NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – Data Protection — Question 33

You are the administrator of your company's ONTAP 9.7 storage system. Your system hosted CIFS shares in your Active Directory environment for several years without any problems. Suddenly users report to you that they can no longer access their CIFS shares.
What is the reason for this problem? (Choose the best answer.)

Answer options

• A. The CIFS standard license expired.
• B. The user account used to join your SMB server to your Active Directory expired.
• C. The WINS servers are unreachable.
• D. The NTP servers are unreachable.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because if the NTP servers are unreachable, the time synchronization can fail, leading to authentication problems with the CIFS shares. Options A and B are unlikely as they do not directly relate to the sudden access issue reported by users. Option C might cause issues, but it is less likely to be the primary reason for access failure compared to NTP-related issues.