Which three factors should you consider before you install an E2860 in a data center? (Choose three.)
Answer : A, B, E
Current Draw: It is important to consider the electrical current draw of the E2860 to ensure that the data center power infrastructure can support it without overloading circuits.
Heat Dissipation: The heat generated by the E2860 needs to be accounted for in the data center's cooling design. Proper heat dissipation mechanisms must be in place to prevent overheating.
Ambient Temperatures: The operating environment's temperature should be within the specified range for the E2860 to function correctly and reliably. Ensuring that the ambient temperatures are controlled is crucial for optimal performance and longevity of the equipment.
NetApp E-Series Installation and Configuration Guide
NetApp Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist - E-Series manuals
You are setting up asynchronous mirroring between two E2860 systems.
In this scenario, which two prerequisites are required to complete the setup? (Choose two.)
Answer : B, C
Licensing Requirements: Both the primary and secondary systems must have the same premium features licensed to ensure compatibility and functionality for asynchronous mirroring.
System Discovery: Both systems need to be discovered by an Enterprise Management Window (EMW) or SANtricity Unified Manager to facilitate the setup and management of asynchronous mirroring.
Importance of Matching Features: Ensuring that both systems have the same features licensed avoids issues with mirroring operations that depend on specific functionalities being available on both ends.
Management Tools: Using EMW or SANtricity Unified Manager helps in configuring, monitoring, and managing the mirroring process effectively.
NetApp E-Series SANtricity System Manager documentation on mirroring setup
NetApp Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist - E-Series manuals
A customer wants to manage an E-Series system over a secure connection between the system and a server. During implementation, you are asked to fulfill this installation requirement.
In this scenario, which three actions are required to complete this task? (Choose three.)
Answer : A, C, E
Secure Connection Requirement: To manage the E-Series system over a secure connection, certain steps need to be taken to ensure encrypted communications.
Disabling Legacy Management Interface: This step ensures that only secure management interfaces are used, preventing the use of less secure legacy protocols.
Certificate Signing Request (CSR): Completing the CSR on the system is necessary to generate a public/private key pair. This CSR can then be submitted to a certificate authority (CA) to obtain a signed certificate.
Importing CA Signed Certificates: Once the CA has signed the certificate, it must be imported into the E-Series system. This signed certificate ensures that the communication between the server and the system is encrypted and trusted.
NetApp E-Series SANtricity System Manager documentation on secure management
NetApp Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist - E-Series manuals
A company has a duplex E-Series system that is operating in a highly tuned environment. Load distribution between the controllers has been manually set up to achieve a specific distribution based on unique workload characteristics.
In this scenario, to maintain this load distribution over time, which E-Series feature should be disabled?
Answer : D
Understanding Load Distribution: In a duplex E-Series system, load distribution between controllers can be manually set up to optimize performance based on specific workload characteristics.
Automatic Load Balancing: This feature automatically redistributes workloads between controllers to balance the load. However, in a highly tuned environment with manually configured load distribution, this automatic feature can disrupt the optimized settings.
Disabling Automatic Load Balancing: To maintain the manual load distribution over time, the Automatic Load Balancing feature should be disabled. This ensures that the workload remains distributed according to the specific manual configuration without interference from automatic adjustments.
NetApp E-Series SANtricity System Manager documentation
NetApp Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist - E-Series manuals
A company is using the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) on all volume groups. However, one volume group failed a security audit.
In this scenario what would cause a volume group to fail the security audit?
Answer : A
FIPS Compliance: The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) requires all components within a system to adhere to specific security standards.
FDE Drives: Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives are used to ensure data security.
Audit Failure: Adding an FDE drive as a spare to a volume group without proper encryption settings could cause a security audit to fail.
Solution: Ensure all spare drives in a volume group meet the FIPS encryption requirements.
What is the minimum number of drives needed to create a Dynamic Disk Pool?
Answer : A
To create a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP), the minimum number of drives required is 12. This minimum requirement ensures that there is enough capacity and redundancy to maintain the performance and data protection characteristics that DDPs provide.
Dynamic Disk Pools are designed to optimize data distribution and rebuild times. By using 12 drives as a baseline, the system can efficiently distribute data and parity information across the drives, improving fault tolerance and rebuild performance compared to traditional RAID configurations.
NetApp E-Series Storage System Documentation
SANtricity System Manager User Guide
What is represented by the Headroom graph on the SANtricity System Manager performance tab?
Answer : B
The Headroom graph in SANtricity System Manager shows the remaining performance capability of the physical objects (e.g., disks, SSDs) in the storage system.
This helps in understanding how much additional load the system can handle before reaching its performance limits.
Reference: NetApp SANtricity System Manager User Guide, which explains the performance monitoring features.