PowerScale Admin OnDemant
PowerScale Admin OnDemant
Course Description
Overview
Course Duration
40 Hours The PowerScale Administration On-Demand course prepares students to
implement, configure and administer the Dell PowerScale NAS Solution.
Topics include an overview of hardware, the configuration and verification of
basic and advanced networking, authentication, identity management and
authorization, client and data access, data layout, and OneFS modules such
as SmartPools, SnapshotIQ, SyncIQ, and SmartDedupe. This training
consists of 8 modules. The total time required to complete this course and
the accompanying lab exercises is approximately 5 days.
Audience
This course is intended for Dell Technologies partner and customer personnel
involved with the administration of PowerScale solutions.
Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
• Understand the PowerScale cluster architecture
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• Navigate the details of client and file access
• Configure OneFS features
• Utilize the tools to perform cluster monitoring
Course Outline
The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.
• Module 1 – NAS, PowerScale, and OneFS
o NAS
o PowerScale Hardware
o OneFS Management Interfaces
o Common Cluster Operations
o OneFS Directory Structure
PowerScale Administration On-Demand
Course Description
• Module 2 – Networking
Course Duration o Authentication Providers
40 Hours o Access Zones
o Groupnets
o Subnets – SmartConnect Zones
o IP Address Pools
• Module 3 – Configuring Identity Management and Authorization
o Role-Based Access Control
o User Identity Management
o Authorization
• Module 4 – Configuring Client Access to Data
o OneFS Caching
o Configuring SMB Shares
o Configuring NFS Exports
o Configuring S3 Buckets
• Module 5 – Foundations of Data Protection and Layout
o File Striping
o Data Protection
o Protection Management
o Data Layout
• Module 6 – Configuring Storage Pools
o Storage Pools
o File Pools
o SmartPools
o CloudPools
• Module 7 – Configuring Data Services
o File Filtering
o SmartQuotas
o Deduplication (SmartDedupe)
o SnapshotIQ
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o SyncIQ
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o PowerScale Health Check
o InsightIQ
o isi statistics
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