Final Words

Module 19
Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode
Administration

Module Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
Recall major areas in this course
Identify available resources

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NAS and SAN Topology

NFS
Corporate
LAN

iSCSI

CIFS
FCoE
FC

NAS

SAN

NetApp FAS
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NetApp: Leader in the Storage Industry

NetApp provides:
Hardware solutions
Award-winning OS platforms

7-Mode

Data
ONTAP
7G
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Data
ONTAP 8.0

ClusterMode

Data
ONTAP GX

System Manager Features

System Manager includes:
Windows integration
Discovery and setup
of storage systems
NAS provisioning
LUN provisioning
CIFS and NFS configuration
ISCSI and FC configuration
Management of storage systems
Streamlined HA pair configuration
Windows system tray notification
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Storage Architecture
Storage objects:

Aggregates
Plexes
RAID Groups
Disks

aggr1
plex0
rg0

system> sysconfig -r
...
RAID group /aggr1/plex0/rg0 (normal)
RAID Disk Device HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool...
--------- ------ ------------- ---- ---parity
0a.24
0a
1
8
FC:A
0...
data
0a.25
0a
1
9
FC:A
0...
system>
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rg1

Performance Increases with FlexVol

I/O performance:
Spindle-sharing
makes total
aggregate
performance available
to all volumes

Space utilization:

Vol 1
Vol 2
Free
Vol 3
Vol 4

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No pre-allocation of
free space
Free space is
available for use by
other volumes or new
volumes

Storage System Access

Careful attention should be taken in setting up
administrative access
Dont allow admin access from anywhere

To secure your system:

Manage administrative logins
Communicate securely with the storage system
Guard physical access

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Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

RBAC
Mechanism for managing a set of capabilities that an
administrator can perform on a storage system

Steps to implement:
Create a role with specific capabilities
Create a group with one or more assigned role
Create user(s) assigned to one or more group

Groups

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Roles

Capabilities

Interface Groups
Previously called virtual interfaces (VIFs)
Interface groups allow trunking of one or more
Ethernet interfaces
IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation

Types:
Single-mode
Multimode

Interface Group
0

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Interface Group
5

NFS
Storage System

vol0

flexvol1
data_files
etc

eng_files

home

misc_files

Network Connection

Client1

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Client1

CIFS

Clients

Member Server

Domain Controller
Machine
Accounts

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Directory
Machine name

SAN
Application
File System

Initiator

SCSI Driver

SAN Services
WAFL

Target

IP
SAN
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LUN

FC
SAN

Snapshot Copies

Disk Blocks

Active Data

Snapshot

File X

File X

Active version of X is now comprised of blocks A, B, C

Snapshot version of X remains comprised of blocks A, B, C
Atomically moves active data to new consistent state
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High-Availability Controller Configuration

Connected to its own disk shelves

Connected to the other controllers disk shelves
Storage controllers are connected to each other
If a storage controller fails, the surviving partner serves
the data of failed controller
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Virtualization with NetApp

NetApp provides:
Storage support
Backup and
recovery
Storage efficiency
savings up to 50%
Disaster recovery
reliability
Storage
management
possibilities

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ESX
Cluster Virtual Machine 1

C:\

Virtual Machine 2

C:\

Virtual Machine 3

C:\

Datastore

NetApp FAS System

Deduplicated
Flexible
Volume

Clients

D-Blade

Network

M-Host

Client Protocol
Access

Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Architecture

Protocols

WAFL

Physical
Memory

FreeBSD

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RAID

Storage

NVRAM

Disk
Array

Additional Data ONTAP Resources

Education

Data ONTAP CIFS Administration

Data ONTAP NFS Administration
Data ONTAP SAN Administration
NetApp Protection Software Administration
Fundamentals of Performance Analysis
SAN Implementation Workshop

Web sites
NOW
NetApp (www.netapp.com)

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