The document provides a summary of Pankaj Kapila's professional experience. It outlines over 8 years of experience in IT, specifically in manual testing, interop testing, Linux, and verifying NetApp software products. It also lists his educational qualifications and details several projects he has worked on relating to NetApp storage solutions, testing, and development.

1. PANKAJ KAPILA
Mobile : +91-9686576415
E-mail: storage.pankaj@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a position to utilize my skills and abilities in the Information Technology Industry, a job
where growth prospects are unlimited and individuality is recognized by work and to achieve
professional satisfaction by meeting higher responsibilities and involving in competent work areas.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
8.8 years of IT experience, in the areas of Manual Testing, interop testing, Linux, Verification of
NetApp Software products. Exposure to NAS and SAN, troubleshooting the NetApp filers. I have
good understanding Linux and Solaris.
• Good understanding of NetApp Filers and clustering products.
• Good understanding of SAN and NAS.
• Understanding of system testing, manual testing, regression testing and running tests using
automation framework.
CURRENT ORGANIZATION: Working as a ‘Magna Consultant’ @ NetApp,Bangalore since
August,2012.
PROFESSIONAL QULAFICATION:
• B.E (Industrial Electronics) from College of Engineering, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Marathwada Univ, Aurangabad, Maharashtra with Distinction.
TECHNICAL EXPOSURE:
Operating System : Linux/Unix, Solaris, AIX, ESX, SLES, HP-UX, CITRIX
Scripting Languages : Shell, Perl(Basic)
Hardware Platforms : IBM Server, NetApp Products
Tools/Software : ALM, Bugzilla
Technologies : SAN, NAS, VMware, Virtualization, Zoning, Sanboot
Oracle Solaris Clustering, FC, Brocade FC switch
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN:
PROJECT NAME: CHAT interop
ROLE: CHAT Interop Engineer
Environment: Solaris, AIX, ESX, CITRIX, Windows, Filers, Cisco Switches, Brocade switches,
SAN, FC
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Continues host automation tests (CHAT) project includes qualifying various AIX, RHEL, Solaris,
VMWARE, CIRTIX, Windows hosts against NetApp-ONTAP for FC, FCOE, iSCSI protocols and
populating them in ALM.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• End-to-end test setup which includes Zoning, Server, Switch and ONTAP storage based on
best practices document.
• Test coverage across different versions of hosts and Data ONTAP.
• Using NATE running multiple tests and raising the BUG in internal tool.
• Working closely on new feature testing.
PROJECT NAME: Client Interop
Role: NFS Interop Engineer
Environment: RHEL, SLES, Solaris, Filers, Cisco Switches, AIX, VMware
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Client interop qualification project for includes qualifying various UNIX flavor including Solaris and
AIX clients against NetApp-ONTAP for NFS V3,V4 and pNFS protocols and populating the
compatibility in Interop Matrix tool.

2. ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Configuring end-to-end test lab setup which includes Server, Switch and ONTAP storage
based on best practices document.
• Test coverage across different versions of RHEL, AIX, Solaris, SLES and Data ONTAP.
• Covering NFS V3, V4 and pNFS protocols and clients and NetApp products as part of
interoperability.
PROJECT NAME: Qualification of Different RHEL Version on KVM with different releases of
NetApp
Role: Interop Engineer
Environment: KVM, RHEL, Filers, IBM Servers, Switches
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
NFS Interop qualification project for KVM includes qualifying NetApp-ONTAP NFS protocol with
Hypervisors and populating the compatibility in Interop Matrix tool. As part of Interop testing the
Hypervisor features like VM Migration, Snapshot, Cloning and High Availability are tested with
NetApp NFS protocol.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Designing test plan and test cases based on ONTAP technical documents and RedHat-
KVM Release notes/technical documents.
• Configuring end-to-end test lab setup which includes Server, Switch and ONTAP storage
based on best practices document.
• Test coverage across different versions of RHEL-KVM and Data ONTAP.
PROJECT NAME: Development of framework and bug fixing
Role: Technical Lead
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project involves development of RA Framework and fixing the bugs raised. Development of
wrappers to connect to the Galeforce and perform multiple operations based on the input
parameters.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Responsible for wrapper development and delivery on time
• Fixing the bugs.
PROJECT NAME: NetApp SDU Feature Testing
Role: Technical Lead
Environment: SDU, DFM, NATE, Perl, Perforce, Quality Center, Linux, Review Board and
NetApp Filers
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project involves testing of SDU(Snap Drive for Unix) feature of NetApp.
SnapDrive for UNIX is Unix host based software that does storage provisioning (filer-LUN
create/delete/resize), snapshot management (snapshot create/delete/restore/connect/disconnect)
and Customer (Server administrator) uses SDU to manage storage without needing to know much
about storage administration (filer/ONTAP administration)
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Responsible for automation and delivery of test cases on time
• Involving in technical guidance for the team
PROJECT NAME: NetApp Storage Lab Setup
Role: Technical Lead
Environment: NetApp Filers, IBM Server, Cisco Switches, ESX Server4.0, vSphereClient4.0,
RHEL 5.0
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
NetApp storage lab setup includes installation of ESX 4.0 server on IBM (x3650 M3), installation of
the various VM’s Linux (RHEL 5.0) and Windows on the server. This activity also involves setting up
the DNS, NIS and NFS server configurations. Filers (FAS3160) are attached to the IBM server via
Cisco switch.

3. ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Installation of the various VM’s RHEL (5.0) and Windows on the IBM server
• Managing the VM’s with the help of vSphere client.
• Customization of the VM’s.
PROJECT NAME: NetApp Multistore Feature Testing
Role: Lead Engineer
Environment: Linux, NATE, Quality Center, Perforce and NetApp Filers
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project involves Automation testing of Multistore feature of NetApp Filers. This includes
automating the manual test case with the help of Perl script. This project includes QA of different
NetApp storage products as well in the roadmap.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Involved in testing of NetApp software releases.
• Involved in system level testing as a part of storage and QA team.
• Designing and uploading of the test cases and results in Quality Center.
PROJECT NAME: UMS (University Management System) modules testing
Role: Senior Project Engineer
Environment: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SQL Server
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project involves testing of different forms that is uploaded on Website and university
management system of lovely Professional University. This project also includes give the quality to
the website. The project includes testing of university management system that has to be changed
according to the current requirement.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Involved in GUI, functionality and database testing of uploaded forms and also as a part of
QA team providing quality for those forms.
• Updating the bugs in JIRA testing tool.
PROJECT NAME: EMC Clarrion
Role: Systems Engineer
Environment: Windows NT Server, Windows 2003 Server, WIN-XP, UNIX, HP-UX, Triage,
Context and SPLAT
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project is based on CX and FC series. The different Hosts are attached to the Clariion to store
data using SAN copy, Snapviews, Snapshots, Mirror Views and Cloning.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Troubleshooting and supporting the SAN connectivity on different Operating Systems.
• Schedule and maintain the batch processes and Perform Root Cause Analysis.
• Collects log and review them to check for issues on the array.
PROJECT NAME: LCD Driver Development
Role: Software Trainee Engineer
Environment: C, Intel X86, Linux, Vim and Make utilities
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The development of LCD driver involved enabling the device, initializing control and status
registers to appropriate values and transferring data to driver buffer, various
conditions and delivering data to parallel port.
ROLES AND CONTRIBUTION
• Involved in design and development of LCD Driver.
• Supportive design and test execution document preparation.
• Involved in unit and functional test process.