NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, E-Series (NCIESSES)

Pass the NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer - SAN Specialist, E-Series exam to stay ahead of the technology curve. Those that achieve this certification have validation of skills, knowledge, and capabilities in installing, configuring, and managing E-Series storage systems in various SAN environments to provide reliable, high-performance block storage solutions.

This exam verifies that

The NetApp Certified Implementation Engineer–SAN, E-Series exam tests a candidate’s ability in managing E-Series storage systems.

Candidates should have six to 12 months of experience in installing, configuring, and managing E-Series storage systems in various SAN environments to provide reliable, high-performance block storage solutions.

You should be able to do these tasks:

  • Install
  • Configure
  • Manage
  • Troubleshoot
What you will be tested on

Domain 1. Storage Configuration

  • Setup alerting and notification for the E-Series system.
  • Create and administer Volume Groups or DDP and associated volumes.
  • Physical and logical storage requirements.
  • CHAP for an iSCSI environment.
  • DDP or Volume Groups.

Domain 2. Documentation

  • Reviewing and preparing a site for implementation of E-Series.
  • Information you give a customer after deploying a solution.

Domain 3. Hardware

  • Hardware components in an E-Series storage system.
  • Fibre Channel, Ethernet, Infiniband and SAS cabling.
  • Tasks for adding additional storage to an E-Series system.
  • Drive encryption features.

Domain 4. Host Side

  • Host connection options for E-Series systems.
  • Configure hosts for multipathing.

Domain 5. Management

  • Administrative tasks for managing E-Series systems with SANtricity System Manager.
  • Management security features in SANtricity System Manager and SANtricity Unified Manager.
  • Configure and use SANtricity Unified Manager.

Domain 6. Toolbox

  • Tools required to design and implement an E-Series solution.

Domain 7. Protection

  • Data Assurance with media scan protects your data.
  • SANtricity data protection features.

Domain 8. SAN

  • End-to-end network configuration for Fibre Channel and Ethernet.

Domain 9. Troubleshooting

  • Steps for troubleshooting an E-Series system.
  • Analyze multipathing issues between a host and an E-Series system.

Prerequisites

Candidates must first achieve the NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification.

Consider completing the following NetApp Associate Accreditation exams:

NetApp Cloud Native Associate

NetApp Hybrid Cloud Associate