Question 1

Your environment currently has a 12-node NetApp cluster serving iSCSI. You need to add at least four more nodes to serve FC to your environment. In this scenario, what should you do?

Accepted Answer

C

Explanation: NetApp ONTAP architecture specifies different maximum cluster sizes based on the protocols being served. A cluster configured for Network Attached Storage (NAS) or unified (NAS and SAN) workloads can scale up to 24 nodes. However, a cluster configured exclusively for Storage Area Network (SAN) protocols—which include iSCSI, Fibre Channel (FC), and NVMe/FC—is limited to a maximum of 12 nodes (6 HA pairs). The scenario describes a 12-node cluster currently serving iSCSI and needing to add nodes to serve FC. Since both are SAN protocols, the environment is considered SAN-only. The existing cluster is therefore already at its maximum supported size, and no additional nodes can be added to it. The only valid solution is to create a new cluster for the additional controllers.

Question 2

A customer with a FlexPod solution wants to expand their NetApp ONTAP 9.7 switchless cluster. The
new hardware must support expansion slots. In addition, they will also upgrade to a 100 Gbps-
capable cluster interconnect switch for future growth.
In this scenario, which two additional components will satisfy the requirement? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A, D

Explanation: The customer requires two components to expand their switchless cluster into a switched cluster: a new storage system and a cluster interconnect switch. The NetApp AFF A400 is a suitable storage system as it supports ONTAP 9.7, features two PCIe expansion slots per controller for future I/O card additions, and supports 100GbE adapters for the cluster interconnect. The Cisco Nexus 3232C switch is a 100GbE-capable switch, fulfilling the requirement to upgrade the cluster interconnect fabric for future growth. This combination allows the customer to move from a two-node switchless configuration to a larger, high-performance switched cluster.

Question 3

You want to ensure the uniqueness of the Cisco UCS WWNNs and WWPNs in the SAN for a FlexPod solution. In this situation, Cisco recommends using which WWN prefix for all blocks in a pool?

Accepted Answer

C

Explanation: Cisco UCS Manager automatically generates World Wide Names (WWNs) for server vHBAs from pools. To guarantee uniqueness and prevent conflicts with physical devices in the SAN, Cisco was allocated a specific Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) for this purpose. The recommended and default prefix for all WWN pools (both WWNN and WWPN) is 20:00:00:25:B5:XX:XX:XX. The 00:25:B5 is the Cisco OUI, and the 20: prefix indicates it is a virtualized address. Using this standard prefix is a critical best practice in FlexPod deployments to ensure stable and predictable SAN operations.

Question 4

An administrator wants to ensure secure authentication while accessing a NetApp ONTAP system. In this scenario, which two access methods should be used? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

B, C

Explanation: For secure administrative access to a NetApp ONTAP system, it is essential to use protocols that encrypt data in transit. SSH (Secure Shell) provides an encrypted, authenticated, and secure channel for command-line interface (CLI) management. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) uses TLS/SSL to encrypt the web-based management traffic for tools like ONTAP System Manager. Both protocols protect authentication credentials and management data from eavesdropping and tampering, ensuring secure system administration.

Question 5

A customer has configured a FlexPod solution and is experiencing issues with connectivity from the
Cisco Nexus switches to the NetApp AFF controllers. The customer must verify connectivity using the
FC protocol.
What are two ways to troubleshoot this problem? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

B, C

Explanation: To troubleshoot Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity between a NetApp controller and a Cisco Nexus switch, an administrator must verify the fabric login (FLOGI) process. The World Wide Port Name (WWPN) is the unique identifier for the specific FC port used for zoning and identification within the fabric. The Fibre Channel ID (FCID) is a 24-bit address assigned by the switch to the port upon a successful FLOGI. Verifying that the controller's WWPN is visible to the switch and has been assigned an FCID confirms that the physical layer is working and the port has successfully joined the fabric, which are critical first steps in troubleshooting.

