Free Netapp NS0-162 Practice Exam with Questions & Answers

The space guarantee setting determines how much space is reserved in the aggregate for the volume. A space guarantee of “none” means that no space is reserved for the volume, and the volume can use any available space in the aggregate. This approach to space management is called thin provisioning. This setting would prevent the hosting aggregates from showing a decrease in available space when creating new volumes, as long as the aggregate is not overcommitted. References :- How volume guarantees work with FlexVol volumes, How you set space guarantees for new or existing volumes, What is the impact of changing volume space-guarantee from “volume” to “none”?

The space allocation option is a LUN attribute that enables the host to communicate with the storage system about the blocks that are no longer in use by the host file system. When the space allocation option is enabled, the host sends SCSI UNMAP commands to the storage system when files are deleted on the disk. The storage system then reclaims the space from the thin-provisioned LUN and makes it available for other LUNs or volumes. This process is also known as space reclamation or hole punching. If the space allocation option is disabled, the host does not send SCSI UNMAP commands and the storage system does not reclaim the space from the thin-provisioned LUN, resulting in a discrepancy between the host and the storage system. References :- Space reclamation, Enable or disable the space allocation option for a LUN

Storage efficiency features are techniques that reduce the amount of physical storage required to store data. ONTAP supports various storage efficiency features, such as deduplication, compression, and compaction. On AFF systems, some of these features are enabled by default on all newly created volumes. According to the documentation1, the following storage efficiency features are enabled by default on AFF systems:

• Aggregate-level compression: This feature compresses data blocks at the aggregate level, reducing the physical space required to store data. Aggregate-level compression is applied after all other storage efficiency features, such as deduplication and compaction, are applied at the volume level. Aggregate-level compression is enabled by default on all aggregates on AFF systems.
• Volume-level inline deduplication: This feature eliminates duplicate data blocks within a volume before they are written to disk, reducing the amount of data written and improving performance. Volume-level inline deduplication is enabled by default on all volumes on AFF systems.

Other storage efficiency features, such as LUN-level compression and aggregate-level inline deduplication, are not enabled by default on AFF systems. LUN-level compression is a feature that compresses data blocks at the LUN level, reducing the logical space required to store data. LUN-level compression is disabled by default on all LUNs on AFF systems, and it is not recommended to enable it unless there is a specific use case. Aggregate-level inline deduplication is a feature that eliminates duplicate data blocks across volumes within an aggregate before they are written to disk, reducing the amount of data written and improving performance. Aggregate-level inline deduplication is disabled by default on all aggregates on AFF systems, and it is recommended to enable it only on aggregates that contain volumes with similar data sets. References :- Inline storage efficiency enabled by default on AFF systems, Storage efficiency features, LUN-level compression, Aggregate-level inline deduplication

 Intercluster LIFs are used for communication between FlexCache clusters and for data transfer between origin and cache volumes. If the WAN connection drops, the intercluster LIFs on both sides of the FlexCache relationship will be marked as down. To troubleshoot the disconnect, you can ping the intercluster LIFs from another cluster or from a host on the same network to verify their reachability. You can also use the network ping-lif command to ping the intercluster LIFs from the cluster shell. References :- FlexCache overview, Unable to clean FlexCache relationship, FlexCache in ONTAP, What Is FlexCache?

 Temperature Sensitive Storage Efficiency (TSSE) is a method of compressing data based on data “temperature”, or how often the data is used. “Cold” data, or data that is not used often, is recompressed with a higher compression ratio for increased storage efficiency. TSSE is enabled automatically on newly created thinly provisioned AFF volumes, not thick provisioned volumes. TSSE operations on AFF arrays are automatically throttled depending on whether data is hot or cold, to balance performance and efficiency. TSSE is not supported on Cloud Volumes ONTAP or ONTAP Select, as these platforms have different storage characteristics and requirements. References :- Temperature-sensitive storage efficiency overview, How does Temperature Sensitive Storage Efficiency affect SnapMirror?, ONTAP Temperature Sensitive Storage Efficiency (TSSE) – A Simple Introduction

The auto-revert option determines whether a LIF automatically reverts to its home port after a failover event. If this option is set to true, the LIF will revert to its home port when it becomes available. If this option is set to false, the LIF will remain on the failover port until manually reverted. In this scenario, the cluster LIFs are not on their home ports after an ONTAP upgrade, which might have triggered a failover event. Therefore, setting the auto-revert option to true would change this outcome and ensure that the LIFs return to their home ports after the upgrade. References :- network interface modify, Verify all LIFS are on home ports after ONTAP upgrade

The easiest and fastest way to restore a single file from a Snapshot copy is to use the Windows Shadow Copy Client, which allows the user to access and restore Data ONTAP Snapshot files from the Previous Versions tab in the Properties menu. This does not require any CLI commands or ONTAP System Manager operations. References :- Restoring files from Snapshot copies, Restore a single file from a Snapshot copy

LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) is a protocol that enables the bundling of several physical ports into a single logical port to provide higher bandwidth, load balancing, and redundancy. An interface group is a network component that supports LACP on NetApp clusters. An interface group can combine two or more physical ports into a single logical port and can be configured with different policies, such as multimode, multimode_lacp, or singlemode. A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical segmentation of a network that allows devices to communicate as if they were on the same physical network, regardless of their physical location. A broadcast domain is a logical division of a network in which all nodes can reach each other by broadcasting. A failover group is a set of network ports that can take over the traffic of another port in case of a failure. References :- Combine physical ports to create interface groups, Configure LACP for optimal storage performance, What are the recommended settings for cluster network ports?, Port Troubleshooting Resolution Guide, Create Interface Group MODE LACP

When a LUN has space reservations disabled (a non-space-reserved LUN), and its containing volume has no space guarantee, ONTAP reports the volume usage based on the actual data written to the LUN, not the LUN size. Therefore, ONTAP reports that the volume is using 10 GB of its containing aggregate, and the volume is 10% full. References :- Understanding space reservations for LUNs in System Manager, Recommended volume and file or LUN configuration combinations overview