Course Overview

Duration: 3 Days.

Implementing VMware vSphere on Data ONTAP - Learn how to implement VMware vSphere virtualization solutions on NetApp® Data ONTAP® 7-Mode and clustered Data ONTAP. In this course, you learn how to deploy VMware virtual infrastructure on NetApp storage. The exercises use clustered Data ONTAP.

Who Should Attend

• NetApp employees, channel partners, and customers

Course Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Prerequisites

• NetApp core technical training or equivalent knowledge
• NetApp SAN core technical training or equivalent knowledge
• Basic knowledge of VMware virtualization

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe VMware vSphere 5.1 virtualization solutions
• Configure physical and virtual infrastructures
• Provision the virtual infrastructure with Data ONTAP operating in 7-Mode and Data ONTAP operating in Cluster-Mode storage
• Create, migrate, and clone virtual machines (VMs)
• Protect the virtual infrastructure
• Monitor and optimize the virtual infrastructure
• Articulate the NetApp value proposition when integrating Data ONTAP with vSphere 5.x
• List and describe the best practices for connectivity, provisioning, data layout, and multipathing
• Describe the storage savings in a virtual environment that result from deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
• Identify some troubleshooting scenarios in a virtualized environment and articulate the solutions for resolving the issues

Course Content

Day 1

• Module 1: vSphere Storage
• Module 2: vSphere FC Connectivity
• Module 3: vSphere iSCSI Connectivity
• Module 4: vSphere NFS Connectivity
• Module 5: vSphere Configuration

Day 2

• Module 6: vSphere Optimization
• Module 7: vSphere Protection