Question 6

Exhibit: https://kxbjsyuhceggsyvxdkof.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/file-images/NetApp_NS0-175/page_17_img_1.jpg You are building a new FlexPod system booting from SAN. Referring to the exhibit, how many paths will there be to the target LUN?

Accepted Answer

D

Explanation: In a standard high-availability FlexPod configuration, redundancy is built in at every layer. The Cisco UCS server is equipped with a Virtual Interface Card (VIC) that connects to two separate Fabric Interconnects (Fabric A and Fabric B). For SAN booting, two virtual HBAs (vHBAs) are created on the server, with one vHBA pinned to Fabric A and the other to Fabric B. The NetApp storage system is configured as a high-availability (HA) pair with two controllers. Each controller has target ports connected to both Fabric A and Fabric B. This results in each server vHBA discovering paths to both storage controllers. Therefore, the total number of paths is 2 vHBAs × 2 controllers = 4 paths.

Question 7

A customer wants to refresh their FlexPod solution by moving from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps networking. They use FCoE to boot from SAN. In this scenario, which statement is true?

Accepted Answer

C

Explanation: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is supported on 40 Gbps adapters across the FlexPod technology stack. This includes Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) for the servers, Cisco Nexus switches acting as FCoE Forwarders (FCFs), and NetApp Unified Target Adapters (UTAs) on the storage controllers. The customer's plan to refresh their FlexPod solution from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps while retaining FCoE for SAN boot is a fully supported and validated configuration. This allows for a significant performance increase while maintaining the converged network infrastructure.

Question 8

A partner wants to develop a FlexPod Datacenter solution for a customer that will use Cisco ACI.
In contrast to a FlexPod solution with NX-OS, which two additional requirements must be satisfied?
(Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

C, D

Explanation: A FlexPod Datacenter solution integrated with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) has distinct architectural requirements compared to a standard NX-OS design. First, the ACI fabric is fundamentally built on a leaf-spine network topology using Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches. This design provides predictable, low-latency, non-blocking performance. Second, the ACI fabric is managed by a cluster of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controllers (APICs). For a production environment, a minimum of three APICs is required to ensure high availability and maintain quorum in the event of a controller failure. These two requirements—a leaf-spine topology and a three-node APIC cluster—are specific additions for an ACI-based FlexPod solution.

Question 9

An administrator is designing a FlexPod solution with NetApp ONTAP 9.7 software with a logical
separation of data for each department.
In this scenario, which two components must be part of the design? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A, D

Explanation: In ONTAP, secure multi-tenancy is provided by Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs). Each SVM owns its own logical interfaces, volumes, and policies, giving every department an isolated administrative and data domain. If departments require complete network isolation or use overlapping IP subnets, each SVM is placed in its own IPspace. Therefore, IPspaces and SVMs are the two ONTAP constructs that must be included in a design whose goal is logical (tenant-level) separation of departmental data.

Question 10

You are designing a FlexPod solution with secure multitenancy for a company. Each department in
the company wants to use their own storage and to be integrated with Windows Active Directory.
In this scenario, which three technologies should be included in the design? (Choose three.)

Accepted Answer

A, D, E

Explanation: To meet the design requirements for a secure, multi-tenant FlexPod solution with departmental storage and Active Directory integration, three key NetApp ONTAP technologies are essential. 1. Storage Virtual Machine (SVM): The SVM is the fundamental ONTAP construct for multitenancy. It creates a secure, isolated virtual storage server for each department, with its own dedicated data volumes, network interfaces (LIFs), and administrative credentials. 2. CIFS: The Common Internet File System (CIFS/SMB) protocol is required to provide file-level access for Windows clients and to integrate directly with Windows Active Directory for user authentication and authorization, fulfilling a core requirement. 3. IPspaces: To ensure secure network multitenancy, IPspaces are used to create distinct IP network domains. This allows different SVMs (departments) to have isolated network configurations, preventing IP address conflicts and ensuring that network traffic for one tenant is segregated from another.

