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Isilon Administration and Management

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Duration

5 days

Overview

The Isilon Administration and Management course prepares students to perform Isilon cluster administration. Topics include and 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, Job Engine, and others. This training consists of 8 modules. The total time required to complete this course is approximately 5 days.

Audience

This course is intended for Dell Technologies partner and customer personnel involved with the administration of Isilon NAS solutions.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of:

  • Networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS and routing
  • An introduction to storage such as NAS/SAN differences and basic storage principles and features
  • Installation process of an Isilon cluster

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the overall Isilon cluster architecture
  • Explain the cluster layout and different types of access
  • Navigate the details of file access
  • Configure cluster features
  • Utilize the tools to perform cluster monitoring

Course Outline

The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives. The following focus areas are included in this course:

Module 1 – Isilon and OneFS

  • Storage Concepts in Isilon
  • Isilon Generation 6 Hardware
  • OneFS Management Interfaces and Common Tasks
  • Authentication Providers
  • SSH Multi-Factor Authentication

Module 2 – Networking

  • Access Zones
  • Network Hierarchy
  • Network Connection
  • SmartConnect
  • VLAN and Source-Based Routing

Module 3 – AIMA

  • Role-Based Access Control
  • User Identity Mapping
  • User Access Control

Module 4 – Client Access to Data

  • OneFS Caching
  • Configuring SMB Shares
  • Configuring NFS Exports
  • Auditing
  • Hadoop and Data Lakes
  • Swift

Module 5 – Data Protection and Layout

  • Data Protection
  • Protection Management
  • Data Layout
  • Storage Pools

Module 6 – OneFS Modules and Data Services

  • File Tiering
  • CloudPools
  • SmartQuotas
  • File Filtering
  • SnapshotIQ
  • SyncIQ
  • Deduplication (SmartDedupe)

Module 7 – Job Engine

  • Job Engine Architecture
  • Job Types, Priority, and Impact
  • Managing Jobs

Module 8 – Upgrades and Monitoring

  • OneFS Upgrades
  • Firmware Upgrades
  • Monitoring with InsightIQ
  • Statistics Using CLI

This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.