Trust NetApp for your SAN deployments.

Tens of thousands of customers rely on NetApp AFF systems for mission critical SAN applications, so should you.

Gain expertise to configure ONTAP 9 Data Management Software for a SAN environment and learn about block-level protocols, including FC, FCoE, and iSCSI, on Microsoft Windows Server, Linux and VMware ESXi host operating systems.

Overview

In this NetApp training course, you learn about configuring ONTAP 9 Data Management Software for a SAN environment. The course provides information about block-level protocols, including FC, FCoE, and iSCSI on Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, and VMware ESXi host operating systems.

The course also discusses best practices for managing SAN storage provisioning, protocols, hosts, availability, and data protection. An introduction to NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) is provided.

The course focuses on ONTAP 9 functionality and includes lecture and a hands-on exercise environment.

Skills Covered

This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:

  • Illustrate SAN configuration and LUN provisioning
  • Explain ONTAP block protocol features and recommendations
  • Demonstrate volume and LUN space efficiency configurations in a SAN environment
  • Discover ONTAP availability strategies and data protection for LUNs
  • Outline SAN performance considerations • Perform SAN-specific manageability configurations
  • Describe Foreign LUN Import and explore use cases

Prerequisites

  • Learners should have a working knowledge of ONTAP 9 and storage area networking.
  • ONTAP Fundamentals
  • ONTAP SAN Fundamentals
  • ONTAP Administration

Target Audience

  • Administrator
  • Engineer
  • Architect

Course Curriculum

Module 1: NetApp ONTAP SAN fundamentals review

  • Introduction to SAN
  • SAN scalability and maximums

Module 2: NetApp ONTAP SAN resource provisioning

  • Volume and LUN provisioning
  • Additional ONTAP CLI considerations

Module 3: NetApp ONTAP storage VM administration

  • Storage VM creation workflow
  • LUN creation • NVMe namespaces and subsystems
  • iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC, and NVMe/TCP recommended guidelines
  • iSCSI security and networking

Module 4: SAN availability and data protection

  • High availability and host multipathing
  • Data protection in SAN environments

Module 5: Management of NetApp ONTAP SAN environments

  • LUN mobility
  • Volume and LUN reconfiguration
  • SAN performance recommendations

Dates & Locations

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July 16, 2026 - July 17, 2026

Location: Kuala Lumpur
Modal: ILT
Availability: TBC
Exam:
RM 675
RM 7277

July 16, 2026 - July 17, 2026

Location: Online
Modal: VILT
Availability: TBC
Exam:
RM 675
RM 7277

October 15, 2026 - October 16, 2026

Location: Kuala Lumpur
Modal: ILT
Availability: TBC
Exam:
RM 675
RM 7277

October 15, 2026 - October 16, 2026

Location: Online
Modal: VILT
Availability: TBC
Exam:
RM 675
RM 7277
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Exam & Certification

NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN Specialist

Training & Certification Guide

You have proven skills planning, implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting ONTAP SAN, FC switched fabrics and Ethernet iSCSI/FCoE solutions, and different operating systems (Windows, LINUX, ESX, UNIX) and applications.

NCIE—SAN Specialist, ONTAP logos and certificates will be granted to those individuals who successfully obtain NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NCDA ONTAP) certification, then pass the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN (NS0-520) exam.

We recommend that NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer–SAN, ONTAP candidates have six to 12 months of experience in planning, implementing, and validating end-to-end SAN solutions for customers in FC and iSCSI environments. Experience in SAN implementation within virtualized environments and within clustered environments is highly recommended.

NCIE-SAN Specialist, ONTAP candidates must first achieve the NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification.

The NS0-520 exam includes 60 test questions, with an allotted time of 1-1/2 hours to complete. In countries where English is not the native language, candidates for whom English is not their first language will be granted a 30-minute extension to the allotted examination completion time.

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