NS0-701 study plan

Explain how an ONTAP cluster is formed, including cluster quorum, epsilon, and the role of the cluster management interface.

Describe the difference between cluster-wide and node-scoped commands, and practice switching between cluster admin and advanced privilege levels.

Use the ONTAP CLI to create and manage aggregates, then verify node health with commands that report HA state and takeover readiness.

Identify which administrative tasks require cluster administrator rights versus a delegated role, and document the boundary in your own notes.

Map the physical-to-logical storage hierarchy from disks and aggregates down to volumes and LUNs, and explain where RAID groups and spare disks fit.

Create a volume, resize it, and move it between aggregates while recording the effect on junction paths and space guarantees.

Explain thin provisioning, space reservation, and snapshot reserve, then calculate usable capacity for a worked example.

Compare FabricPool and local tiering concepts at a high level and state when each is appropriate.

Build an SVM from scratch and configure its root volume, name service, and administrative access.

Configure a data LIF on a VLAN and verify connectivity with ping, traceroute, and network interface show commands.

Explain broadcast domains, failover groups, and IPspaces, and predict which LIFs can fail over to which ports.

Configure DNS and NIS or LDAP name services for an SVM and confirm name resolution from a client.

Configure a Snapshot policy on a volume and demonstrate manual and scheduled snapshot creation and restoration.

Set up a SnapMirror relationship between two SVMs and explain the roles of source, destination, policy, and schedule.

Perform a planned failover and a resync, then describe the difference between a break and a resync operation.

Explain SnapLock and tamperproof snapshot concepts well enough to state which compliance use cases each addresses.

Differentiate SnapVault, SnapMirror, and cloud backup relationships in terms of retention ownership and restore granularity.

Create a SnapVault relationship with a longer retention policy than the source and verify the snapshot copies on the destination.

Explain how SnapMirror Cloud and object storage targets change backup design, and identify which ONTAP features enable them.

Practice restoring a single file from a vaulted snapshot and record the elapsed steps.

Configure ONTAP role-based access control by creating a login role with limited commands and assigning it to a local user.

Set up export policies for NFS and share permissions for CIFS or SMB, then test access from a client and explain the order of checks.

Explain authentication flows for ONTAP including local users, Active Directory, and certificate-based access, and when each is used.

Enable and interpret audit logging, and describe how to review security events for a failed login.

Use performance monitoring tools to identify a bottleneck on a volume, including commands that report latency, IOPS, and throughput.

Interpret QoS policy groups and explain how a throughput ceiling affects a workload.

Diagnose a simulated connectivity failure using network and interface diagnostics, and document the root cause.

Read an event log and identify which events indicate hardware faults versus configuration errors.

Describe the ONTAP upgrade workflow including validation, rolling upgrades, and the role of the ONTAP upgrade advisor.

Explain how automation tools and REST APIs interact with ONTAP, and make one authenticated API call against your lab.

Compare Cloud Volumes ONTAP and on-premises ONTAP deployment models and state which capabilities differ.

Complete a timed review of all eight domains and list the three weakest areas with a remediation plan.