Network Appliance Data Ontap® 7.1

Front 1

List 7 of the 8 protocols clients can use to access data on the storage system.

Back 1

NFS, CIFS, FTP, HTTP, WebDAV, FCP, iSCSI, (PC)NFS

From Chapter 1 of the SAG (System Admin Guide)

Hint 1

Multiprotocol file and block sharing protocol (such as (PC)NFS)

Front 2

Network Appliance Storage Systems can be deployed in three types of "attached" methods. List the three methods

Back 2

Network Attached (NAS)
Fabric Attached (SAN)
Direct Attached (DAS)

From Chapter 1 of the SAG (System

Hint 2

In the early 1990s Network Appliance provided only NAS.

Front 3

What is the term used to describe a pool of disks that contains the physical storage you create volumes on?

Back 3

The pool of plexes which are made up of raid groups is called an Aggregate. Volumes are created on aggregates.

Hint 3

NetApp term used to refer to the pool of disks that consists of plexes and raid groups.

Front 4

What command performs fast block copy of data from one aggregate to another?

Back 4

aggr copy

Hint 4

Chapter 1 of SAG

Front 5

What is the name of a special kind of cluster that provides continuous volume mirroring over 500-meter to 30-kilometer distances.

Back 5

MetroCluster

Hint 5

Chapter 1 of SAG

Front 6

What does the acronym NDMP mean?

Back 6

Network Data Management Protocol

Hint 6

Chapter 1 of SAG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDMP

Front 7

What is the name of the software that can be licensed on the Storage System to provide an alternative to traditional optical WORM (write-once-read-many) storage?

Back 7

SnapLock™

Hint 7

It uses a separate aggregate and locks the data on the disks from being changed or destroyed.

Front 8

What is the name of the software that can be licensed on the Storage System to enable mirroring snapshot copies.

Back 8

SnapMirror®

Hint 8

Should the original system be disabled this ensures quick restoration of data from the point of the last snapshot copy.

Front 9

What is the name of the software that can be licensed on the Storage System to provide fast restoration (near-instantaneous) restoration of snapshot backed up data.

Back 9

SnapRestore®

Hint 9

It can restore an entire volume near-instantaneously.

Front 10

What is the name of the feature included in every version of Data ONTAP free of charge that enables instantaneous backups using a minimal amount of disk space with no performance penalty?

Back 10

Snapshots

Hint 10

The basis for many additional licensable software features

Front 11

What is the name of the software that can be licensed on the Storage System to perform real-time RAID-level mirroring of data to two separate plexes that are physically connected to the same storage controller?

Back 11

SyncMirror®

Hint 11

Cluster configuration is required

Front 12

What are the two commands used for tape backup and restore?

Back 12

dump
restore

Hint 12

Enables you to backup the system or SnapVault Snapshot copies to tape.

Front 13

Is support for third-party virus scan software for files accessed by CIFS clients provided in Data ONTAP?

Back 13

Yes. Data ONTAP provides support for third-party virus scan software for files accessed by CIFS clients.

Hint 13

It's either Yes or No.

Front 14

What command performs a fast block copy of data stored in volumes, it enables you to copy data from one volume to another?

Back 14

vol copy

Hint 14

It starts with vol.

Front 15

Which feature in Data ONTAP will automatically send notifications about storage system problems to tech support and up to five designated recipients?

Back 15

AutoSupport

Hint 15

It is automatic and it goes to support.

Front 16

The System Administration Guide (SAG) at the beginning of Chap. 2 lists 7 methods of administering a storage system. List 5 of the 7.

Back 16

Command Line Interface (CLI)
Remote LAN Management card
Windows Network Management Tools (MMC)
Config File Editing
FilerView
DataFabric Manager software (license req.)
Using Manage ONTAP Developer SDK

Hint 16

Tools to manage a storage system

Front 17

List 5 ways to access the Command Line Interface (CLI) on the storage system.

Back 17

console port
RLM
telnet
rsh
ssh, openssh

Hint 17

Ways to connect to get to the CLI such as telnet (now you only need 4 more).

Front 18

Can you use the Windows administration tools such as Server Manager and User Manager to execute windows commands that affect the storage system? Yes/No

Back 18

Yes

Front 19

When Data ONTAP is shipped installed and configured on a system from the factory what is the default root volume called?

Back 19

vol0 or /vol/vol0

Front 20

In which directory are the configuration files kept in the root volume?

Back 20

/etc or /vol/vol0/etc

Front 21

What's the name of the NetApp simple, centralized administration tool that enables comprehensive management of enterprise storage, which runs on a management server?

Back 21

DataFabric Manager / Operations Manager - licensed separately

Front 22

What is the name of the SDK that contains resources necessary to develop third-party applications which monitor and manage storage systems

Back 22

Manage ONTAP Developer SDK

Front 23

If you press Ctrl+P at the command-line what will happen?

Back 23

You will scroll back to the last command

Hint 23

It's the same as the up arrow.

Front 24

if you press Ctrl+N at the command-line what will happen?

Back 24

You will scroll forward to the next command.

Front 25

if you press Ctrl+F at the command-line what will happen?

