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NEW QUESTION # 37
Which NetApp feature provides WORM functionality at the volume level?
- A. SyncMirror
- B. SnapVault
- C. FlexGroup
- D. SnapLock
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
n = SnapLock is a NetApp feature that provides WORM (write once, read many) functionality at the volume level. WORM storage enables you to retain files in unmodified form for a specified retention period.
SnapLock protects WORM files at the file level and prevents them from being modified, even after the retention period has expired. SnapLock is powered by a tamper-proof clock that determines when the retention period for a WORM file has elapsed. SnapLock is available for Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems and supports both NFS and CIFS protocols. References = WORM storage | NetApp Documentation, WORM storage - NetApp
NEW QUESTION # 38
Which option provides a flexible payment option for on-premises and hybrid cloud NetApp solutions?
- A. Cloud Volumes ONTAP BYOL
- B. Keystone
- C. Cloud Volumes ONTAP PAYGO
- D. ONTAP Select
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
= Keystone is the option that provides a flexible payment option for on-premises and hybrid cloud NetApp solutions. Keystone is a portfolio of payment solutions and storage-as-a-serviceofferings for hybrid cloud environments that deliver greater agility, financial flexibility, and reduced financial risk1. Keystone offers various payment options, including creative financing, leasing, and fixed or variable solutions to fit your cash flow12. Keystone also offers cloud storage services that enable you to pay as you grow, pay per use, or pay for a single subscription for on-premises and cloud services12. References = 1: NetApp Keystone - Flexible Payment Solutions & Storage-as-a-service Offerings | NetApp, 2: NetApp Keystone frequently asked questions (FAQs).
NEW QUESTION # 39
A customer wants to move file storage to a public cloud and manage their own storage solution. Which offering should be recommended to this customer?
- A. NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
- B. NetApp BlueXP edge caching
- C. Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- D. NetApp Cloud Volumes Service
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP is a cloud-native storage solution that allows customers to deploy and manage NetApp hybrid, multi-cloud storage and data services from on-premises sources and cloud service providers. It provides enterprise-grade data and file services, such as NFS, SMB/CIFS, iSCSI and S3, on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It also offers high availability, data protection, storage efficiency, and cost-performance optimization features. It is suitable for customers who want to have more control and flexibility over their cloud storage solution, whileleveraging NetApp's technology and expertise. References = Cloud Volumes ONTAP: Deploy Storage in the Public Cloud - NetApp, NetApp Customer Experience | NetApp, NetApp storage systems overview.
NEW QUESTION # 40
Which NetApp web-based data management tool enables a customer to provision storage systems and perform common management tasks?
- A. BlueXP classification
- B. Active IQ
- C. ONTAP System Manager
- D. BlueXP observability
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
ONTAP System Manager is a web-based data management tool that enables customers to provision storage systems and perform common management tasks. ONTAP System Manager provides a simple, intuitive, and centralized interface for managing ONTAP clusters, volumes, LUNs, SVMs, and more. ONTAP System Manager simplifies storage management by automating complex workflows, providing best practices, and offering guided setup and configuration wizards. References = ONTAP System Manager overview, ONTAP Data Management Software
NEW QUESTION # 41
A customer wants to use a NetApp pay-as-you-grow storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering for their critical NFS and FCP data.
Which option meets this requirement?
- A. Azure NetApp Files
- B. Cloud Volumes ONTAP
- C. Astra Control
- D. Keystone
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
Keystone is NetApp's pay-as-you-grow, storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering that delivers a seamless hybrid multicloud experience for customers who prefer opex consumption models to upfront capex or leasing.
Keystone provides storage capacity at predefined service levels for block, file, and object data types that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud. Keystone supports both NFS and FCP protocols for file and block data access. Keystone allows customers to align economics and operations to their business priorities and reallocate storagespending across any public clouds. References = NetApp Keystone storage as a service for the hybrid cloud, Storage as a Service - STaaS | NetApp, Learn about NetApp Keystone
NEW QUESTION # 42
What are two benefits of configuring Advanced Disk Partitioning (ADP) on an AFF or FAS system? (Choose two.)
