Course Overview

NetApp storage solutions are widely used in enterprise environments for efficient data management, virtualization, and cloud integration. Learning how to set up and manage a NetApp storage lab is essential for IT professionals, system administrators, and storage engineers who want to gain hands-on experience without incurring high costs. This course provides a step-by-step guide to building your own NetApp storage lab for free, allowing you to develop crucial skills in configuring and managing NetApp ONTAP environments in a virtualized setup.

This course begins with an introduction to lab topology, ensuring a strong foundational understanding before diving into the practical setup. You will learn how to configure VMware and networking, install and set up the VyOS router, and deploy multiple NetApp ONTAP simulator nodes across different clusters. The course also covers upgrading the NetApp simulator, setting up Windows and Linux hosts, installing VMware ESXi and vCenter Server, and configuring a CentOS API host. Additionally, you will be guided through the installation of SuperPutty to streamline your lab management.

By the end of this course, you will have a fully functional NetApp storage lab, enabling you to practice storage management, network configuration, and virtualization in a risk-free environment.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to build a fully ready and complete NetApp simulator lab from scratch using ONTAP 9
  • Practice configuring and testing almost all NetApp features using your own free lab.
  • Learn how to configure the networking

Program Curriculum

  • VMware and Network Configuration
  • Chapter 1 Quiz
  • VyOS Router Install and Configuration
  • NetApp Simulator - Cluster 1 Node 1
  • NetApp Simulator - Cluster 1 Node 2
  • NetApp Simulator - Cluster 2 Node 1
  • NetApp ONTAP Simulator Upgrade
  • Windows Host and Domain Controller Install and Configuration
  • Linux Host Install and Configuration
  • VMware ESXi1 and VCSA Installation and Configuration
  • VMware ESXi2 Installation and Configuration
  • CentOS 'API' Host Installation and Configuration
  • SuperPutty Install and Configuration
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

Instructor

Neil Anderson

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Neil Anderson has a mission is to build the best Cloud and Data Center systems engineers possible. He has dropped out of school with no qualifications or future plans at the age of 15. When he got a little bit older and wiser I realized I should make a career for myself so I pulled myself up by learning about IT technologies through books and online resources. It’s his passion now to help viewers do the same.

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