Back 25

Move cursor right one position

Front 26

if you press Ctrl+B at the command line what will happen?

Back 26

Move cursor left one position

Front 27

if you press Ctrl+A at the command-line what will happen?

Back 27

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line

Front 28

if you press Ctrl+E at the command-line what will happen?

Back 28

Moves the cursor to the end of the line

Front 29

if you press Ctrl+K at the command-line what will happen?

Back 29

Deletes all characters from the cursor to the end of the line

Front 30

if you press Ctrl+H at the command-line what will happen?

Back 30

Deletes the character to the left of the cursor and move the cursor left one position

Front 31

if you press Ctrl+U at the command-line what will happen?

Back 31

Deletes the line

Front 32

if you press Ctrl+W at the command-line what will happen?

Back 32

Deletes the word the cursor is on.

Front 33

if you press Ctrl+R at the command-line what will happen?

Back 33

Reprints the last line.

Front 34

What two ways can you get help on the command line syntax of a command when entering the name of the command?

Back 34

help or ?
example 1: vol help
example 2: vol ?

Front 35

What character can you type at the command line to get a list of all the commands available at the current level of administration?

Back 35

The question mark (?)

Front 36

What are the two privilege levels provided in Data ONTAP?

Back 36

Administrative
Advanced

Front 37

What command is used to set the privilege level in Data ONTAP at the command line?

Back 37

priv
example 1: priv set advanced
example 2: priv set admin

Front 38

What optional argument enables quiet mode when you set the privilege level to advanced. It suppresses the warning that normally appears when changing to advanced.

Back 38

-q enables quiet mode

example: priv set -q advanced

Front 39

What option controls whether the console session is shared with the a Telnet or SSH-interactive session?

Back 39

telnet.distinct.enable option controls whether the console session is shared.
However, if you have the RLM installed in your storage system, the console session is always shared with the RLM session, regardless of the telnet.distinct.enable option setting

Front 40

By default the console session is shared with a Telnet or SSH-interactive session? True/False

Back 40

True

Front 41

You cannot open more than one Telnet or SSH-interactive session at a time.
True/False

Back 41

True

Front 42

If you execute any of the following commands in a console session they will take effect immediately. True/False

autologout.console.enable
autologout.console.timeout
autologout.telnet.enable
autologout.telnet.timeout

Back 42

False. You must reestablish the console session before the changes take effect.

Front 43

What requirements must be met before you can connect to a storage system using a Telnet session - they are set by default. What are the two options that must be set?

Back 43

telnet.enable must be set to On

telnet.access must be set so that the protocol access defined for the storage system allows Telnet access

Front 44

How many Telnet sessions can be active at one time?

Back 44

One.

Front 45

List the two ways you can close a Telnet session to the storage system.

Back 45

Press Ctrl-] or enter the following command to log out of the storage system at the system prompt or at the console:

logout telnet
or press Ctrl-D to close the Telnet session.

Note
If you are at a Remote Shell connection, enter the following command:

rsh -l username:password hostname logout telnet

Front 46

What are you configuring by creating a file called "issue" in the /etc directory of the administration host's root volume.

Back 46

A Telnet session banner message such as:
Connected to toaster.xyz.com
Escape character is `^]'.



This system is for demonstrations only.

Front 47

Telnet sessions have timeout periods of ____ by default. "minutes" command

Back 47

60 minutes

Front 48

Can the Telnet timeout period be disabled? Yes/No

Back 48

Yes

options autologout.telnet.enable off

Front 49

Trusted remote hosts are hosts listed in which file ______ on the root volume.

Back 49

/etc/hosts.equiv

Front 50

You can have up to __ concurrent rsh sessions running on a storage system, and you can have up to __ concurrent rsh sessions running on each vFiler unit.

Back 50

24 rsh sessions
4 rsh sessions on each vFiler unit

Front 51

As root on a UNIX host that is listed in the storage system's trusted remote hosts you DO need to supply a username or a password when using the rsh protocol? True/False

Back 51

False

Front 52

List 5 of the 7 commands that CANNOT be executed by using the rsh command.

Back 52

arp
orouted
ping
routed
savecore
setup
traceroute

Front 53

List three httpd options that control access to FilerView.

Back 53

httpd.admin.access
httpd.admin.enable
httpd.admin.ssl.enable

Front 54

Assuming your storage system is named filername, what is the URL you would type in your web browser to access FilerView?

Back 54

http://filername/na_admin

Front 55

Some administration tasks require that the administrator edit configuration files, and it is often more convenient to administer a storage system remotely than to go to the storage system's physical location. These are two reasons you will need to designate a client machine to use as an ______________.

Back 55

Administration host

Front 56

What two commands must both NFS and CIFS administration hosts support?

Back 56

telnet and rsh

Front 57

Administration hosts are specified in the _______ file.

Back 57

/etc/hosts.equiv

Front 58

The following is an example of the contents of an /etc/hosts.equiv file:

nfsclient1
client2 lena
client2 root
client3 fred
client3 root

On nfsclient1 what user can execute a Data ONTAP command through the rsh command?

