A customer is planning a large 8-node cluster and wants to use a multi-switch topology. They have 4 switches available. What is the primary advantage of using a spine-leaf topology over simply connecting all switches in a ring?

Spine-leaf allows nodes to connect directly to any switch in the fabric.

Spine-leaf eliminates the need for inter-switch links.

Spine-leaf requires fewer cables than a ring topology.

Spine-leaf provides predictable low latency and higher bandwidth between any two nodes.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a supported cluster network topology for ONTAP?

It requires at least two switches to provide redundancy

It mandates the use of a spine-leaf architecture for all cluster sizes

It uses a single switch to reduce complexity and cost

It allows nodes to be connected in a ring without switches

You are troubleshooting a cluster where node1 cannot communicate with node2. You have verified that both nodes have their cluster ports connected to the switches. What should you check next?

Check the management network connectivity between the nodes.

Reboot both nodes to reset the cluster network.

Verify that the nodes are in the same broadcast domain on the management network.

Check the switch port status and configuration for the connected cluster ports.

After cabling a new cluster, you run 'cluster ping-cluster' and it reports that node1 can reach node2, but node1 cannot reach node3. Both node2 and node3 are connected to the same switches as node1. What is the most likely cause?

Node3 has a cluster port that is down or not connected.

The management network is down for node3.

Node1's cluster ports are misconfigured.

In a two-switch cluster, what is the purpose of the inter-switch link (ISL)?

To connect the switches to the management network

To connect the switches to the storage network

To provide a redundant path for data traffic

To provide a path for cluster traffic between nodes connected to different switches

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A customer is planning a large 8-node cluster and wants to use a multi-switch topology. They have 4 switches available. What is the primary advantage of using a spine-leaf topology over simply connecting all switches in a ring?
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Which of the following is a characteristic of a supported cluster network topology for ONTAP?
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You are troubleshooting a cluster where node1 cannot communicate with node2. You have verified that both nodes have their cluster ports connected to the switches. What should you check next?
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After cabling a new cluster, you run 'cluster ping-cluster' and it reports that node1 can reach node2, but node1 cannot reach node3. Both node2 and node3 are connected to the same switches as node1. What is the most likely cause?
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In a two-switch cluster, what is the purpose of the inter-switch link (ISL)?
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