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NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, E-Series Free Sample Questions

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Covers alerting, volume groups and DDP storage configuration, site preparation and handover documentation, E-Series hardware and cabling, host connectivity, and troubleshooting.

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NS0-516 Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    Intermediate

    Storage Configuration · Volume Groups, DDP and volumes

    A storage administrator is provisioning a new NetApp E-Series system for a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The workload demands rapid rebuild times during drive failures and the ability to dynamically add individual drives to expand capacity without recalculating parity across the entire array. Which storage configuration should the administrator implement?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: D

    Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) dynamically distribute data, parity, and preservation capacity across all drives in the pool. This architecture allows for significantly faster rebuild times compared to traditional RAID Volume Groups, as all drives participate in the reconstruction. It also permits adding drives individually rather than in RAID sets.

  2. Question 2

    Advanced

    Storage Configuration · Volume Groups, DDP and volumes

    When configuring a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP) on an E-Series array, the system reserves a certain amount of space known as 'preservation capacity'. What is the primary purpose of this preservation capacity?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    In a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP), there are no dedicated hot spares. Instead, preservation capacity is distributed across all drives in the pool. When a drive fails, this reserved space is used to reconstruct the lost data, allowing the pool to return to an optimal state without requiring a physical hot spare drive.

    pie title DDP Drive Capacity Distribution "User Data" : 70 "Parity Data" : 15 "Preservation Capacity" : 15

  3. Question 3

    IntermediateMultiple answers

    Storage Configuration · CHAP for an iSCSI environment

    Which TWO of the following requirements must be met to configure CHAP authentication for an iSCSI environment on an E-Series system? (Select TWO)

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answers: C, E

    To establish CHAP authentication, the target (the E-Series array) must be configured with a CHAP secret that the initiator uses to authenticate itself.

    The host initiator must be configured with the corresponding CHAP secret so it can successfully authenticate to the storage array target.

  4. Question 4

    Beginner

    Storage Configuration · Setup alerting and notification for the E-Series system

    A customer needs to configure email alerts for their E-Series array using SANtricity System Manager. What information is mandatory to successfully configure the email alert notification method?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    To configure email alerts in SANtricity System Manager, you must provide the SMTP mail server address (and credentials if required), the sender email address, and at least one recipient email address to receive the notifications.

  5. Question 5

    Intermediate

    Storage Configuration · DDP or Volume Groups

    You are deploying an E-Series array for a database workload. The database vendor requires the highest possible write performance and predictable latency, and is less concerned about capacity efficiency or rebuild times. Which volume configuration is most appropriate?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: D

    RAID 10 Volume Groups provide the highest write performance and lowest latency because there is no parity calculation overhead. While DDP is excellent for rebuilds and ease of management, RAID 10 is the optimal choice when absolute maximum write IOPS is the primary requirement.

  6. Question 6

    Intermediate

    Storage Configuration · Physical and logical storage requirements

    When planning the logical storage requirements for a new NetApp E-Series deployment, which factor must be accounted for when calculating the maximum usable capacity of a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP)?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    When sizing a DDP, the usable capacity is the total physical capacity minus the parity overhead (similar to RAID 6 distribution) and the preservation capacity (reserved space for rebuilding data in the event of drive failures).

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