NetApp University

NetApp Professional Certification

Gain industry recognition for your NetApp expertise

KEY BENEFITS

Customers Maximize return on your NetApp investment by developing on-staff experts Reduce support and operating costs Optimize your data center Partners Provide superior services to improve client satisfaction Gain a competitive edge in the marketplace Become a trusted advisor Individuals Demonstrate professional skills and gain industry recognition Become a leader in your eld Increase your value to your organization

The Certication Advantage Its no secret that employers and recruiters place a high value on professional certications. What role can certication play in enhancing your professional stature? NetApp certication conrms your professional expertise and signals to your employers, customers, and industry peers that you have the technical skill and knowledge to provide superior services. Fast track your understanding of NetApp technologies by taking advantage of our certication program. You get the same training that we offer our employees, many of whom are recognized among the best in the business. NetApp Professional Services engineers, sales engineers, training instructors, and instructional designers are all certied through NetApp University. Passing the same NetApp certication exams communicates your NetApp expertise to the world. Benets of NetApp Certication Certication is an important credential for NetApp technical professionals, partners, and other employees. Customers. Organizations that invest in certication for their employees can reduce support and operating costs and maximize the return on their technology investments by developing their own on-site NetApp experts.

Partners. By sharpening their skills and expertise, NetApp certied partners can provide superior service and improve client satisfaction. Partners with NetApp certication can establish themselves as trusted advisors and gain an edge in the marketplace. Individuals. As an individual, achieving certication in one or more areas gives you recognition across the industry as a NetApp expert. Other industry professionals will identify you as a highly skilled NetApp professional, understanding that you have the skills necessary to manage and deploy NetApp technologies. NetApp Certication Program Overview Our certication program offers storage professionals a strong foundation and a comprehensive range of specializations from which to choose. NetApp Certied Data Administrator A NetApp Certied Data Administrator (NCDA) has proven skills in performing in-depth support, administrative functions, and performance management for NetApp storage solutions running the Data ONTAP operating system in multiprotocol SAN (FCP, iSCSI, and FCoE) and NAS (CIFS and NFS) environments.

NETAPP CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

NetApp Certied Implementation Engineer (NCIE)

NetApp Certied B&R Implementation Engineer NS0-510 Backup & Recovery NetApp Certied SAN Implementation Engineer NS0-502 SAN 7-Mode OR NS0-504 SAN Clustered Data ONTAP

Specialist

NetApp Certied Data Administrator (NCDA)

NetApp Certied Data Administrator NS0-155 Data ONTAP 7-Mode Administrator NetApp Certied Data Administrator NS0-156 Clustered Data ONTAP Administrator

Professional

NetApp Certied Storage Associate (NCSA)

NetApp Certied Storage Associate NS0-145 NetApp Certied Storage Associate

Associate

NCDA-certied professional are able to use NetApp SnapMirror, SnapRestore, and SnapVault to manage and protect mission-critical data. They are also procient with common storage efciency technologies, including deduplication, thin provisioning, and compression, and they understand the basics of server administration in at least two of the following operating systems: Windows Server, Linux, Solaris, AIX, and HP UNIX. To complete this certication, applicants must have 6 to 12 months of eld experience. NetApp Certied Implementation Engineer A NetApp Certied Implementation Engineer (NCIE) fully understands customer storage requirements and is able to assist with installing and implementing NetApp solutions. NetApp offers two NCIE certications: NetApp Certied SAN Implementation Engineer. Implements Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN solutions,

and integrates different operating systems and applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, and Oracle. NetApp Certied Backup and Recovery Implementation Engineer. Demonstrates proven skills in positioning NetApp disaster recovery solutions, assessing customer storage requirements, and implementing backup and recovery solutions. NetApp Certied Storage Associate A NetApp Certied Storage Associate has a foundational knowledge of NetApp storage and solutions. The NCSA program provides a basic understanding of the storage industry, virtualization, NetApp storage systems and technologies, and basic management of CIFS, NFS, and iSCSI environments on Data ONTAP. Associates have the ability to make informed decisions about storing, managing, and protecting data. We offer this program free of charge to qualied academic institutions and

students. For more information, contact academic@netapp.com. More Information Certication testing is delivered in a secure, proctored environment by Pearson VUE, a third-party testing organization. To help you prepare for the certication test, we offer practice tests on the NetApp University Certication page of netapp.com. The site also contains more information about certication, prerequisites, and recommended training. NetApp University certications are valid for 2 years from the date of the exam. About NetApp NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that achieve outstanding cost efciency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com. Go further, faster

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2013 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. No portions of this document may be reproduced without prior written consent of NetApp, Inc. Specications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo, Go further, faster, Data ONTAP, SnapMirror, SnapRestore, and SnapVault are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft, SQL Server, and Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such. DS-3530-1113

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