NetApp Certified Support Engineer

NS0-194
NetApp Certified Support Engineer

Candidates for NetApp Certified Support Engineer (NCSE) certification should have at least 6 to 12 months of experience with NetApp^® solutions and technology, including on-site and remote support, general troubleshooting and root cause isolation, hardware replacement, documentation, node configuration, and software and firmware upgrades.

Recommended training and resources:

• ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals (WBT)
• ONTAP SAN Fundamentals (WBT)
• ONTAP Data Protection Fundamentals (WBT)
• ONTAP NAS Fundamentals (WBT)
• Introduction to NetApp Storage System Basic Components (WBT)
• Introduction to Clustered Data ONTAP Architecture (WBT)
• Introduction to Aggregates and FlexVols in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Networking in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to High-Availability in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Data Protection in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to NFS in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to CIFS in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to WAFL and Snapshot in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to SAN in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Storage System Monitoring and Manageability (WBT)
• Introduction to Quotas in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Clustered Data ONTAP Basic Troubleshooting (WBT)
• Introduction to Name Services in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Multi-Protocol Troubleshooting in Clustered Data ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Virtualization in ONTAP (WBT)
• Introduction to Performance in ONTAP (WBT)
• ONTAP Data Protection Administration (ILT)
• ONTAP Troubleshooting (ILT)
• ONTAP Cluster Administration (ILT)
• NetApp Cloud Data Services Fundamentals
• ONTAP Data Management Fundamentals
• NS0-194 Practice test
• Reference document (PDF)

To enroll in NetApp University training, you will need a NetApp Support Site account.

The NS0-194 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.

Your results will be available in CertCenter two (2) to five (5) business days after you complete your exam.

The NCSE ONTAP (NS0-194) exam includes the following topics:

ONTAP OS

• Describe disk or aggregate concepts
• Describe volume concepts
• Describe ONTAP networking concepts
• Describe how ONTAP interacts with external components
• Identify ONTAP logging mechanisms
• Describe supported ONTAP protocols

Troubleshooting NetApp hardware and software

• Demonstrate knowledge of how to collect and analyze information
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to troubleshoot data access problems
• Demonstrate knowledge of how to analyze performance

NetApp hardware

• Identify the FRUs in a NetApp system
• Demonstrate knowledge of the hardware replacement process
• Describe storage hardware technology
• Describe compute technology

NetApp cloud data services

• Identify the components of cloud data services
• Identify the components of a hybrid cloud solution

Data protection

• Identify data protection concepts
• Demonstrate knowledge of data protection operations

Active IQ

• Describe how to use Active IQ

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