{"id":1482,"date":"2011-04-06T14:48:19","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T21:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2011-07-03T19:40:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T02:40:03","slug":"fastlane-accelerated-ncda-boot-camp-data-ontap-8-0-7-mode-ancdabc87-in-el-segundo-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/?p=1482","title":{"rendered":"Fastlane Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode (ANCDABC87) in El Segundo, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently had the pleasure of attending an Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode<\/a> class in El Segundo, CA, April\u00a0 March 04-08, 2011.\u00a0 We purchased the training from Fastlane<\/a>, one of NetApp\u2019s authorized training partners.\u00a0 The class was hosted by Microtek<\/a> in El Segundo, CA.\u00a0 If you get a chance to go to one of these, do it!\u00a0 NetApp says:<\/p>\n

\"netapp\"<\/a>Prepare for success when taking the NS0-154 NetApp\u00ae Certified Data Management 7-Mode Administrator Exam. Through lectures and labs, you will learn the essential features and functions of the Data ONTAP\u00ae 8.0 7-Mode operating system including network-attached storage administration and storage area networks configuration. This course, paired with the Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administration course, will enable you to become a certified NetApp data administrator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Michelle Richardson<\/a> at Fastlane helped me with arranging my training.\u00a0 Originally I intended to buy the bundle<\/a>, which combines the Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp instructor lead training with extra online advanced classes, Fibre Channel Switching Concepts, High Availability on Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode,\u00a0 SANscreen Deployment, NetApp SANscreen 6.0 New Features, and NetApp StorageGRID Essentials.\u00a0 The bundle\u00a0is a new offering, and I was one of the first students to ask for it.\u00a0 When Michelle tried to register me for it, it turned out that NetApp didn\u2019t have a way to actually provide it (yet).\u00a0\u00a0 (They say they\u2019ll happily sell you a bundle now \u2013 April 2011).<\/p>\n

\"Microtek<\/a>

Microtek is on the 12th floor at 222 N. Sepulveda<\/p><\/div>\n

I stayed at the Hacienda Hotel<\/a>, which is 2 blocks away, an easy walk with lots of places to eat nearby.<\/p>\n

\"hacienda\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fastlane instructor for my class was Nick Bernstein<\/a>.\u00a0 He has the unique distinction of being a Unix admin at Microsoft, and has a *LOT* of experience in this field.\u00a0 He\u2019s been teaching this class (and many others) for a long time and he does a great job.<\/p>\n

\"nick_bernstein\"<\/a>

Nick Bernstein teaching ANCDABC87<\/p><\/div>\n

The class uses three NetApp three course\u00a0books, Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode, Student Guide: Volume 1, Student Guide: Volume 2, and Exercise Guide.\u00a0 Each student gets a nicely bound set.\u00a0 (The course materials\u00a0are *NOT* available online.)\u00a0 Volume 1 has the first 14 chapters covering NCDA overview, NFS, CIFS, NAS, SAN, Fibre Channel, iSCSI,\u00a0 and more, a couple of hundred pages.\u00a0 The second volume (chapters 14-19) covers most of the advanced features like snapshot, high availability, backup and recovery solutions, and Metrocluster.\u00a0 The Exercise Guide has all of the hands on labs.<\/p>\n

Training like this leads to NetApp certifications, like NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)<\/a>.\u00a0 With the old ONTAP 7.3 , the NCDA certification consisted of 2 tests,\u00a0\u00a0NS0 153 Storage Networking<\/a> and NS0 163 Data Protection Solutions<\/a>.\u00a0 In its ONTAP 7.3 incarnation, this class covered the topics in NS0 153.<\/p>\n

After the release of ONTAP 8.0 in 2009, the NCDA certification was updated and collapsed into one test for ONTAP 8.0, NS0 154 \u2013 Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administrator.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This test still covers the topics that used to be on the two 7.3 tests, now combined into one exam.\u00a0\u00a0 So to properly prepare for 8.0 NCDA with instructor led training, you need to take Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administration (DOT87M)<\/span><\/a> (As of June 2011, Fastlane change the course title, it’s now called Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administration (D7ADM)<\/a>) (the prerequisite for this class) as well this class,\u00a0 Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode (ANCDABC87)<\/a> or the equivalent.<\/p>\n

\"Greg<\/a>

Greg Porter at Microtek<\/p><\/div>\n

They\u00a0have good hands on labs.\u00a0 Each student is provided their own workstation.\u00a0 They connect to their own \u201cpod\u201d of virtualized systems through https:\/\/labs.lablogin.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Each student\u00a0gets access to two ONTAP 8.0 simulator<\/a> virtual machines, a Windows Server 2008 virtual machine, and a CentOS Linux vm, in a small network complete with a Windows domain, DNS, and other common tools.\u00a0 With this environment, it is straightforward to do all common lab tasks covered in the Exercise Guide.\u00a0 The labs were recently revised from ONTAP 7 to ONTAP 8 and moved from physical (actual) filers to ONTAP 8.0 sims.\u00a0 There\u2019s a few minor hiccups along the way, but in general they are fine.<\/p>\n

Extracurricular Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do geeks do when they go to the big city?\u00a0 Go to Fry’s, of course!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The supermarket for geeks<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Fry's,<\/a>

Fry's, Manhattan Beach is just a few blocks away<\/p><\/div>\n

\""Motherboard<\/a>

"Motherboard cleanup on aisle 2"<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently had the pleasure of attending an Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode class in El Segundo, CA, April\u00a0 March 04-08, 2011.\u00a0 We purchased the training from Fastlane, one of NetApp\u2019s authorized training partners.\u00a0 The class was… Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1544,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions\/1544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greg.porter.name\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}