Question 11

You are sizing a FlexPod Datacenter solution for multitenancy use. What are two important platform scaling considerations in this scenario? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A, B

Explanation: When sizing a FlexPod for multitenancy, the primary goal is to ensure the platform can support the required number of isolated tenants and their workloads. 1. Maximum NetApp ONTAP cluster limits (A): This is a critical platform consideration. It represents the absolute ceiling for storage resources. These limits include the maximum number of nodes, aggregates, volumes, LUNs, and Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs). In a multitenant environment, each tenant consumes these resources, making the overall cluster-wide limits a fundamental scaling boundary. 2. Maximum NetApp ONTAP storage VM limits (B): Storage VMs (SVMs) are the core ONTAP feature for providing secure multitenancy by isolating data, administration, and network access for different tenants. The maximum number of SVMs supported by the ONTAP cluster directly dictates the maximum number of tenants that can be provisioned from a storage perspective, making it a crucial and specific scaling factor for this use case.

Question 12

Your customer wants to change from local boot to SAN boot for the compute layer. What must be present on the network layer to meet the customer’s design change?

Accepted Answer

D

Explanation: Changing from local boot to SAN boot requires the server's operating system to be stored on a block-level device (LUN) on a Storage Area Network (SAN). Fibre Channel (FC) is a high-speed network technology and protocol suite designed specifically for creating SANs. It provides the necessary block-level data access between the compute layer (servers) and the storage layer, enabling a server to boot its OS from a remote LUN as if it were a local disk.

Question 13

A customer has reviewed the latest vSphere CVD and asks you if they can use their older Cisco
servers in the new FlexPod solution and still have supported configuration.
Which statement is true in this scenario?

Accepted Answer

A

Explanation: FlexPod support is not rigidly confined to the exact bill of materials within a specific Cisco Validated Design (CVD) or NetApp Verified Architecture (NVA). The foundation of the FlexPod cooperative support model is the use of components that are mutually qualified and listed in the official compatibility matrices of the partner vendors. Therefore, a customer can use older Cisco servers, provided those servers are listed as compatible with the specific NetApp storage, network components, and software versions (e.g., ONTAP, UCS Firmware, vSphere) in the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT), the Cisco UCS Hardware and Software Compatibility List, and the VMware Compatibility Guide.

Question 14

A customer is designing a FlexPod solution that must satisfy the requirements shown below:
have disaster recovery to an alternative data center,
must have continuous replication of data for a database,
must leverage a 100Gbps capable switch,
have a maximum distance of 700 km.
In this scenario, which two components would be used to satisfy the requirements? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

B, C

Explanation: The solution requires continuous data replication for disaster recovery over a distance of 700 km. NetApp MetroCluster IP is the only solution that meets these specific distance and replication requirements, as it supports synchronous replication up to 700 km. MetroCluster IP uses an IP network for the cluster interconnect (ISL), which necessitates high-speed, low-latency switches. The Cisco Nexus 3232C is a 100Gbps Ethernet switch, fulfilling the requirement for a 100Gbps capable switch to support the high-bandwidth replication traffic and overall FlexPod infrastructure.

Question 15

A customer is verifying that they have separation on their FC switch fabric to protect their FlexPod
solution from their other storage devices.
Which two technologies enable the customer to accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A, B

Explanation: To achieve separation on a Fibre Channel (FC) switch fabric within a FlexPod solution, two primary technologies are used: VSANs and Zoning. 1. VSAN (Virtual SAN): The term VASN in the question is a common typographical error for VSAN. VSANs, a feature of Cisco MDS switches used in FlexPod, create logically isolated, independent fabrics on a single physical infrastructure. Each VSAN has its own fabric services, name server, and zoning database, providing complete traffic and management separation between different environments (e.g., FlexPod vs. other storage). 2. WWPN Zoning: Within a VSAN or a single fabric, zoning is used to control which devices can communicate. WWPN (World Wide Port Name) zoning specifically uses the unique identifier of an initiator (server HBA) or target (storage port) to create zones. Only members of the same zone can communicate, effectively partitioning access and enhancing security.

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