NS0-158 Exam outline: NetApp Certified Data Administrator, ONTAP

The NS0-158 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. 
The passing score for this exam is 68% (41 of 60 items answered correctly). 
The NS0-158 exam includes the following topics: 
Architecture

• Concepts and components of a NetApp庐 storage architecture
• Configurations supported by the ONTAP庐 OS
• Supported hardware configurations for clusters and controllers/nodes

• ONTAP components and features
• Concepts, operation, and functionality of Snapshot copies
• Storage efficiency features and functionalities
• Use of management tools

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot high-availability features
• Failover functionality and operation

• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot NAS protocols and solutions
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot SAN protocols and solutions

• Network concepts and components
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot network features and components
• Configure, monitor, and troubleshoot cluster interconnect features and components

• Create, configure, and expand aggregates
• Create and configure volumes
• Disks, disk shelves, and RAID groups

• Administer performance tools and output
• Usage and rules for storage tiering

• ONTAP Security concepts, strategies, and configurations
• Storage encryption and compliance features 
  

• NetApp storage protection concepts, operations, and functionalities
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot SnapMirror and SnapVault technology