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| Objective Domain | Weight | Difficulty | Our Study Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONTAP SAN Solution Assessment | 15% | Easy | Easy marks right off the bat. Don't overthink this section—it's mostly about knowing which tool to use when. Master when to cite the Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) versus Hardware Universe (HWU) for transceiver and OS compatibility, and you'll clear these questions quickly. |
| ONTAP SAN Concepts & Architecture | 20% | Medium | Don't sleep on this. Make sure you're crystal clear on the differences between standard ONTAP clusters and All SAN Array (ASA) setups. Pay special attention to active/optimized vs. active/unoptimized multipath counts on ESXi—this catches people off-guard every time. |
| ONTAP SAN Implementation & Configuration | 45% | Critical | This is the core of the exam. You need to know host mapping cold—igroups, WWPNs, NQNs, and NVMe subsystems. Understand how to map namespaces to subsystems and set up Selective LUN Mapping (SLM) with portsets to restrict target paths. Master this section and you pass; miss it and you're retaking. |
| SAN Implementation Testing & Troubleshooting | 20% | High | This is where scenario questions get tricky. They will give you truncated CLI outputs (like fcp adapter show) or disconnected NVMe/TCP LIF logs and ask for the root cause. Practice identifying domain IDs, MTU misconfigurations (like 9216 vs 9000 jumbo frames), and CHAP auth failures. |
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