Isilon Advanced Administration
- Course Code ISIAA3D
- Duration 3 days
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This course is available in the following formats:
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Public Classroom
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Course Overview
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The course is designed for an experienced Isilon cluster administrator who requires advanced details around cluster operations. This course provides the expertise necessary for an Administrator to: consider and plan for future growth, understand and implement best practices, identify performance metrics and workload differences, and strengthen their ability to diagnose and support critical cluster situations.
Course Schedule
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This course is intended for all audiences.
Course Objectives
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- Perform cluster administration tasks using Isilon tools and features
- Manage the Isilon system, users, and network Monitor the system for health and performance
- Optimize and troubleshoot identified issues in the cluster
Course Content
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- Course Introduction
▬ Introduction
▬ OneFS Review - Administrator’s Tasks
▬ Explore advanced tasks
▬ Performance basics in complex environments - Monitoring & Events
▬ Configure system alerts and event groups
▬ Perform a cluster health-check
▬ Troubleshooting Isilon clusters
▬ Gather and read log files
▬ Troubleshoot Events - Monitoring, Capacity Issues & Job Priorities
▬ Access performance and file system analytic reports using InsightIQ
▬ Calculate system capacity for management purposes
▬ Comprehend, schedule and manage system jobs Job Engine management - User Managements
▬ Identify authentication providers
▬ Access zones and protocols
▬ Manage multi-protocol permissions - Networking
▬ Managing SmartConnect
▬ Network latency and performance issues
▬ Identify and resolve networking and SmartConnect issues - Performance Tuning
▬ Perform a performance analysis
▬ Establish a performance baseline
▬ Identify workflows for small file efficiency
In addition to lecture and demonstrations, this course includes labs designed to allow practical experience for the participant.
Course Prerequisites
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- Isilon scale-out storage platform
- Isilon hardware troubleshooting and maintenance procedures
- Basic networking components including Ethernet, switches, and network aggregation
- Network protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, SMB, and NFS
