NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) – ONTAP v4 — Question 7

A company is configuring NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure. All outbound Internet access is blocked by default. The company wants to allow outbound Internet access for the following NetApp AutoSupport endpoints: https://support.netapp.com/aods/asupmessage https://support.netapp.com/asupprod/post/1.0/postAsup
Which type of traffic must be requested to allow access?

Answer options

• A. routing and firewall policy to allow HTTPS traffic
• B. routing and firewall policy to allow NFS/SMB traffic
• C. routing and firewall policy to allow SSH/RDP traffic
• D. routing and firewall policy to allow DNS traffic

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because the specified NetApp AutoSupport endpoints utilize HTTPS for communication. The other options refer to different protocols; NFS/SMB (B) is used for file sharing, SSH/RDP (C) is for remote access, and DNS (D) is for domain name resolution, none of which are relevant for accessing the given HTTPS URLs.