NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer – ONTAP v3 — Question 8

You are testing FPC path failures on a 2-node NetApp AFF All SAN Array and verify that persistent ports are correctly enabled. Before testing, a host sees four optimized paths to a LUN. You perform a node takeover and re-check the host.
Which statement is true after the node takeover?

Answer options

• A. The host sees two optimized paths and two non-optimized paths to the LUN.
• B. The host sees two optimized paths and two dead paths to the LUN.
• C. The host sees two non-optimized paths and two dead paths to the LUN.
• D. The host sees four optimized paths to the LUN.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

After the node takeover, the host still sees four optimized paths to the LUN because persistent ports allow the paths to remain intact despite the failover. Options A, B, and C are incorrect because they suggest a reduction in the number of optimized paths or the presence of dead paths, which does not occur with persistent port configurations.