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NS0-516 NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, E-Series Practice Questions

Prepare for NS0-516 with more than an answer.

150 questions in the full set12 sample questionsUpdated Sep 14, 2026
Exam fee
$200 USD
Level
Specialist
Valid for
24 months
Domains covered on the exam 9
  1. Storage Configuration23%
  2. Documentation9%
  3. Hardware18%
  4. Host Side9%
  5. Management13%
  6. Toolbox5%
  7. Protection9%
  8. SAN5%
  9. Troubleshooting9%
  1. 1

    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: C

    HTTPS is the default and recommended protocol for AutoSupport delivery. It provides secure, encrypted transmission of telemetry and support data to NetApp.

  2. 2

    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: D

    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.

  3. 3

    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: B, D, E

    Providing support contact information ensures the customer knows how to open a ticket for future issues.

    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.

  4. 4

    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: D

    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.

  5. 5

    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: A

    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

  6. 6

    Which TWO of the following requirements must be met to configure CHAP authentication for an iSCSI environment on an E-Series system? (Select TWO)

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    Correct answer: C, E

    To establish CHAP authentication, the target (the E-Series array) must be configured with a CHAP secret that the initiator uses to authenticate itself.

    The host initiator must be configured with the corresponding CHAP secret so it can successfully authenticate to the storage array target.

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