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NS0-185 NetApp Storage Installation Engineer - ONTAP Professional Exam Questions and Answers

Questions 4

Your customer currently has a 4-node AFF A400 cluster that runs ONTAP 9.8, with two NS224 shelves connected to each HA pair. The customer needs to add additional capacity to the cluster.

Which two actions would enable the customer to accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Connect the new NS224 shelves to the existing NS224 shelves and adjust the shelf IDs.

B.

Connect the new NS224 shelves to the existing Cisco Nexus 3232C switches.

C.

Deploy a new AFF A400 to the cluster.

D.

Deploy new, dedicated, storage switches for the new NS224 shelves.

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Questions 5

Before expanding a cluster, which two ONTAP configuration backup methods are available? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

storage VM

B.

node

C.

cluster

D.

switch

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Questions 6

According to NetApp documentation, what should be used when using the Cluster Switch Health Monitor (CSHM) and log collection features?

Options:

A.

Telnet

B.

HTTP

C.

SSL

D.

SSH

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Questions 7

A customer is asked to install a new AFF ASA A700 system. During the installation, the customer asks if ONTAP 9.8 is supported with their host’s OS version running Windows 2016.

In this scenario, which NetApp tool would verify supportability?

Options:

A.

ONTAP System Manager

B.

Active IQ Unified Manager

C.

Active IQ OneCollect

D.

Interoperability Matrix Tool

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Questions 8

You used the system controller environment show command.

Which issue would be diagnosed with this command?

Options:

A.

controller configuration issues

B.

controller hardware issues

C.

shelf cabling issues

D.

controller version issues

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Questions 9

Poppy Pet Care Kennels is developing a website system. The following are potential actors:

A) Poppy Pet Care Kennels

B) Kennel assistants

C) The managing director

D) Customers

E) Quality manager

Which of these would be drawn as actors on the use case diagram?

Options:

A.

A, B and C

B.

A, D and E

C.

B, D and E

D.

B, C and E

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Questions 10

You want to add an AFF A400 HA pair to an existing cluster.

In this scenario, which LIF type is required?

Options:

A.

cluster-mgmt

B.

intercluster

C.

data

D.

node-mgmt

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Questions 11

You are ready to purchase a new FAS8200 six-node cluster. In this scenario, which three switches are supported as NetApp cluster interconnect switches?

Options:

A.

Cisco Nexus 5596UP

B.

Cisco Nexus 5548UP

C.

Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V

D.

Cisco CN1610

E.

Brocade 7840

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Questions 12

You are expanding an existing cluster that uses BES-53248 cluster interconnect switches. You connected the new controllers to ports 0/17 through 0/20. However, you are unable to join the new nodes to the cluster.

Which action must be taken to solve the problem?

Options:

A.

Install the license file.

B.

Install the CSHM configuration file.

C.

Install the reference configuration file.

D.

Reboot the controllers.

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Questions 13

You have set up a new 2-node switchless cluster and want to verify that the failover is configured correctly.

In this scenario, which two commands accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

cluster ha show

B.

storage failover show

C.

cluster ring show

D.

storage failover show-takeover

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Questions 14

You have a new 2-node FAS8700 ONTAP 9.8 cluster. One of the nodes has 24 × 16 TB NL-SAS disks assigned and available for a new aggregate. You created the aggregate with one RAID group and two spare disks.

In this scenario, how many data drives are in the aggregate?

Options:

A.

20

B.

19

C.

18

D.

17

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Questions 15

After the successful installation of a NetApp ONTAP cluster, the customer wants to view telemetry data and receive online information about risks and best-practice gaps.

Which tool satisfies the customer’s requirements?

Options:

A.

Active IQ Digital Advisor

B.

Interoperability Matrix Tool

C.

Spot by NetApp

D.

Cloud Manager

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Questions 16

You have a 4-node ONTAP 9.8 cluster with a FAS8700 HA pair that serves iSCSI LUNs. You are adding a new AFF A250 HA pair to the cluster with new iSCSI SAN LIFs. You need to allow non-optimized data paths from the AFF A250 nodes to the existing LUNs on the FAS8700 nodes.

In this scenario, which two ONTAP configuration settings must you verify? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

port sets

B.

switch zoning

C.

reporting nodes

D.

failover groups

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Questions 17

During an ONTAP cluster handover procedure, your customer asks how to identify and solve issues that might occur on the newly deployed array.

NS0-185 Question 17

Referring to the exhibit, which two widgets would the customer use to help with these issues? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Guide Me

B.

Active IQ

C.

Contracts and Warranties

D.

ASE Corner

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Questions 18

You want to connect a DS224C shelf with 3.8 TB NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) SSDs to an AFF A300 HA pair that already has two DS224C shelves with 3.8 TB SSDs without NSE in one stack.

In this scenario, how would you add the shelf?

Options:

A.

Add the shelf to the existing stack.

B.

Create a new stack on the HA pair to add the shelf.

C.

Connect the shelf to an HA pair with NSE drives.

D.

License NSE and add the shelf to this HA pair as a new stack.

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Questions 19

After the installation of a new NetApp FAS system, you use the NetAppDocs tool for site design documentation.

In this scenario, in which three document formats would you create an inventory report? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

.docx

B.

.html

C.

.pdf

D.

.ps

E.

.xlsx

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Questions 20

A new AFF8200 has a four-port UTA2 adapter installed in slot 2, configured for FC.

Which port names are correct?

Options:

A.

e0a/0a, e0b/0b, e0c/0c, e0d/0d

B.

e2a/2a, e2b/2b, e2c/2c, e2d/2d

C.

e2a, e2b, e2c, e2d

D.

