:15) Lab 6: Failure groups, file system replication, filesets, quotas, enable, and verify snapshots
- (01:15) Unit 9: SONAS ILM/HSM details and configuration
- (01:00) Lab 7: Storage pools, ILM/HSM policies
- (00:45) Unit 10: SONAS network configuration
- (00:30) Unit 11: SONAS backup details
Day 3
- (00:45) Unit 12: SONAS asynchronous replication
- (01:00) Lab 8: Async replication
- (01:00) Unit 13: SONAS monitoring and support
- (01:00) Lab 9: Monitoring, notification, problem determination, and logging
- (00:30) Unit 14: SONAS software upgrades