- A. decreased disk failure rate
- B. increased disk performance
- C. optimized storage capacity
- D. reduced RAID parity overhead
- E. increased deduplication efficiencies
Answer: C,D
Explanation:
Explanation
Advanced Disk Partitioning (ADP) is a feature that enables ONTAP to partition a disk into multiple logical units and use them for different purposes. ADP has two main benefits for AFF or FAS systems:
It optimizes storage capacity by reducing the number of disks required for the root aggregates, which store the system and configuration data. By using ADP, the root aggregate can share the same disk with a data aggregate, which stores the user data. This frees up more disks for data aggregates and increases the usable space for data.
It reduces RAID parity overhead by creating smaller RAID groups with partitions instead of whole disks. This reduces the amount of parity data that needs to be written and read, which improves the performance and efficiency of the system. References = What are the rules for Advanced Disk Partitioning?, Considerations for automatic drive assignment and ADP systems in ONTAP 9.4 and later, NetApp AFF and Advanced Drive Partition v2, part 1
NEW QUESTION # 43
Which NetApp data management tool provides the digital advisor that simplifies the proactive care and optimization of NetApp storage?
- A. Active IQ
- B. BlueXP classification
- C. ONTAP System Manager
- D. BlueXP observability
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
Active IQ is a digital advisor that simplifies the proactive care and optimization of NetApp storage. Fueled by telemetry data from a highly diverse installed base, it uses advanced AI and ML techniques to uncover opportunities to reduce risk and improve the performance and efficiency of your storage environment1. Active IQ provides you with visibility and insights required to maintain storage health, reduce time spent on storage operations, lower storage costs and improve efficiency2. Active IQ also integrates with ONTAP System Manager to provide a unified management experience3. References = NetApp Active IQ - Actionable Intelligence | NetApp, Active IQ: Actionable Intelligence to Improve Storage Health - NetApp, ONTAP System Manager - NetApp Knowledge Base
NEW QUESTION # 44
Which technology uses on-premises bare-metal hardware to abstract the operating system from the underlying hardware?
- A. supervisor
- B. hypervisor
- C. hyperscaler
- D. container
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
A hypervisor is a software layer that enables multiple operating systems to run on the same physical hardware by creating virtual machines (VMs) that are isolated from each other. A hypervisor abstracts the operating system from the underlying hardware, allowing for greater flexibility, efficiency, and scalability of the virtualized environment. NetApp supports several hypervisor platforms, such as VMware ESXi, KVM, and Hyper-V, and provides storage solutions that integrate with them. References = Storage virtualization overview, VMware hypervisor and hardware considerations, NetApp HCI Resources
NEW QUESTION # 45
A company wants to reduce their on-premises footprint by tiering cold data to a more cost-effective location.
Which IMetApp ONTAP feature can be used?
- A. FabricPool
- B. SnapVault
- C. FlexGroup
- D. SVM DR
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
FabricPool is a NetApp ONTAP feature that enables you to tier cold data from your on-premises storage to a more cost-effective location, such as the cloud or an on-premises object store. FabricPool automatically identifies and moves inactive data blocks from the performance tier, which consists of SSDs or HDDs, to the capacity tier, which consists of object storage. FabricPool preserves the data protection, security, and efficiency features of ONTAP, while reducing the storage footprint and costs of your on-premises system. References = Data tiering overview, Managing data tiering for your clusters, Data Tiering and Cloud Tiering Solutions, Cloud Tiering for Intelligent Data Growth Management, Cozy with hot, tier with cold: A data growth simplicity story
NEW QUESTION # 46
A company is running both primary and secondary workloads on a NetApp AFF A250 system. The company wants to free space on their on-premises NetApp ONTAP clusters by migrating inactive data to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
Which NetApp technology could accomplish this task?
- A. FlexCache
- B. BlueXP tiering
- C. BlueXP edge caching
- D. SVM data mobility
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
BlueXP tiering is a NetApp technology that enables you to free space on your on-premises NetApp ONTAP clusters by migrating inactive data to Amazon S3. BlueXP tiering is a data tiering service that automatically moves cold data from your on-premises ONTAP volumes to low-cost object storage in the cloud. BlueXP tiering uses a Connector, which is a virtual machine that runs in your AWS VPC or on your premises, to create and manage an S3 bucket for tiering. BlueXP tiering also provides data protection, encryption, and compression features to ensure the security and efficiency of your data. References = Tiering data from on-premises ONTAP clusters to Amazon S3 | NetApp Documentation, BlueXP Tiering | NetApp Cloud Central.
NEW QUESTION # 47
A customer wants to have their MetroCluster IP automatically switch over in the event of a site disaster.
Which two NetApp features can the customer use to automate switchover? (Choose two.)