2a, 2b, 2c, 2d

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Questions 21

An iSCSI LIF fails to migrate during a storage failover test.

In this scenario, why did the LIF not migrate?

Options:

A.

A failover port was not defined

B.

LIFs that serve block protocols do not failover

C.

The failover policy was not configured

D.

LIF failover was not enabled

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Questions 22

Which tool is used to compare or check the dependencies of individual software and hardware components?

Options:

A.

Solution Builder

B.

FMC_DC

C.

Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT)

D.

Net2

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Questions 23

A customer has two Cisco 40GbE data switches. They want to connect the switches to an AFF A400 HA pair. The switches and the AFF A400 are approximately seven meters apart.

NS0-185 Question 23

Referring to the exhibit, which two supported actions would allow you to accomplish this task? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Relocate the switches or the AFF A400 so that the distance is less than five meters.

B.

Install 10 meter NetApp supported copper cables.

C.

Change the requirement for Ethernet cables.

D.

Change the requirement for optical cables.

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Questions 24

You have added two new AFF A250 nodes to an existing 4-node cluster with NetApp CN1610 cluster network switches. Although the nodes can join the cluster, the storage failover show command output shows that the NVRAM log is not synchronized, and it cannot reach the partner over an HA interconnect.

In this scenario, which two statements are true? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

The AFF A250 requires switches with 40GbE port support.

B.

The AFF A250 uses different ports for the cluster and the HA interconnect.

C.

The AFF A250 requires switches with 25GbE port support.

D.

The AFF A250 uses the same port for the cluster and the HA interconnect.

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Questions 25

What is the main function of ACP?

Options:

A.

It allows cabling the shelf to two additional controllers.

B.

It allows the controller to use Ethernet instead of SAS to fetch storage data.

C.

It allows the controller to nondisruptively reset the SAS expanders.

D.

It enables automatic shelf ID assignment.

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Questions 26

A customer is migrating data from a FAS8020 (ONTAP 9.5) to an AFF A250 MetroCluster IP system.

Which two migration methods are supported? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Controller swap

B.

Create a 4-node cluster and use vol move

C.

Use a host-based copy migration method

D.

Configure SnapMirror between the systems

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Questions 27

You want to enable secure communication with the SP or BMC using CA-signed certificates.

Which two certificate types must be installed? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

cluster certificate

B.

server certificate

C.

root CA certificate

D.

ONTAP certificate

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Questions 28

To ensure that your customer’s cluster is robust and operational, you need to be familiar with configuration best practices.

Which three practice rules should you always follow? (Choose three.)

Options:

A.

Keep all nodes in the cluster on the same version of ONTAP.

B.

Use LIFs with defined failover policies.

C.

Remove failed disk drives once a year to maintain minimum interruption in controller stability.

D.

All power supply units should be plugged into the same power grid.

E.

Do not use the root aggregate for storing data.

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Questions 29

What is the next step if you must escalate an open case?

Options:

A.

Upload support data to Engineering.

B.

Trigger AutoSupport again.

C.

Call NetApp Support and ask to speak to the duty manager.

D.

Open a new case.

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Questions 30

Which switch vendor is supported for the cluster network switches?

Options:

A.

Juniper Networks

B.

Cisco

C.

Brocade

D.

Hewlett-Packard

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Questions 31

You are installing a new AFF All SAN Array A700 HA pair.

NS0-185 Question 31

Referring to the exhibit, which IP address would have been used to join node 02 to the cluster during setup?

Options:

A.

192.168.0.112

B.

169.254.212.198

C.

169.254.145.151

D.

192.168.0.101

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Questions 32

You are attempting to add a new ONTAP 9.7 node to your ONTAP 9.8 NetApp cluster. After attempting to add the node, the operation fails as shown in the exhibit.

NS0-185 Question 32

What are two nondisruptive ways to add the new node to your ONTAP cluster? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Revert the cluster from ONTAP 9.8 to ONTAP 9.7.

B.

Re-initialize all the nodes in the ONTAP cluster with ONTAP 9.7.

C.

Upgrade the new node from ONTAP 9.7 to ONTAP 9.8.

D.

Add the node using the -allow-mixed-version-join parameter.

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Questions 33

You have completed a base installation and system registration of an AFF A250 system, but you notice that you have one failed drive. Neither un-failing nor reseating the drive repaired it.

In this scenario, which two actions should you take? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

Ask the customer to open a technical case with NetApp Support.

B.

Ask the customer for a drive with the same capacity and replace it.

C.

Run Active IQ Config Advisor to collect all the logs on the system.

D.

Power off the system until the drive has been replaced.

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Questions 34

You have a 2-node FAS8300 switchless ONTAP 9.8 cluster serving NAS volumes. A data SVM connects using multimode LACP with VLAN tags.

Which front-end FAS8300 network port would you create the data LIFs on?

Options:

A.

a0a

B.

e0e

C.

e0e-100

D.

a0a-100

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Questions 35

A customer is installing a new system. The administrator needs to have the maximum available amount of data space.

Which disk configuration should the administrator use?

Options:

A.

RAID-DP

B.

RAID4

C.

Flash Pool

D.

ADP

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Questions 36

According to NetApp best practices, which two protocol sets should be assigned to the same SVM? (Choose two.)

Options:

A.

FCP, NFS

B.

CIFS, iSCSI

C.

NFS, CIFS

D.

FCP, iSCSI

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Exam Code: NS0-185
Exam Name: NetApp Storage Installation Engineer - ONTAP Professional Exam
Last Update: Feb 25, 2026
Questions: 120

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