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Question 1

Which two tools should an administrator use to monitor system performance in real time? (Choose two.)

  • A. ActiveIQ Config Advisor
  • B. ONTAP System Manager
  • C. ActiveIQ Unified Manager
  • D. ONTAP CLI
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Correct Answer:
  • B. ONTAP System Manager
  • C. ActiveIQ Unified Manager
Question 2

In ONTAP 9.12, what allows an S3 permission to read existing NFS files as objects?

  • A. NFS export
  • B. User mapping
  • C. Security certificate
  • D. SMB share
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Correct Answer:
B. User mapping
Question 3

Which ONTAP policy type defines the kind of traffic that is supported for a LIF?

  • A. Failover
  • B. QoS
  • C. Service
  • D. Export
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Correct Answer:
C. Service
Question 4

Which two configurations ensure end users are able to restore previous versions of files? (Choose two.)

  • A. Enable FlexClone operations
  • B. Volume snapshot copy
  • C. Share previous versions enabled
  • D. SVM previous versions enabled
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Volume snapshot copy
  • C. Share previous versions enabled
Question 5

Which command parameter will result in a thin-provisioned LUN?

  • A. -space-reservation disabled
  • B. -space-allocation enabled
  • C. -space-guarantee none
  • D. -space-guarantee volume
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Correct Answer:
A. -space-reservation disabled
Question 6

Which two default HA features work together to reduce and avoid client outages on an ONTAP FAS cluster? (Choose two.)

  • A. Automatic takeover
  • B. Automatic SAN LIF migration
  • C. Automatic failover
  • D. Automatic giveback
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Automatic takeover
  • D. Automatic giveback
Question 7

Which two methods can be used to secure iSCSI LUNs in ONTAP? (Choose two.)

  • A. Endpoint isolation
  • B. CHAP authentication
  • C. WWPN zoning
  • D. Secure authentication
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Correct Answer:
  • A. Endpoint isolation
  • B. CHAP authentication
Question 8

What is the minimum number of HA pairs required for Epsilon to be automatically assigned?

  • A. 1
  • B. 2
  • C. 3
  • D. 4
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Correct Answer:
B. 2
Question 9

A customer wants to migrate data from a third-party array to a FAS. Which two methods should the customer use? (Choose two.)

  • A. FLI
  • B. XDP
  • C. SM-S
  • D. XCP
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Correct Answer:
  • A. FLI
  • D. XCP
Question 10

What predefined SVM role provides management for NDMP operations?

  • A. vsadmin-readonly
  • B. vsadmin-backup
  • C. vsadmin-volume
  • D. vsadmin-protocol
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Correct Answer:
B. vsadmin-backup
Question 11

Which NetApp SnapMirror method allows for transparent failover between two AFF clusters with applications using iSCSI LUNs?

  • A. SnapVault
  • B. SM-BC
  • C. SVM-DR
  • D. SM-S
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Correct Answer:
B. SM-BC
Question 12

Which two interfaces can an administrator use to disable unused Ethernet ports on an ONTAP cluster? (Choose two.)

  • A. System Manager
  • B. Active IQ Unified Manager
  • C. Active IQ Config Advisor
  • D. Command line interface
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Correct Answer:
  • A. System Manager
  • D. Command line interface
Question 13

An administrator has presented a thinly provisioned iSCSI LUN to your ESXi host. The administrator deleted data from the datastore in ESXi. No blocks have been freed on the LUN. What are two of the steps the administrator should use to solve this problem? (Choose two.)

  • A. Use the vmfs unmap command
  • B. Rescan the storage from the host
  • C. Set the volume to thin-provisioned
  • D. Set the space-allocation to enabled\
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Correct Answer:
  • B. Rescan the storage from the host
  • D. Set the space-allocation to enabled\
Question 14

An administrator has an ESXi cluster with VMware VMFS LUNs on an AFF system. After troubleshooting performance issues, the administrator determines that timeout best practices are not set on the hosts. Which NetApp tool would apply the best practice settings?

  • A. SAN Host Utilities
  • B. ONTAP Tools for vSphere
  • C. SnapManager
  • D. SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
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Correct Answer:
B. ONTAP Tools for vSphere
Question 15

What NetApp tool collects data from ONTAP AutoSupport to report health, performance, capacity and efficiency?

  • A. ONTAP System Manager
  • B. Active IQ Unified Manager
  • C. NetApp Harvest
  • D. Active IQ Digital Advisor
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Correct Answer:
D. Active IQ Digital Advisor

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