- A. ONTAP Mediator service
- B. Data Broker
- C. MetroCluster TieBreaker
- D. BlueXP observability
- E. Active IQ Unified Manager
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
= The ONTAP Mediator service and the MetroCluster TieBreaker are two NetApp features that can be used to automate switchover in a MetroCluster IP configuration in the event of a site disaster. The ONTAP Mediator service is a software component that monitors the health and connectivity of the MetroCluster nodes and initiates a switchover when it detects a failure of one site or a network partition between the sites. The MetroCluster TieBreaker is a software component that runs on a third site and acts as a quorum witness for the MetroCluster configuration. The MetroCluster TieBreaker prevents split-brain scenarios and enables automatic switchover when one site becomes unavailable or isolated. References = ONTAP Mediator service overview,
[MetroCluster TieBreaker overview], Data protection with automatic unplanned switchover in two-node MetroCluster configurations
NEW QUESTION # 48
What owns the file system while provisioning NAS?
- A. host
- B. LUN
- C. ONTAP software
- D. volume
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
ONTAP software is the data management software that runs on NetApp storage systems and provides the NAS functionality. ONTAP software owns the file system while provisioning NAS and handles the communication with the clients using NFS or SMB protocols. ONTAP software also provides features such as data protection, efficiency, security, and performance for NAS workloads. References = NetApp ONTAP, Provision NAS storage for both Windows and Linux using both NFS and SMB
NEW QUESTION # 49
Which two access policies are supported by StorageGRID? (Choose two.)
- A. bucket
- B. service
- C. export
- D. group
- E. ILM
Answer: A
Explanation:
Explanation
StorageGRID supports two kinds of access policies: bucket policies and group policies. Bucket policies are attached to buckets and control access by users in the bucket owner account or other accounts to the bucket and the objects in it. Group policies are attached to a group in the account and allow that group to access specific resources owned by that account. Both bucket and group policies use the Amazon Web Services (AWS) policy language and are written in JSON. References = Bucket and group access policies, Use bucket and group access policies, Example group policies.
NEW QUESTION # 50
A company is using a FlexPod reference architecture. The administrator wants to manage the compute, storage, and virtuaiization environment in a single UI.
Which product should be used to meet these requirements?
- A. Cisco Intersight
- B. Cisco UCS Director
- C. VMware vCenter
- D. NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
= Cisco UCS Director is a heterogeneous platform for private cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) that supports a variety of hypervisors and Cisco and third-party servers, network, storage, and converged infrastructure. It simplifies IaaS, automates IT workflows, and enables hybrid IT with Cisco CloudCenter and other Cisco ONE Enterprise Cloud Suite offers. It also provides a single point of control for managing FlexPod and other converged infrastructure solutions across data center, remote, and edge environments. References = Cisco UCS Director - Cisco, Cisco UCS Director Data Sheet - Cisco, FlexPod overview and architecture - NetApp
NEW QUESTION # 51
Which user interface should an administrator use to manage a NetApp storage solution that consists of E-Series E2800 controllers?
- A. StorageGRID Grid Manager
- B. SANtricity System Manager
- C. NetApp Element software
- D. NetApp BlueXP observability
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
SANtricity System Manager is a user interface that enables you to manage a NetApp storage solution that consists of E-Series E2800 controllers. SANtricity System Manager is a web-based graphical interface that provides easy configuration and maintenance of your E-Series storage systems. It also offers performance monitoring, data protection, security, and integration features. SANtricity System Manager is installed on each E-Series controller and can be accessed through a web browser. References = Introduction to NetApp E-Series E2800, E2800 Hybrid Storage System - E-Series Hybrid Flash | NetApp, Controllers - NetApp.
NEW QUESTION # 52
A company has a NetApp ONTAP solution deployed in a data center. The current solution has a large amount of inactive data. An administrator needs to free space in the data center without affecting access to the data.
Which NetApp technology accomplishes this task?
