NetApp NS0-521 Exam - Topic 7 Question 28 Discussion

Actual exam question for NetApp's NS0-521 exam

Question #: 28
Topic #: 7

A customer requires multiple SAN and NAS protocols on a NetApp AFF cluster. The cluster must concurrently serve a namespace over NVMe/FC, a LUN over FCP, a LUN over iSCSI, and an NFS export.

Based on these requirements, what is the minimum data SVM count that is required?

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Suggested Answer: C

To concurrently serve a namespace over NVMe/FC, a LUN over FCP, a LUN over iSCSI, and an NFS export, only one data SVM (Storage Virtual Machine) is required. NetApp ONTAP allows a single SVM to support multiple SAN and NAS protocols simultaneously, enabling efficient and consolidated management of storage resources.

For more information, refer to:

NetApp Documentation on SVM Configuration

NetApp SVM Best Practices

by Jospeh at Aug 13, 2025, 12:51 PM

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Dalene

5 months ago

I agree, 4 sounds right for all those requirements.

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Barrett

5 months ago

Definitely needs at least 3.

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Lavina

5 months ago

I think it's 4 SVMs for those protocols.

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Wilburn

6 months ago

Wait, can you really do that with just 1 SVM? Seems off.

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Amina

6 months ago

2 seems too low for this setup, right?

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Maryann

6 months ago

If I recall correctly, we might need at least 4 SVMs for all those protocols to work simultaneously without conflicts.

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Asuncion

6 months ago

I feel like I read somewhere that you can actually serve multiple protocols from a single SVM, but I can't recall the specifics.

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Brock

7 months ago

I think we practiced a similar question where we had to determine SVM counts based on different protocols. I want to say it was at least 3.

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Dana

7 months ago

I remember we discussed that each protocol might need its own SVM, but I'm not sure if we can combine some of them.

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Cheryl

7 months ago

I've got this. The key is that the protocols can be served from a single SVM, as long as that SVM supports all the required protocols. So the minimum SVM count is 1.

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Becky

7 months ago

I'm not totally sure about this one. The question mentions "concurrently" serving the different protocols, so I wonder if that changes the SVM requirements. I'll have to think this through carefully.

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Kimbery

7 months ago

Okay, let's see. The customer needs NVMe/FC, FCP, iSCSI, and NFS. That's four different protocols, so the answer has to be 4, right?

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Billye

8 months ago

Hmm, I'm a bit confused about the different protocols and how they impact the SVM count. I'll need to review my notes on NetApp configuration to make sure I understand this properly.

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Joana

8 months ago

This looks like a pretty straightforward question about SVM requirements for a NetApp cluster. I think I can work through this step-by-step.

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Linette

8 months ago

I disagree, I believe it's 3 because each protocol requires a separate SVM.

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Glory

9 months ago

I think the minimum data SVM count required is 4.

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