Dell – PowerScale Administration

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Dell – PowerScale Administration

 

Course Overview

The PowerScale Administration course prepares students to implement, configure and administer the Dell PowerScale NAS Solution. Topics include an 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, SmartDedupe, and others. This training consists of 8 modules. The total time required to complete this course and the accompanying lab exercises is approximately 5 days. This course is an update to the Isilon Administration and Management course.

Course Objectives

  • Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Understand the PowerScale cluster architecture
  • Explain the building blocks of a PowerScale cluster and different types of access to the cluster
  • Navigate the details of client and file access
  • Configure OneFS features
  • Utilize the tools to perform cluster monitoring

Who Should Attend?

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

Course Prerequisites

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

  • PowerScale Concepts (Course ID: ES131STG01028)
  • PowerScale Implementation
  • Networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS and routing

What's Included

What’s included?

  • Authorized Courseware
  • Intensive Hands on Skills Development with an Experienced Subject Matter Expert
  • Hands-on practice on real Servers and extended lab support 1.800.482.3172
  • Examination Vouchers & Onsite Certification Testing- (excluding Adobe and PMP Boot Camps)
  • Academy Code of Honor: Test Pass Guarantee
  • Optional: Package for Hotel Accommodations, Lunch and Transportation

Training Solutions

With several convenient training delivery methods offered, The Academy makes getting the training you need easy. Whether you prefer to learn in a classroom or an online live learning virtual environment, training videos hosted online, and private group classes hosted at your site. We offer expert instruction to individuals, government agencies, non-profits, and corporations. Our live classes, on-sites, and online training videos all feature certified instructors who teach a detailed curriculum and share their expertise and insights with trainees. No matter how you prefer to receive the training, you can count on The Academy for an engaging and effective learning experience.

Methods

  • Instructor-Led (the best training format we offer)
  • Live Online Classroom – Online Instructor-Led
  • Self-Paced Video

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Schedule

StartFinishPublic PricePublic Enroll Private PricePrivate Enroll
12/8/202512/12/2025
12/29/20251/2/2026
1/19/20261/23/2026
2/9/20262/13/2026
3/2/20263/6/2026
3/23/20263/27/2026
4/13/20264/17/2026
5/4/20265/8/2026
5/25/20265/29/2026
6/15/20266/19/2026
7/6/20267/10/2026
7/27/20267/31/2026
8/17/20268/21/2026
9/7/20269/11/2026
9/28/202610/2/2026
10/19/202610/23/2026
11/9/202611/13/2026
11/30/202612/4/2026
12/21/202612/25/2026
1/11/20271/15/2027

Curriculum

Agenda

Duration
5 Days

1 – NAS, PowerScale, and OneFS-NAS

  • PowerScale Hardware
  • OneFSManagementInterfaces
  • CommonClusterOperations
  • OneFSDirectoryStructure

2 – Networking

  • AuthenticationProviders
  • Access Zones
  • Groupnets
  • Subnets–SmartConnectZones
  • IP Address Pools

3 – Configuring Identity Management and Authorization

  • Role-Based Access Control
  • UserIdentityManagement
  • Authorization

4 – Configuring Client Access to Data

  • OneFSCaching
  • ConfiguringSMBShares
  • ConfiguringNFSExports
  • Configuring S3 Buckets

5 – Foundations of Data Protection and Layout

  • File Striping
  • DataProtection
  • ProtectionManagement
  • DataLayout

6 – Configuring Storage Pools

  • Storage Pools
  • File Pools
  • SmartPools
  • CloudPools

7 – Configuring Data Services

  • File Filtering
  • SmartQuotas
  • Deduplication (SmartDedupe) – SnapshotIQ
  • SyncIQ
  • SmartLock

8 – Monitoring Tools

  • PowerScale HealthCheck
  • DataIQv1
  • InsightIQ
  • isistatistics