NS0-157 · Question #299
Which are types of failover groups? (choose all that apply)
The correct answer is A. System-defined B. User-defined E. Cluster-wide. ONTAP supports three failover group types: system-defined (auto-created per broadcast domain), user-defined (manually created), and cluster-wide (a system-defined group spanning all cluster ports).
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Which are types of failover groups? (choose all that apply)
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- ASystem-defined
- BUser-defined
- CNext Available
- DPriority
- ECluster-wide
How the community answered
(36 responses)- A89% (32)
- C8% (3)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
ONTAP supports three failover group types: system-defined (auto-created per broadcast domain), user-defined (manually created), and cluster-wide (a system-defined group spanning all cluster ports).
System-defined failover groups are automatically created and maintained by ONTAP, one per broadcast domain, and cannot be deleted by administrators. They ensure LIFs can only fail over to ports within the same broadcast domain by default.
User-defined failover groups are manually created by administrators to customize the set of ports a LIF is permitted to fail over to, providing more granular control than broadcast-domain-wide defaults.
'Next Available' is a LIF failover policy that selects the next available port in priority order, not a type of failover group.
'Priority' is not a recognized failover group type; it does not exist as a category in ONTAP networking - failover policies like 'system-defined' handle ordering behavior.
Cluster-wide is a special system-defined failover group that includes all eligible ports across all nodes in the cluster, giving a LIF the broadest possible set of failover targets.
Concept tested: ONTAP LIF failover group types
Source: https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/networking/configure_failover_groups_and_policies_for_lifs_overview.html
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