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This practice exam is designed to assess readiness for NetApp's SAN Specialist, ONTAP certification path. The related certification validates skills in planning, implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting ONTAP SAN environments, including FC switched fabric, NVMe, and iSCSI solutions. NetApp lists the NCDA certification as a prerequisite for that credential, and the training guide places it in the data track for technical professionals.

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QuestionQ1

ONTAP SAN solution assessment

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Based on the exhibit, which two port pairs are currently configurable as FC SAN LIFs?

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Explanation

An FC SAN LIF can be configured only on an adapter whose current operating mode is FC. Node 01b ports 0g and 0h have a current mode of fc. Node 01a ports 0g and 0h are still in current mode cna; their pending FC mode does not make them currently available as FC ports.

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QuestionQ2

ONTAP SAN solution assessment

A customer has an existing 8-node cluster consisting of six FAS2650 nodes and two FAS2554 nodes. The customer wants to expand the cluster by adding two AFF A220 nodes.

Which resource should be used to determine whether this configuration is supported?

Explanation

The NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) provides supported-configuration and compatibility information for NetApp products and components, including combinations of systems in a configuration.

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QuestionQ3

ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting

A customer using an AFF A220 has an issue with a host for a new FC LUN. Other LUNs on the same SVM are operating properly, but this LUN is not visible to the host.

Which configuration must the customer verify in the solution?

Explanation

ONTAP presents a LUN to a host only when the LUN is mapped to an igroup that contains that host’s FC initiator WWPNs. An absent or incorrect LUN-to-igroup mapping prevents visibility of that specific LUN, even when other LUNs on the SVM work correctly.

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QuestionQ4

ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting

You deployed a new SVM for FC access and used the vserver fcr, create -vserver svm1 - status-admin up command to enable FC service on the SVM. You then created LIFs for the FC protocol. When you check the LIF status, their administrative status is up, but their operational status is down. You have already confirmed that the ports are physically connected.

In this scenario, what should you do next to bring the LIFs up?

Explanation

An FC license must be applied and enabled for ONTAP FC LIFs and the SVM to become operational. When the FC license is not enabled, ONTAP can show the LIFs and SVM as administratively online while their operational status remains down.

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QuestionQ5

ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting

You use iSCSI to present a LUN to a newly installed Windows Server 2016 host. You created the volume and LUN on the NetApp cluster. When you perform a hardware rescan on the Windows host, the newly presented storage is not visible.

What are three possible reasons for this issue?

Choose three

Explanation

ONTAP controls host access to LUNs through iSCSI protocol configuration and LUN-to-igroup mappings. The iSCSI protocol must be enabled, and the mapped igroup must contain the Windows host’s IQN. If the IQN is absent from that igroup, or the LUN is associated with a different igroup, the host is not granted access and cannot discover the LUN.

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QuestionQ6

ONTAP SAN implementation and configuration

An administrator is configuring Ethernet switches to support an AFF A300 cluster that will provide iSCSI LUNs to servers. The switches also carry other traffic from various hosts.

In this scenario, which switch-configuration statement is correct?

Explanation

iSCSI traffic should be segregated from unrelated traffic by using separate VLANs when shared switching infrastructure is used. VLANs logically isolate the IP SAN, improving security and reliability by limiting access and containing network problems.

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