- (Exam Topic 3)
You are configuring a FAS8300 HA pair running ONTAP 9.8 with two hosts that requires SAN LUNs. The cluster is in a secure data center without switches. In this scenario, which block protocol is supported on the hosts?

Correct Answer:B
Direct-attachment
In a direct-attached configuration, one or more hosts are directly connected to the controllers. You can find more information on this link:
https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/index.jsp?topic=/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-sanconf/GUID-193CC377-5C

- (Exam Topic 1)
Click the Exhibit button.

An administrator is trying to configure a multiple-hop Cisco MDS switch and is receiving the error shown in the exhibit.
In this scenario, which action will solve this problem?

Correct Answer:C
Reference: https://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/ prod_troubleshooting_guide_chapter09186a00808c82f1.html

- (Exam Topic 3)
You have a two node Netapp ONTAP cluster that is hosting FC LUNs for 90 SAN hosts. The hosts are experiencing occasional performance problems and receiving QFULL responses from the cluster
nodes. Which action would solve this issue?

Correct Answer:B
Adding more FC initiators on host will not solve this bottle-neck situation, we can try to increase the queue depth but we need the number of hosts and the number of target ports to calculate it correctly.
We need to add more FC target ports on our storage to keep the load balanced and distributed You can find more information on this link
https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/index.jsp?topic=/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-sanconf/GUID-A055B184-08

- (Exam Topic 2)
When running diagnostic tests after an initial installation of a NetApp FAS3000 storage system, which command is used to run a comprehensive set of diagnostic tests on the entire system?

Correct Answer:A

- (Exam Topic 3)
An administrator is asked to provision a SAN environment in which host applications can monitor LUN space and performance space reclamation.
Which LUN type would satisfy these requirements?

Correct Answer:B
Automatic host-side space management with SCSI thinly provisioned LUNs
If your host supports SCSI thin provisioning, you can enable the space-allocation option in ONTAP to turn on automatic host-side space management.
You can find more information on this link:
https://docs.netapp.com/ontap-9/index.jsp?topic=/com.netapp.doc.dot-cm-sanag/GUID-93D78975-6911

- (Exam Topic 2)
You will be purchasing two high availability NetApp AFF A700s systems. You want to set up a 4-node cluster. Which switch would you use for the cluster interconnect switches?

Correct Answer:B