ONTAP SMB Administration

Module 1: SMB Overview

• SMB basics
• Interfaces for managing ONTAP based systems

Module 2: SMB Setup

• SMB implementation
• Addendum: Create a FlexGroup volume

Module 3: SMB shares and sessions

• Share configuration
• Continuously available shares
• Client share access
• Session management

Module 4: Access Control

• Permissions
• Local authorization
• Additional access-control features
• Multiprotocol NAS in ONTAP software
• Addendum: Dynamic Access Control

Module 5: Advanced Topics

• Home shares
• Group Policy Objects
• Symlinks and wide links
• Addendum: Auditing
• Addendum: Opportunistic locks
• BranchCache
• Addendum: FlexCache volumes

• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals
• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

• Explain the CIFS and SMB protocol
• List the interfaces that you use to manage NetApp ONTAP software
• Configure SMB features in ONTAP 9 software
• Create and manage SMB shares and sessions
• Configure ONTAP software for multiprotocol data access
• Comprehend advanced SMB topics, such as Group Policy, automatic home shares, symbolic links (symlinks), and wide links

• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals
• Familiarity with Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory