A company is planning to upgrade the firmware on their cluster switches. The current firmware version is compatible with the installed ONTAP version. The new firmware version is also compatible, but the RCF for the new firmware version is not yet available. What should the engineer do?

Wait until the RCF for the new firmware version is available

Upgrade ONTAP to a version that supports the new firmware without an RCF

Upgrade the firmware and continue using the current RCF

Upgrade the firmware and manually reconfigure the switch

What is the purpose of a Reference Configuration File (RCF) in a NetApp cluster switch deployment?

It is a license file that enables advanced switch features.

It is a backup of the switch's current running configuration.

It is a log file that records all switch configuration changes.

It provides the switch with the correct VLAN and port settings for cluster communication.

After applying a new RCF to a cluster switch, the engineer notices that the ONTAP cluster is healthy, but the switch's port statistics show no traffic on the inter-switch links. The engineer suspects the RCF was applied incorrectly. What is the most likely cause?

The switch firmware was updated after the RCF was applied

The ONTAP cluster is not using the inter-switch links

The switch's management port is not configured

The RCF was applied to the wrong switch model

What is the final step to ensure that the RCF configuration persists across a switch reboot?

Reboot the switch immediately after applying the RCF.

Save the running configuration to the startup configuration.

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A company is planning to upgrade the firmware on their cluster switches. The current firmware version is compatible with the installed ONTAP version. The new firmware version is also compatible, but the RCF for the new firmware version is not yet available. What should the engineer do?
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What is the purpose of a Reference Configuration File (RCF) in a NetApp cluster switch deployment?
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After applying a new RCF to a cluster switch, the engineer notices that the ONTAP cluster is healthy, but the switch's port statistics show no traffic on the inter-switch links. The engineer suspects the RCF was applied incorrectly. What is the most likely cause?
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What is the final step to ensure that the RCF configuration persists across a switch reboot?
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Where should you verify that the ONTAP version, switch firmware version, and RCF version are compatible with each other?
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