Back 58

If hostname specifies an NFS client, the user name is optional. If you do not specify a user name, you must be the root user on that NFS client to execute a Data ONTAP command through the rsh command.

Front 59

What will the following command do?

options trusted.hosts -

Back 59

disable Telnet access for all hosts

Front 60

What will the following command do?
options trusted.hosts host1,host2,host3,host4,host5

Back 60

Specifies up to five hosts that are allowed Telnet, RSH and administrative HTTP (FilerView) access to the storage system for administrative purposes. The default is set to an asterisk (*), which allows access to all storage systems. This value is ignored for Telnet access if the telnet.access option is set. It is also ignored for administrative HTTP access if the httpd.admin.access option is set.

Front 61

What will the following command do?

options trusted.hosts *

Back 61

allow Telnet access for all hosts

Front 62

What three ways can you limit Telnet access using the telnet.access option?

Back 62

specific host names, IP addresses, and network interface names of the host.
Note. if using telnet.access option the trusted hosts option is ignored for Telnet.

Front 63

What will the following command do?

options rsh.access host=hostname

Back 63

Allow Remote Shell access to a storage system from a single host.

Front 64

What will the following command do?

options nfs.mount_rootonly on

Back 64

restrict the mount privilege to only the root user using privileged ports (ports 1 through 1,024)

Front 65

What will the following command do?

options nfs.mount_rootonly off

Back 65

allow the mount privilege for all users on all ports
Note
Some PC clients and some older implementations of NFS on UNIX workstations use nonprivileged ports to send requests. If you have these clients at your site, set the mount_rootonly option to off or upgrade the client software.

Front 66

When a user without root privileges changes the owner of a file, the set-user-id and set-group-id bits are cleared. True/False

Back 66

True.

Front 67

What will the following command do?

options wafl.root_only_chown on

Back 67

restrict the privilege of changing directory and file ownership to the root user

Front 68

What will the following command do?

options cifs.restrict_anonymous.enable on

Back 68

control whether anonymous CIFS users can look up CIFS shares, users, or groups on a storage system. This option is applicable only if the CIFS protocol is licensed.

Front 69

In contrast with traditional volumes, it is possible to create a FlexVol volume that is too small to be used as the root volume. True/False

Back 69

True

Front 70

A root FlexVol volume must have a space guarantee of ________.

Back 70

volume

Front 71

What are the two default directories contained in the root vol?

Back 71

/etc
/home

Front 72

The /etc directory stores miscellaneous files and can be deleted if the space is needed for user data. True/False

Back 72

False
The /etc directory, stores storage system configuration files, executables required to boot the system, and some log files.

Front 73

By default, all system messages of level ____ and higher are sent to the console and to the /etc/messages file.

Back 73

INFO

Front 74

The /etc/messages file is rotated _____, and _____ of messages are retained.

Back 74

The /etc/messages file is rotated once a week, and six weeks of messages are retained.

Front 75

What is the command to create and send a system message explicitly?

Back 75

logger

Front 76

What URL would you type into a web browser to access your log files using HTTP?

Back 76

http://<system_name>/na_admin/logs/

Front 77

Data ONTAP does not include an editor. True/False

Back 77

True.

Front 78

Data ONTAP requires that the following configuration files be terminated with a _________:

/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/netgroup
/etc/shadow

Back 78

carriage return

When you edit these files, be sure to insert a carriage return after the last entry.

Front 79

To edit configuration files from a CIFS client you need to map to which share on the storage system?

Back 79

\\\\<server name>\\C$
The storage system root directory is shared automatically as C$

Front 80

What are the five steps required to change the root volume of a storage system?

Back 80

1. identify or create a volume to be used as root
2. copy the /etc tree using ndmpcopy to the new root volume
3. Enter the vol options vol_name root command
4. reboot
5. update the httpd.rootdir option to point to the new volume

Front 81

Storage systems boot from a ____, ____, or set of floppy diskettes, depending on the system.

Back 81

Storage systems boot from a PC CompactFlash Card, from disk, or from a set of floppy diskettes, depending on the system.

Front 82

What command do you use to boot the system from the firmware prompt (ok)?

Back 82

boot

Front 83

What are five boot options available in the Common Firmware Environment (CFE)?

Back 83

boot_ontap
boot_primary
boot_backup
netboot
boot_diags

Front 84

Name of the boot option that boots from a Data ONTAP version stored on a remote HTTP or TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) server.

Back 84

netboot

Front 85

What option is used to configure a storage system as a TFTP netboot server?

Back 85

options tftpd.enable on

Front 86

What command would you type if you want the storage system to reboot in 5 minutes?

Back 86

reboot -t 5

Front 87

What command performs an orderly shutdown that flushes file system updates to disk and clears the NVRAM

Back 87

halt

Front 88

Which halt command option causes the storage system to perform a core dump before halting.

Back 88

halt -d

Front 89

What option to the halt command prevents one partner in a clustered storage system pair from taking over the other after the storage system halts.

Back 89

halt -f

Front 90

Which command allows sending a message from the console to a specific user workstation or to all user workstations that have sessions open on a specified volume?

Back 90

cifs broadcast