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NS0-593 Exam Topics and Domains
NS0-593 is organized into 4 weighted domains.
ONTAP OS
Tools available for support or troubleshooting
Identify and use ONTAP support and troubleshooting tools
ONTAP cluster administration
Administer and troubleshoot ONTAP cluster operations
Data replication issues
Diagnose and resolve SnapMirror/SnapVault data replication issues
Structure of ONTAP OS
Explain the internal structure and architecture of ONTAP OS
Troubleshoot ONTAP OS
Perform root-cause analysis and remediation on ONTAP OS
Handle panic events
Analyze and respond to node panic events
Hardware
Hardware troubleshooting
Diagnose and replace failed hardware components
Troubleshooting SP or BMC
Troubleshoot Service Processor (SP) and Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
Hardware components in a Fibre Channel environment
Identify and troubleshoot FC hardware components
Cluster interconnect infrastructure
Troubleshoot cluster interconnect switches and connectivity
MetroCluster configurations
Support and troubleshoot MetroCluster configurations
Protocols
ONTAP NAS configurations
Troubleshoot NFS and CIFS/SMB NAS configurations
ONTAP SAN configurations
Troubleshoot iSCSI, FC, and FCoE SAN configurations
S3 server configurations
Configure and troubleshoot ONTAP S3 object storage server
Performance
ONTAP performance concepts
Explain ONTAP performance concepts and counters
Troubleshooting ONTAP performance
Identify and resolve ONTAP performance bottlenecks
Software-defined ONTAP Solutions
Support software-defined ONTAP (ONTAP Select / Cloud Volumes ONTAP) performance
How do I earn this certification?
Passing NS0-593 earns the NetApp Certified Support Engineer - ONTAP Specialist (NCSE ONTAP) certification. It sits in the Support Engineer / ONTAP track.
- NS0-528 - NCIE Data Protection SpecialistComplementary ONTAP data protection specialization
- NS0-521 - NCIE SAN Specialist, ONTAPComplementary SAN specialization
- NS0-163 - NetApp Certified Data Administrator ONTAP Professional (NCDA) Administration-focused ONTAP credential
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Who should take this exam?
- NetApp Cloud Native Associate accreditation
- NetApp Hybrid Cloud Associate accreditation
- 6-12 months experience troubleshooting/analyzing/resolving NetApp ONTAP Storage Systems