An installation engineer is preparing to deploy a new 4-node AFF A250 cluster. The customer has provided their own Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V switches for the cluster interconnect. Before proceeding with the physical installation, which NetApp tool is critical for verifying that the specific firmware version on the customer's switches is supported for the planned ONTAP 9.11.1 installation?
During the initial setup of a two-node switchless FAS8700 cluster, the engineer discovers that the cluster interconnect ports are not establishing a link. Both nodes are powered on, and the cables are securely connected. Which two factors are the most likely causes of this issue? (Select TWO)
An engineer is performing a rolling, non-disruptive upgrade (NDU) on a 6-node cluster from ONTAP 9.8 to 9.11.1. After successfully upgrading four nodes, the process pauses before upgrading the fifth node. An EMS message indicates 'Upgrade paused; an aggregate is offline.' What is the most appropriate first step to troubleshoot and resume the upgrade?
When creating a new data aggregate on an AFF system with 24 SSDs, the installation engineer must choose a RAID type. To maximize usable capacity while still providing robust double-parity protection against simultaneous drive failures, which RAID type should be selected?
You are tasked with setting up the networking for a new ONTAP cluster that will serve both NFS and iSCSI traffic to different departments. To ensure complete network isolation, traffic from the Engineering department (VLAN 100) must never be able to traverse the same logical network path as traffic from the Finance department (VLAN 200). Which ONTAP networking construct should be used to achieve this level of strict separation?
True or False: A single Broadcast Domain in ONTAP can contain physical ports from multiple nodes in the cluster.
An engineer is using a supported Cisco Nexus switch for a new cluster interconnect. To ensure the switch is configured according to NetApp's best practices and support requirements, what must be applied to the switch configuration?
You are physically cabling two NetApp CN1610 cluster interconnect switches for redundancy in a 4-node cluster. What is the term for the connection that must be established between the two switches themselves to allow for failover and communication?
An administrator is attempting to remove a node from an 8-node cluster. The `cluster unjoin` command fails with an error message stating that data aggregates are still owned by the node. Before the node can be successfully unjoined, what critical procedure must be performed?
A financial institution requires that all remote data replication traffic between their primary and disaster recovery sites be encrypted in-flight. When establishing a cluster peer relationship to facilitate SnapMirror replication, what action must be taken to meet this security requirement?