NetApp Certified Support Engineer – ONTAP Specialist


NetApp Certified Support Engineer – ONTAP Specialist have proven skills in troubleshooting, analyzing, and remediating NetApp Data ONTAP Storage Systems.

NCSE ONTAP Specialist logos and certificates will be granted to those individuals who successfully obtain the NetApp Certified Support Engineer (NCSE) certification, then pass the NetApp Certified Support Engineer – ONTAP Specialist (NS0-590) exam.

NS0-590 

NetApp Certified Support Engineer - ONTAP Specialist

The NS0-590 exam includes 60 test questions, with an allotted time of 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. 

The NS0-590 exam includes the following topics:

Data ONTAP

Demonstrate knowledge of user space process troubleshooting

Describe WAFL recovery

Demonstrate knowledge of aggregate relocation (ARL) or volume moves

Demonstrate knowledge of quorum troubleshooting

Demonstrate knowledge of cluster or node recovery

Describe storage efficiency

Platform and Storage

Demonstrate knowledge of how to fix faulty storage components

Demonstrate knowledge of how to troubleshoot for SAS/FC-AL cabling issues

Describe how to decode FIFO strings

Demonstrate knowledge how to solve HA hardware issues

Networking and Protocols

Demonstrate knowledge of how to troubleshoot SAN connectivity

Demonstrate knowledge about advanced network troubleshooting

Describe NAS troubleshooting

Describe how to perform packet trace–based troubleshooting

Describe the differences in NFS versions

Describe different SMB features

Performance

Demonstrate knowledge of how to analyze performance issues

Identify WAFL structure