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CV0-003 · Question #70

Which of the following utilities would BEST help diagnose NAS mount points?

The correct answer is C. ifconfig. Diagnosing NAS mount point failures begins with verifying the host's network interface configuration, which ifconfig provides.

Troubleshooting

Question

Which of the following utilities would BEST help diagnose NAS mount points?

Options

  • Aroute
  • Bping
  • Cifconfig
  • Dnfsstat

How the community answered

(45 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    9% (4)
  • C
    87% (39)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

Diagnosing NAS mount point failures begins with verifying the host's network interface configuration, which ifconfig provides.

Aroute

The route utility displays and modifies the IP routing table; it can help trace path issues but does not reveal the interface-level configuration details needed to establish NAS connectivity.

Bping

ping tests basic ICMP reachability to a host but provides no information about the local interface configuration or mount-point state that would explain why a NAS mount is failing.

CifconfigCorrect

ifconfig displays the active configuration of network interfaces - including IP address, subnet mask, and interface state - which are the foundational prerequisites for a host to reach and mount a NAS device. Confirming that the correct interface is up and properly addressed is the first diagnostic step when NAS mount points are unavailable or unreachable.

Dnfsstat

nfsstat reports NFS client and server statistics for performance analysis of existing NFS sessions, but it does not surface the interface configuration details required to diagnose why a mount point cannot be established.

Concept tested: Using ifconfig to diagnose NAS network interface connectivity

Source: https://linux.die.net/man/8/ifconfig

Topics

#NAS#NFS#storage troubleshooting#network diagnostics

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