NS0-516 NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, E-Series Practice Questions
Prepare for NS0-516 with more than an answer.
- Exam fee
- $200 USD
- Level
- Specialist
- Valid for
- 24 months
Domains covered on the exam 9
- Storage Configuration23%
- Documentation9%
- Hardware18%
- Host Side9%
- Management13%
- Toolbox5%
- Protection9%
- SAN5%
- Troubleshooting9%
- 1
You are migrating a legacy application that relies heavily on large, sequential reads (e.g., video streaming) to a new E-Series array. To optimize the volume performance for this specific workload, which setting should be carefully configured during volume creation?
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Correct answer: B
The segment size (or stripe depth) dictates how much data is written to a single drive before moving to the next. For workloads with large, sequential I/O (like video streaming), a larger segment size prevents unnecessary disk crossing, optimizing throughput.
- 2
The AutoSupport feature on an E-Series system is crucial for proactive alerting and support. By default and NetApp best practice, which protocol is used to transmit AutoSupport payloads securely to NetApp?
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Correct answer: B
HTTPS is the default and recommended protocol for AutoSupport delivery. It provides secure, encrypted transmission of telemetry and support data to NetApp.
- 3
Before deploying a new E-Series EF600 system, a field engineer is conducting a site review. Which of the following is a critical environmental prerequisite that must be verified during this site preparation phase?
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Correct answer: B
Site preparation for E-Series hardware rigorously requires verifying physical prerequisites, primarily rack space, weight limits, adequate HVAC (cooling), and proper power distribution unit (PDU) receptacles and voltages.
- 4
After successfully deploying an E-Series solution, the implementation engineer must provide handover documentation to the customer. Which THREE components are standard parts of this post-deployment handover? (Select THREE)
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Correct answer: A, B, C
As-built documentation details exactly how the system was configured in the customer's environment.
Physical cabling diagrams are required so the customer knows how hosts and expansion shelves are wired.
Providing support contact information ensures the customer knows how to open a ticket for future issues.
- 5
A storage administrator is provisioning a new NetApp E-Series system for a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The workload demands rapid rebuild times during drive failures and the ability to dynamically add individual drives to expand capacity without recalculating parity across the entire array. Which storage configuration should the administrator implement?
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Correct answer: B
Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) dynamically distribute data, parity, and preservation capacity across all drives in the pool. This architecture allows for significantly faster rebuild times compared to traditional RAID Volume Groups, as all drives participate in the reconstruction. It also permits adding drives individually rather than in RAID sets.
- 6
When configuring a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP) on an E-Series array, the system reserves a certain amount of space known as 'preservation capacity'. What is the primary purpose of this preservation capacity?
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Correct answer: D
In a Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP), there are no dedicated hot spares. Instead, preservation capacity is distributed across all drives in the pool. When a drive fails, this reserved space is used to reconstruct the lost data, allowing the pool to return to an optimal state without requiring a physical hot spare drive.
pie title DDP Drive Capacity Distribution "User Data" : 70 "Parity Data" : 15 "Preservation Capacity" : 15
