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This exam covers implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting ONTAP SAN solutions, including FC switched fabric, NVMe, and iSCSI. It is intended for candidates with 6-12 months of ONTAP SAN implementation experience and advanced SAN knowledge in customer environments. Candidates must first achieve the NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification. Passing demonstrates skills in zoning, provisioning, mapping, multipath configuration, SVM setup, support-matrix use, and basic troubleshooting.

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  • ONTAP® SAN solution assessment0%
  • ONTAP SAN Concepts0%
  • ONTAP SAN implementation and configuration0%
  • ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting0%

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QuestionQ1

ONTAP SAN Concepts

A customer is deploying a new 8-node NetApp ONTAP cluster for SAN workloads that use FCP, NVMe/FC, and NVMe/TCP.

In this scenario, which statement is true?

  • A NVMe/TCP supports a maximum of two LIFs per node.
  • B NVMe/FC and FCP require different FC ports.
  • C NVMe/FC and NVMe/TCP must be configured in separate SVMs.
  • D NVMe/TCP can only run at 32Gbps or faster.
Explanation

ONTAP supports up to two NVMe LIFs per node, including NVMe/TCP LIFs. FC-NVMe and FCP can share a compatible FC physical port, and ONTAP can support both SCSI and NVMe protocols in the same SVM. NVMe/TCP does not require a 32 Gbps minimum link speed.

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QuestionQ2

ONTAP® SAN solution assessment

An administrator is configuring a NetApp SAN with iSCSI LIFs that fail over between HA partner nodes. The customer has several NetApp clusters of different models and types.

Which cluster meets this requirement?

  • A ONTAP Select
  • B ASA
  • C AFF
  • D FAS
Explanation

All-Flash SAN Array (ASA) platforms support automatic iSCSI LIF failover. During a storage failover, the iSCSI LIF can migrate from its home node or port to its HA partner node or port and return after the failover completes.

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QuestionQ3

ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting

A customer is using a new two-node NetApp All SAN Array (ASA) configuration with SnapMirror active sync. To confirm that everything has been configured correctly, the customer is checking the path count on their ESXi hosts.

How many paths should the customer observe?

  • A 4 Active/Optimized, 4 Active/Unoptimized
  • B 6 Active/Optimized, 2 Active/Unoptimized
  • C 2 Active/Optimized, 6 Active/Unoptimized
  • D 8 Active/Optimized, 0 Active/Unoptimized
Explanation

SnapMirror active sync uses ALUA to present optimized paths to the controllers serving the active primary storage copy and active/non-optimized paths through the remote secondary copy. A two-node ASA configuration with four paths to each cluster therefore presents four active/optimized and four active/unoptimized paths to the ESXi host.

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QuestionQ4

ONTAP SAN implementation testing and troubleshooting

An administrator provisions several LUNs on a four-node NetApp AFF cluster with the default settings. Each AFF node has four FC LIFs. The configuration is changed to restrict target paths to two LIFs per node.

Which NetApp ONTAP command verifies initiator-group visibility for each LIF?

  • A lun show
  • B lun igroup show
  • C lun portset show
  • D lun mapping show
Explanation

A portset limits the LIFs through which initiators in a bound igroup can access mapped LUNs. lun portset show displays the LIFs in each portset and the igroups bound to that portset, which verifies the allowed igroup visibility for each LIF.

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QuestionQ5

ONTAP SAN Concepts

Which NetApp ONTAP option provides automatic host-side space management for a LUN?

  • A space-allocation
  • B space-reserve
  • C resize
  • D alua
Explanation

The space-allocation setting enables T10 SCSI thin-provisioning support on a LUN, allowing host-side capabilities such as LUN space reclamation and space monitoring.

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