ONTAP MetroCluster Installation

Module 1: Overview of MetroCluster

• Introduction to MetroCluster software
• Supported configurations
• Implementation steps
• Configuration tools and documentation

Module 2: MetroCluster Cabling

• Disk requirements
• Cabling overview
• Controller cabling
• Switch cabling

Module 3: Bridge and Switch Configuration

• ATTO FibreBridge configuration
• Brocade FC switch configuration
• IOD and OOD delivery

Module 4: Cluster Configuration

• Disk assignment
• Cluster setup

Module 5: MetroCluster Configuration

• Setup
• Verification
• Monitoring
• SVM configuration

Module 6: Failure Scenarios

• Switchover
• Switchback
• Failure scenarios
• LIF placement

Module 7: TieBreaker Configuration

• Introduction to TieBreaker
• Installation
• Configuration

Appendix A: Advanced Administration

• Transitioning
• Reallocating free space
• Performance testing
• NDU in a MetroCluster environment
• Integrating with vSphere 6
• Comparing features
• Scaling out
• Controller upgrades
• NVRAM allocation

Appendix B: Basic MetroCluster Troubleshooting

Appendix C: Front-End FC Fabrics in a MetroCluster Environment

Appendix D: FlexPod in an AFF MetroCluster Envronment

• FlexPod solution
• MetroCluster FlexPod architecture
• vMSC Validation: failure scenarios and behavior

Appendix E: The ProLion ClusterLion Solution

• ClusterLion: alternative to TieBreaker

Appendix F: Brocade Network Advisor

Labs:

• MetroCluster cabling
• Bridge and switch verification and configuration
• Cluster configuration
• MetroCluster configuration and verification
• Failover scenarios
• TieBreaker configuration

• and OR
• Basic SAN knowledge
• Completion of ONTAP PS Professional Compliance Program or an equivalent program

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

• Describe the major architectural components of a MetroCluster environment
• Cable nodes, back-end FC switches and FibreBridge devices
• Set up bridges and back-end FC switches
• Configure the clusters at both sites in a MetroCluster environment
• Set up a MetroCluster configuration and serve data to clients
• Detect and recover from failures in a MetroCluster environment
• Install and configure Tiebreaker software

MetroCluster software is a unique high-availability and disaster-recovery solution. In this course, you learn how to cable and set up a MetroCluster environment. Using active, participatory exercises, you practice the configuration and verification steps. You also learn how to identify component failures and practice recovery steps