NS0-515 NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer

You have proven skills planning, implementing, integrating, and troubleshooting ONTAP SAN, FC switched fabrics and Ethernet iSCSI/FCoE solutions, and different operating systems (Windows, LINUX, ESX, UNIX) and applications.

NCIE—SAN Specialist, ONTAP logos and certificates will be granted to those individuals who successfully obtain NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP (NCDA ONTAP) certification, then pass the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN (NS0-509) exam.

NCIE—SAN Specialist, E-Series logos and certificates will be granted to those individuals who successfully pass the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN, E-Series (NS0-515) exam.

NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer—SAN, E-Series
We recommend that NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer–SAN, E-Series candidates have six to 12 months of experience in installing, configuring, and managing E-Series storage systems in various SAN environments to provide reliable, high-performance block storage solutions.

Recommended Training and Resources:
A great way to start the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – SAN E-Series (NCIE SAN E-Series) preparation is to begin by properly appreciating the role that syllabus and study guide play in the NetApp NS0-515 certification exam. This study guide is an instrument to get you on the same page with NetApp and understand the nature of the NetApp NCIE SAN Specialist E-Series exam.

Our team of experts has composed this NetApp NS0-515 exam preparation guide to provide the overview about NetApp SAN Specialist E-Series exam, study material, sample questions, practice exam and ways to interpret the exam objectives to help you assess your readiness for the NetApp NCIE SAN E-Series exam by identifying prerequisite areas of knowledge. We recommend you to refer the simulation questions and practice test listed in this guide to determine what type of questions will be asked and the level of difficulty that could be tested in the NetApp NCIE SAN Specialist E-Series certification exam.

NetApp NS0-515 Exam Overview:
Exam Name SAN Specialist E-Series
Exam Number NS0-515 NCIE SAN E-Series
Exam Price $150 USD
Duration 90 minutes
Number of Questions 60
Passing Score 75%
Recommended Training Technical Overview of E-Series Storage Systems (WBT)
Configuring and Monitoring NetApp E-Series and EF-Series Storage Systems (ILT)
Exam Registration PEARSON VUE
Sample Questions NetApp NS0-515 Sample Questions
Practice Exam NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – SAN E-Series Practice Test

NetApp NS0-515 Exam Topics:

Section Objectives
Storage Configuration – Describe how to setup alerting and notification for the E-Series system.
– Describe how to create and administer Volume Groups or DDP and associated volumes.
– Describe physical and logical storage requirements.
– Describe the setup of CHAP for an iSCSI environment.
– Describe when to use DDP or Volume Groups.

Documentation – Describe the process of reviewing and preparing a site for implementation of E-Series.
– Describe the information you give a customer after deploying a solution.

Hardware – Describe the hardware components in an E-Series storage system.
– Describe Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Infiniband and SAS cabling.
– Describe the appropriate tasks for adding additional storage to an E-Series system.
– Describe drive encryption features.

Host Side – Describe the different host connection options for E-Series systems.
– Describe how to configure hosts for multipathing.

Management – Describe the administrative tasks for managing E-Series systems with SANtricity System Manager.
– Describe the management security features in SANtricity System Manager and SANtricity Unified Manager.
– Describe when and how to configure and use SANtricity Unified Manager.

Toolbox – Describe the tools required to design and implement an E-Series solution.

Protection – Describe how Data Assurance with media scan protects your data.
– Describe SANtricity data protection features.

SAN – Describe the end-to-end network configuration for Fibre Channel and Ethernet.

Troubleshooting – Demonstrate the steps for troubleshooting an E-Series system.
– Demonstrate how to analyze multipathing issues between a host and an E-Series system.

NetApp NCIE SAN E-Series Exam Description:
The NS0-515 exam includes 60 test questions, with an allotted time of 1-1/2 hours to complete. In countries where English is not the native language, candidates for whom English is not their first language will be granted a 30-minute extension to the allotted examination completion time.

QUESTION 1
Click the Exhibit button.
An administrator is asked to create a 5532 GiB volume from the volume group.
Referring to the exhibit, how would the administrator complete this request?

A. Create the volume after performing space reclamation
B. Create the volume after consolidating the capacity
C. Create the volume from the available capacity
D. Create the volume after adjusting the preservation capacity

Correct Answer: C

QUESTION 2
A customer intends to use an E2812 system without expansion shelves. The specification for their Windows host requires that six E-Series data volumes be used.
In this scenario, how should the system be configured?

A. one DDP with all the volumes
B. three DDPs with the volumes divided equally
C. one DDP for each volume
D. two DDPs with the volumes divided equally

Correct Answer: A

QUESTION 3
A company implemented Automatic Load Balancing (ALB). When the controller workloads are monitored, it becomes obvious that there is an imbalance and that ALB is not working correctly.
In this scenario, what are two causes of the problem? (Choose two.)

A. The company implemented a load balancing min-min algorithm that does not support ALB
B. The company implemented an adaptive load balancing agent that does not support ALB
C. The company implemented a host multipath driver that does not support ALB
D. The company implemented a host type that does not support ALB

Correct Answer: C,D

QUESTION 4
A company wants the most scalable host-side connection topology for E-Series systems.
In this scenario, which FC topology would satisfy the requirement?

A. direct connect
B. fabric attach
C. private loop
D. arbitrated loop

Correct Answer: B

QUESTION 5
You are cabling drive expansion shelves for an E2800 storage system.
In this scenario, which cabling method should you use?

A. You use SAS expansion port EXP1 and reserve SAS expansion port EXP2 for a second drive expansion stack.
B. The controller A and the controller B SAS expansion ports (EXP1 & EXP2) should be divided between the
A-side and B-side IOM-12 modules for all the expansion shelves.
C. You use SAS expansion port EXP2 and reserve SAS expansion port EXP1 for a second drive expansion stack.
D. The controller A and the controller B SAS expansion ports (EXP1 & EXP2) should not be divided between the A-side and B-side IOM-12 modules for all of the expansion shelves.

Correct Answer: B