- A. Cloud Volumes Service
- B. Cloud Volumes ONTAP
- C. BlueXP backup and recovery
- D. BlueXP tiering
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
BlueXP tiering is a service that extends your data center to the cloud by automatically tiering inactive data from on-premises ONTAP clusters to object storage. This frees valuable space on the cluster for more workloads, without making changes to the application layer. BlueXP tiering can reduce costs in your data center and enables you to switch from a CAPEX model to an OPEX model. BlueXP tiering leverages the capabilities of FabricPool, which is a NetApp Data Fabric technology that enables automated tiering of data to low-cost object storage. Active (hot) data remains on the local tier (on-premises ONTAP aggregates), while inactive (cold) data is moved to the cloud tier - all while preserving ONTAP data efficiencies12. References = Learn about BlueXP tiering, Cloud Tiering: Free up Space on On-Premises Storage Systems
NEW QUESTION # 53
A user at a company drags a folder with critical data to another location by mistake, and users can no longer access it. The storage administrator cannot restore the last Snapshot copy, because critical file changes will be lost.
Which NetApp cloud data service can the administrator use to identify the folder move activity?
- A. Active IQ digital advisor
- B. Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security
- C. ONTAP System Manager
- D. Active IQ Unified Manager
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
ONTAP System Manager is a NetApp cloud data service that enables you to manage directories and files on your storage systems. You can use System Manager to view and delete directories and files, as well as restore them from Snapshot copies. System Manager also provides a graphical interface to monitor the performance and capacity of your storage systems. With System Manager, you can identify the folder move activity by browsing the directories and files on your source and destination volumes, and comparing them with the Snapshot copies. References = Manage directories and files - NetApp, Ways to monitor Azure NetApp Files | Microsoft Learn.
NEW QUESTION # 54
Which NetApp tool enables customers to address risk factors and opportunities to improve system availability, security, and performance?
- A. BlueXP copy and sync
- B. BlueXP ransomware protection
- C. Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security
- D. Active IQ Digital Advisor
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
Active IQ Digital Advisor, also integrated into NetApp BlueXP™, is a NetApp tool that enables customers to address risk factors and opportunities to improve system availability, security, and performance. Active IQ Digital Advisor uses artificial intelligence to provide insights, guidance, and actions based on the data collected from your NetApp systems and services. Active IQ Digital Advisor helps you to monitor the health, capacity, efficiency, and protection of your storage environment, as well as to identify and resolve issues, optimize performance, and plan for future needs. References = NetApp Active IQ - Actionable Intelligence, Active IQ Documentation, Active IQ Digital Advisor
NEW QUESTION # 55
Which NetApp tool enables customers to build and operate all of their NetApp storage on premises and in the cloud?
- A. Active IQ Digital Advisor
- B. BlueXP
- C. BlueXP observability
- D. Active IQ Unified Manager
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
BlueXP is a NetApp tool that enables customers to build and operate all of their NetApp storage on premises and in the cloud. BlueXP provides a unified platform for managing, protecting, and optimizing your data across hybrid multicloud environments. BlueXP integrates with NetApp's portfolio of storage solutions, such as ONTAP, Cloud Volumes, StorageGRID, and E/EF-Series, and supports various data types, such as file, block, and object. BlueXP also offers a range of capabilities, such as backup and recovery, copy and sync, observability, tiering, classification, and ransomware protection, to enhance your data lifecycle management. References = BlueXP overview, BlueXP documentation, BlueXP: The Ultimate Data Management Platform, BlueXP: Simplify Data Management Across Hybrid Multicloud
NEW QUESTION # 56
A customer wants to modernize the SAN environment and transition iSCSI-based workloads to NVMe-over-TCP. Which NetApp storage systems should be used to meet these requirements?
- A. Element software
- B. ONTAP software
- C. SANtricity OS
- D. StorageGRID
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
ONTAP software is a NetApp storage system that supports NVMe-over-TCP, which is a protocol that allows remote direct memory access for data using an Ethernet TCP link. ONTAP software enables customers to upgrade their iSCSI-based workloads to NVMe-over-TCP without requiring any special hardware or network changes. ONTAP software also provides other benefits such as data protection, efficiency, and scalability for SAN environments. References = Announcing NVMe/TCP for ONTAP, NetApp brings NVMe over TCP to ONTAP via the iSCSI upgrade path, What Is NVMe? - Benefits & Use Cases
NEW QUESTION # 57
A customer wants to create a disaster recovery site and host backups for their on-premises NetApp ONTAP based storage systems in a public cloud.
Which native ONTAP feature enables customers to do this?
- A. FlexCache
- B. SnapMirror
- C. FabricPool
- D. Snapshot technology
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
SnapMirror is a native ONTAP feature that enables customers to create a disaster recovery site and host backups for their on-premises NetApp ONTAP based storage systems in a public cloud. SnapMirror provides reliable, bandwidth-efficient data replication and protection across hybrid multicloud environments.
