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UdemyBuild Your Own NetApp Storage Lab, For Free!
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A full NetApp environment, without the hardware bill
Getting hands-on with NetApp storage normally means access to physical or licensed lab hardware. This course removes that barrier by walking you through building a complete NetApp simulator lab on ONTAP 9 using only free software and a single PC.
The finished lab runs two NetApp simulator clusters alongside Windows and Linux clients split across separate IP subnets, closely mirroring a real production environment. You're shown exactly where to source every piece of free software, how to build the simulators and clients, and how to configure VMware and the networking to tie it all together.
Who it's for
Storage administrators and students who want to practice or test NetApp features safely before touching production, or who are studying toward NetApp certification.
Key takeaways
- How to build a two-cluster NetApp ONTAP 9 simulator lab from scratch
- Where to find all required software for free
- How to configure VMware and networking to connect Windows and Linux clients
- A safe environment for testing nearly any NetApp feature before deploying it
About this course
This course walks you through how to build a fully ready and complete NetApp simulator lab from scratch, using NetApp’s latest operating system ONTAP 9.
The lab features two NetApp simulator clusters with Windows and Linux clients in separate IP subnets to make it as close to a real world environment as possible... and best of all you can build and run the lab completely for free, all you need is a PC to run it on.
We cover step by step where to find all the software for free, how to build the NetApp simulators, the Windows and Linux clients, the VMware setup and how to configure the networking.
Almost all NetApp features can be practised and tested using the lab. You can use it as a study tool or for testing features before deploying them in your production environment.
The lab build outlined in the book is the same one I use for the hands-on demonstrations in my NetApp training videos. You can use the instructions in this course to build your own lab and follow along with me.
I hope you can make use of this course to expand your storage knowledge and further your career.
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