Operations Manager can monitor and manage only NetApp storage hosts that have the NetApp Host Agent installed.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. NA
• D. NA

Answer: (A)

Monitoring with Operations Manager relies on the NetApp Host Agent running on each host you want to manage. The agent gathers performance data, health information, and allows certain management actions, then reports back to the manager. Because this is an agent-based integration, a host must have the NetApp Host Agent installed to be discovered, monitored, and managed. Without the agent, the host won’t appear in the inventory, alerts won’t be produced for that host, and tasks cannot be executed on it. While other data sources like SNMP can provide limited visibility, complete monitoring and management of NetApp storage hosts specifically require the Host Agent.