SnapMirror can replicate data from on-premises ONTAP systems to cloud-based ONTAP systems such as Cloud Volumes ONTAP or Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. SnapMirror also supports data tiering to cloud object storage using FabricPool. References = SnapMirror technology, NetApp ONTAP, Learn about BlueXP disaster recovery for VMware preview
NEW QUESTION # 58
Which two NetApp products offer hardware encryption? (Choose two.)
- A. NetApp Aggregate Encryption (NAE)
- B. NVMe self-encrypting drives (SED)
- C. NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE)
- D. NetApp Volume Encryption (NVE)
Answer: C
Explanation:
Explanation
NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) and NVMe self-encrypting drives (SED) are two NetApp products that offer hardware encryption. Hardware encryption is a method of encrypting data at the disk level using a hardware-accelerated mechanism. NSE requires all drives in an HA pair to be purpose-built, self-encrypting drives. These drives perform the data encryption themselves through a hardware-accelerated mechanism. Because of the hardware acceleration, NSE systems usually outperform NVE systems when encrypting data1. NVMe self-encrypting drives (SED) are a type of NSE drives that use the NVMe protocol to provide high performance and low latency. NVMe SEDs are supported on select NetApp AFF systems2. References = Configure NetApp hardware-based encryption overview, Netapp Encrypts Data at Rest and in Transit, Which hardware platforms support software-based encryption (NVE and NAE ..., How does NVE and NAE encrypt data? - NetApp Knowledge Base
NEW QUESTION # 59
A storage administrator logs into their NetApp BlueXP observability environment and wants to install an infrastructure data collector to begin collecting data.
Which item should be configured first?
- A. Agent
- B. NetApp ONTAP SVM Data Collector
- C. Data Collector
- D. Acquisition Unit
Answer: D
Explanation:
Explanation
An acquisition unit is a software component that collects data from various sources and sends it to the BlueXP observability service. It is the first item that should be configured before installing any data collectors or agents. Data collectors are plugins that run on the acquisition unit and collect data from specific sources, such as NetApp ONTAP SVMs. Agents are optional components that can be installed on hosts to collect additional data, such as process and network metrics. References = BlueXP and Cloud Insights: The Importance of Observability - NetApp, Cloud Insights is a part of BlueXP - NetApp, Data collection infrastructure overview
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NEW QUESTION # 60
Which NetApp tool has the capability to learn, recommend, and apply Performance Service Levels on multiple clusters?
- A. BlueXP classification
- B. Active IQ Unified Manager
- C. ONTAP System Manager
- D. BlueXP observability
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
= Active IQ Unified Manager is a tool that enables you to define the performance and storage objectives for a workload using Performance Service Levels (PSLs). You can assign a PSL to a workload when initially creating the workload, or afterwards by editing the workload. The management and monitoring of storage resources are based on Service Level Objectives (SLOs), which are defined by service level agreements that are based on required performance and capacity. Active IQ Unified Manager provides a few predefined PSLs, such as Extreme Performance, Performance, and Value, and also allows you to create your own PSLs to meet your needs. You can also apply the PSLs to multiple clusters and workloads to ensure optimal performance and utilization of the underlying resources. References = Performance Service Levels, Managing Performance Service Levels
NEW QUESTION # 61
A company wants to protect the files on their NetApp ONTAP based storage system from ransomware using an external process. If an attack is detected, a Snapshot copy is created, and the Microsoft Active Directory (AD) user access is blocked.
Which ONTAP feature enables this functionality?
- A. Vscan
- B. FPolicy
- C. IPsec
- D. TLS
Answer: B
Explanation:
Explanation
FPolicy is an ONTAP feature that enables this functionality. FPolicy is a file access notification framework that allows external applications to monitor and control file access on ONTAP storage systems1. FPolicy can be used to protect files from ransomware by integrating with third-party solutions that use user behavioral analytics (UBA) to detect abnormal activity andtrigger actions such as creating a Snapshot copy and blocking the AD user access23. FPolicy can also be activated with a single click from BlueXP or ONTAP System Manager to protect against common ransomware extensions4. References = 1: FPolicy overview - NetApp, 2: Prevent ransomware spread with ONTAP automatic ransomware protection, 3: Fighting Ransomware, Part Six: Remediation, 4: Proactive ransomware protection-automated with ONTAP - NetApp.
NEW QUESTION # 62
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